The president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is calling on the federal government to do more to protect against false claims to Inuit identity
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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’
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.
Strengthened partnerships between all levels of government, inclusive of Inuit representational organizations, would be a significant legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that we emerge stronger, and better able to face the next one.
Inuit leaders are calling for a complete overhaul of Canada’s main program to reduce hunger in Northern Canada after revelations grocers in the region are pocketing up to half of a federal subsidy meant to reduce food prices.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) recently named Julie Dicker, principal of Jens Haven Memorial School in Nain, Nunatsiavut, as the recipient of the 2023 ITK Award for Inuit Excellence. Learn more about Julie in this feature story and 20 Questions that The Western Star/Saltwire published.
The Canadian government was warned internally to hold off on signing an Indigenous reconciliation agreement with a self-proclaimed Inuit group in Labrador, but did so anyway despite concerns about the unproven nature of the group’s rights, documents obtained by CBC Indigenous reveal.
Millions of Canadian homes are damaged, over-crowded or too expensive for the people living in them, newly published census figures show.
International borders often separate Indigenous people in Canada, the U.S. and Greenland from their relatives and homelands. Some First Nations even issue passports, which other countries recognize for free travel, but Canada does not — something the federal immigration minister now says should be fixed.
The environment Inuit have lived in for millennia is changing fast. Canada’s government once ignored Indigenous knowledge of it but now they are jointly creating the Nunatsiavut conservation area.
