No Inuit on Nunavut law program selection committee – CBC

Unsuccessful candidates say Inuit need to be on committee and in the classroom

Sep 05, 2017

Concerns are being raised about the admissions process for the new law degree program at Nunavut Arctic College, which is set to start classes next week.

CBC News has learned there were no Inuit on the student selection committee, and the class that was selected for this year is 76 per cent Inuit — below what is representative of the territory’s population, which is 85 per cent Inuit.

“I was very disappointed; this hurt me so much. It’s been my lifelong dream to attend law school,” said Kadla Tagak, one of 87 people who had applied for the 25 student positions. She was not selected.

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