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Fears of budget cuts to Nunavik health board based on 'misunderstanding,' official says
Last month, mayors in 14 Nunavik communities alleged there were budget cuts to the health board and demanded for them to be reversed. The health board says that no cuts are planned.
Q+A| Governor General calls on Canadians to treat mental health seriously
Governor General Mary Simon believes mental health isn't being treated with the holistic approach it requires. She points to the teachings of Inuit elders, who speak about seeing the mind and body as connected.
All-Inuit law firm in Iqaluit seeks to break down barriers to justice system
Tulugaq Law describes itself as Nunavut’s only active Inuit-owned law firm. The team behind it hopes to be able to break down barriers to the justice system.
Confidentiality issues 'baked into' Family Services' system, says Nunavut privacy commissioner
Nunavut’s information and privacy commissioner says there are systemic issues around the privacy of children in care. Graham Steele has released a report which revealed an assistant deputy minister has been getting unauthorized access to some files.
Nunavut declares suicide to be a crisis — again
10 years after declaring suicide a crisis in Nunavut, the territorial government and the territory’s land claim organization say the crisis remains. But they are stopping short of calling it a public health emergency.
Testing underway into possible contamination of water source in Quaqtaq, Que.
The community has been collecting water directly from a nearby lake, after a pipe froze over the winter. The Kativik Regional Government said a water delivery truck spilled oil during one of those water runs.
Review underway into Puvirnituq, Que., water crisis, as province negotiates new agreement
For months, the Nunavik village of 2,100 people grappled with a water delivery and sewage crisis, after a water pipeline that connects the pump station to the treatment plant froze mid-March.
Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut
CBC has spoken to several families with children in care — as well as three former workers — who say the conditions at the Family Services facility in the community are terrible.
Q+A | Nunavik's tuberculosis outbreaks are a result of decades of colonial neglect, professor says
Nunavik is on track to set another record number of tuberculosis cases. Kuujjuarapik's Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn't treating tuberculosis in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the province.
Nunavik's first in-region university program aims to recruit more teachers
The region’s school board, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, has received new funding from the province to launch a certificate in education for First Nations and Inuit, in partnership with McGill University. It's an effort to get more teachers on board.