Cedric Gallant
Journalist at Nunatsiaq News
Journalist in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik @nunatsiaqnews
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5 days ago |
nunatsiaq.com | Cedric Gallant
Worried parents in Nunavik have launched a petition in an attempt to stop the 17-day teacher strike set to run May 13 to May 30. “I saw [the students’] expressions, they felt so discouraged,” said Jennifer La Page, a Kuujjuaq parent who launched the petition which had more than 300 signatures as of Friday afternoon. La Page said she understands why the strike is happening, but that’s beside the point. “The fact that the students are being used as a bargaining chip was an issue to me,” she said.
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5 days ago |
nunatsiaq.com | Cedric Gallant
After two and a half years of what a union leader called “bitter negotiations,” the union representing Nunavik teachers and Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, the region’s school board have reached an agreement in principle, averting what was to be a 17-day strike starting Tuesday. The Association of Employees of Northern Quebec announced Saturday in a news release that an agreement in principle has been reached for teachers and support staff in Nunavik’s schools.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Cedric Gallant
Nunavik’s Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and the union representing the school board’s education professionals have reached an agreement on a new contract. However, the board and its teachers and support staff — who are represented by a different union, the Association of Employees of Northern Quebec — are still negotiating to reach their own separate collective agreement. Those talks were continuing Thursday night, union president Larry Imbeault told Nunatsiaq News.
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1 week ago |
thespec.com | Cedric Gallant
Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after a person in Kangiqsualujjuaq died Tuesday after allegedly being shot by police. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes opened the investigation in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to a news release posted to the bureau’s website. The release gives basic details about the incident, but does not offer any identifying information about the victim, including age or gender.
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1 week ago |
nunatsiaq.com | Cedric Gallant
Talks with teachers continue into Thursday night; strike still expected if no settlement reached Nunavik’s Kativik Ilisarniliriniq and the union representing the school board’s education professionals have reached an agreement on a new contract. However, the board and its teachers and support staff — who are represented by a different union, the Association of Employees of Northern Quebec — are still negotiating to reach their own separate collective agreement.
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