Inuit family furious to learn brother died 4 years ago in Montreal, was buried and no one told them
Three of Daniel Saunders’s 14 siblings are pictured at his grave site at the Laval Cemetery. From left to right: Joan Saunders, Tim Saunders and Elizabeth Adams. They’re demanding to know why authorities failed to notify them that their brother had died and was buried in 2018. (Chloë Ranaldi/CBC News)
‘Reinforces the legitimacy of our language’: Inuktitut officially available on Facebook desktop
“Inuit expect to see and hear Inuktut in all aspects of our lives. Recognizing Inuktitut as an official language on Facebook, equal to English and French, reinforces the legitimacy of our language,”
-Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI)
Larga Baffin proposal creates community tension as need increases for Inuit health care
A proposal to create the first purpose-built medical boarding home in Ottawa for Inuit has been met with a force of local opposition .With the city’s planning committee set to vote on the development, arguments over land use will run headlong into concerns that some in the community don’t value Inuit health care.