In June, 2021, Canada took a step closer toward reconciliation when it gave royal assent to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᓪᓕᐅᑎᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᓯᕕᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒪᓂᖏᓐᑐᓂᒃ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ.ᐱᔪᑦᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒻᒪᔨᖏᑦᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑲᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᓖᓯᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᓴᕐᑐᖃᕐᑎᓐᓇᒍ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᑕᒥᓃᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᔪᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᐸᐃᕐᓇᕐᑐᓂᒃ 30 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐸᓖᓯᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐸᓯᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᖏᑦᑐᒥᓂᐅᓂᕋᕐᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋ, ᐊᓐᓂᕐᑎᕆᔪᒥᓂᐅᓂᕋᕐᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᒃᑯᔨᐊᖃᓐᓂᕋᑕᒥᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋ ᐃᓄᒃᓂᒃ ᐱᓗᐊᕐᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒃ.
Today, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada responded to an explosive investigation by the CBC into the conduct of the RCMP serving Nunavut’s 25 communities.
Today, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada called on Prime Minister Trudeau to immediately implement at least one of the 46 Inuit-specific recommendations contained in last year’s Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) – namely, funding for five new Inuit shelters in Inuit Nunangat and in Ottawa.