NTI and parents of Inuit students are launching a lawsuit against the Government of Nunavut (GN). Over many years, GN has failed to deliver on its commitment to provide Inuit language education. Now, by making recent amendments to Nunavut’s language laws, the government has explicitly changed course and broken its commitment to deliver Inuit language instruction across subjects after grade 4.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓛᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᓗᑎᑦ 30−ᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᓂᒃ.

ᑐᑦᓯᕋᐅᓯᐅᕐᕕᑦᓴᖅ ᐱᖃᓯᖅᓱᐃᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ, ᒪᓕᑲᑕᒍᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒥᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂ ᖁᑦᓯᓂᖅᐹᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓃᓐᓂ.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓛᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᐃᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑎᓰᕝᕙ 9, 2024−ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ. ᓂᕈᐊᕋᒃᓴᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᐃᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᐊᒃᑑᕝᕙ 28 ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᕖᕝᕙ 1, 2024.

ᐅᖅᑯᔾᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ−ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑦᓴᑦ ᐅᐃᒍᔭᐅᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖅᑯᔾᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ−ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ $120−ᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ 1, 1949 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 31, 1955.