Why attending university closer to home could be a game changer for Inuit

There are no universities in Canada’s Arctic. For students in Inuit Nunangat, that means leaving their communities — most of them are fly-in  — and relocating hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres away.

But that is about to change.

Inuit Nunangat University is slated to open in 2030, with its main campus in Arviat, Nunavut. Inuit leaders have long called for a university in their homeland, designed by Inuit for Inuit.