For decades, Labrador Inuit have been enveloped in a housing crisis. Now, as the rest of the country scrambles to find its own solutions, the people of Nain feel forgotten.
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A federal housing advocate is accusing every level of government in Canada of failing to uphold the Inuit’s right to housing
This document proposes legislative and policy amendments for implementing Action Plan Measure 52 of the UN Declaration Act Action Plan, with the goal to eliminate legislative and policy barriers to cross-border mobility and immigration that arbitrarily divide Inuit.
The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is calling on the federal government to do more to protect against false claims to Inuit identity
ITK President Natan Obed i is accusing an organization in Labrador of co-opting Inuit identities to secure lands, rights and financial resources.
In open letter, Natan Obed urges action against ‘perverse form of colonial racism’
In recent years, Canadians have been confronted with a tidal wave of false claims to Indigenous identity. These cases take advantage of the uncertainty many Canadians have surrounding Indigenous identity. Fraudulent claimants often change their stories over time and use aggressive measures to silence those who question them.
The Office of the Correctional Investigator released it latest report this week, showing that the proportion of over-representation of Indigenous inmates continues to grow in the federal corrections system.
The Trudeau government’s summer cabinet shakeup has created challenges when trying to advance Inuit political priorities in Ottawa, says Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) President Natan Obed.
