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Susan Aglukark celebrates 30 years of ‘This Child’ with national tour – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 21, 2025 Cross-Canada tour spans several months, with performances from Feb. 28 to May 25 “O Siem, we are all family / O Siem, we’re all the same.” Thirty years after those words first echoed across Canada’s airwaves, Susan Aglukark is taking a moment to reflect and celebrate how they helped make history. This […]
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Indigenous kids in care more likely to experience poor health later in life: report – NanaimoNewsNOW
Feb 21, 2025 OTTAWA — Indigenous people who were in government care as children experience poorer health and socioeconomic outcomes later in life than those who were never in care, a new Statistics Canada report says. They suffer higher rates of disability, lower self-rated health levels and more homelessness, and are more likely to struggle […]
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Language and culture go hand-in-hand’: What Yellowknife schools are doing to promote Indigenous Languages Month – NNSL Media
February 21, 2025 Games are one way that Yk1 students are learning to connect with Wiliideh Yati If you were to ask Andrea Harding what here favourite word in Wiliideh Yati is, she’d say K’omoodoo hoizii. That roughly translates to saying hello. “I like greeting people in the morning,” she said. “I think that’s a wonderful way […]
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Meet Our Leaders – Paige Kimiksana-Kreps – Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Secretary-Treasurer, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada Representative for Youth, Urban Bringing Urban Inuit Voices to the Table For Paige Kimiksana-Kreps, being Inuk is about connection, both to the land and to community. It’s something she had to seek out for herself, growing up in the Greater Toronto Area with few Inuit around her. Now, as […]
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Artificial intelligence forum coming to Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 21, 2025 Carrefour Nunavut hosting event to discuss ethics of fast-evolving computing technology Carrefour Nunavut is hosting a forum in Iqaluit later this month to discuss the ethics and opportunities of artificial intelligence. The Iqaluit-based francophone economic development organization has made the fast-developing technology the focus of its Economic Forum 2025, scheduled to run […]
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Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival’s 2025 opens inaugural call for visual artists to participate in June festival – The Spec
February 21, 2025 Organizers of the 2025 Nogojiwanong Indigenous Fringe Festival (NIFF) are expanding the festival’s canvas to include the work of visual artists. NIFF has announced it is opening the fringe festival’s roster to submissions from Indigenous visual artists this year. Read More: https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/nogojiwanong-indigenous-fringe-festivals-2025-opens-inaugural-call-for-visual-artists-to-participate-in-june/article_e7fb275c-8e1d-5d19-ae3f-d18defc57250.html
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The power of community and shared leadership – UM Today News
February 21, 2025 The university experience extends beyond textbooks and lectures—it’s also about building community, igniting change and shaping the future. That spirit of leadership was on full display as eight alumni of the Indigenous Circle of Empowerment (ICE) program recently traveled to Iqaluit, Nunavut for the SevenGen Indigenous Youth Energy Summit. One of the […]
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Inuit call on PM to step in as child funding program approaches March end date – ITK
The head of Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step in to save a program that helps fund services for Inuit kids. In a letter sent to Trudeau Feb.12, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed called on the prime minister to “clearly signal” his “government’s commitment” to continue funding […]
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Heiltsuk First Nation adopting new constitution – Business in Vancouver
Feb 21, 2025 First Nation in Bella Bella region to adopt constitution that blends modern, customary laws The Heiltsuk First Nation have taken another step towards self-governance and self-determination with the adoption of a new written constitution. In a recent referendum, 725 Heiltsuk members voted to approve a new constitution that codifies law-making powers, rights […]
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Hey, Indigenous kids: We want your feedback – CBC
Feb 21, 2025 What news stories matter to you? Do you want to sound off on a story you think other kids should know about? We have an opportunity to do just that. CBC Kids News wants to hear from Indigenous kids (First Nations, Inuit, Métis) ages 11 to 16. You’re invited to join CBC […]
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