Carla Pamak, Inuit Research Advisor with the Nunatsiavut Research Centre, has been presented with the 2025 Inuit Recognition Award
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This year’s Arctic Report Card confirms that the region has just logged its warmest year since 1900 – a new extreme that follows the general trend.
“Inuit continue to be hopeful that we will work towards that elimination timeline by 2030 with continued resources from our federal counterparts”
Other tools that were repatriated included a small ulu, a rope made out of seal skin, a tip of a harpoon, a ladle and a water pouch, among others.
“This would have been one of the most essential tools that an Inuit hunter would have to be able to care for himself and his community.”
An Inuvialuit kayak more than a century old was unveiled Tuesday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., along with a handful of other priceless Inuit items
Following three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items previously held in Vatican museums and vaults for a century are on their final leg to return to Canada.
The return of these items was the wish of Pope Francis before his passing. It is a significant step in the process of reconciliation and follows the historic apology by His Holiness in 2022 for the Catholic Church’s role in the intergenerational trauma of residential schools in Canada.
Years of negotiations led to the historic return of 62 sacred Indigenous items from the Vatican’s vast archives
This progress report describes the implementation status of the federal-led and Inuit-led actions since the release of the action plan.
Leaders of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the Assembly of First Nations, the Métis National Council as well as the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops will welcome the arrival to Canada of 62 cultural artifacts from the Vatican.
