Courtesy: NUNATSIQ The life story of Nunavut’s new premier reads like a modern history of the Inuit. But Paul Quassa says he wants to look forward, not back.”We want Nunavut to shine,” says Quassa, who was sworn in last week as the territory’s fourth premier. “We want to see a truly brilliant territory.”Quassa, 65, was …

Courtesy: News 1 Hope to the Children. OTTAWA—By September 2018, all Grade 4 to Grade 10 students at Ontario public schools will learn about Inuit history and culture through a program that’s just one of many to gain a big boost from a five-year agreement that Tungasuvvingat Inuit signed Monday, …

Courtesy: NUNANTSIAQ ONLINE There was only one drum kit in Igloolik in the 1980s, and it was kept at the church hall.  “When we couldn’t get in we just played anywhere,” said guitarist James Ungalaq. “We played drums on the table, stuff like that.”It was a challenge to start a …

Courtesy: News6 Bishop met to discuss a crucial moral subject. A group of bishops, including two from the Diocese of the Arctic, are “publicly dissenting” from the results of a vote to allow members of the Anglican Church of Canada to perform same-sex marriages.  Last week, initial results showed the …