Samuel Wat

Auckland

Journalist at CBC Radio-Canada

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Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut

1 week ago | canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Samuel Wat

Families, former staff say Nunavut Family Services isn’t meeting the needs of kids in careSome Kinngait residents and former workers with Nunavut Family Services say they are furious over the treatment of foster children in the community and allege the government department isn’t meeting the needs of kids in care. CBC has spoken to several families with children in care, as well as three former workers, who all say the conditions at the Family Services facility in the community are terrible.
Families furious over treatment of foster children in Kinngait, Nunavut

1 week ago | cbc.ca | Samuel Wat

Some Kinngait residents and former workers with Nunavut Family Services say they are furious over the treatment of foster children in the community and allege the government department isn't meeting the needs of kids in care. CBC has spoken to several families with children in care, as well as three former workers, who all say the conditions at the Family Services facility in the community are terrible.
Q+A | Nunavik's tuberculosis outbreaks are a result of decades of colonial neglect, professor says

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Samuel Wat

North·NewNunavik is on track to set another record number of tuberculosis cases. Kuujjuarapik's Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn't treating tuberculosis in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the province. Natasha MacDonald says Quebec isn't treating TB in Nunavik with the same urgency as elsewhere in the province. Samuel Wat · CBC News · Posted: Jun 11, 2025 6:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes agoKuujjuaraapik's Natasha MacDonald presenting a dissertation on decolonization.
Nunavik's first in-region university program aims to recruit more teachers

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Samuel Wat

North·NewThe region’s school board, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, has received new funding from the province to launch a certificate in education for First Nations and Inuit, in partnership with McGill University. It's an effort to get more teachers on board.
Search is on for new water source in Umiujaq, Que., as local spring dries up

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Samuel Wat

North·NewOfficials discovered the village reservoir was empty in March, and they believe climate change is to blame. Now, a team of researchers is looking for a new, permanent source of drinking water for the Nunavik community. Officials discovered the village reservoir was empty in March. They suspect climate change is to blameSamuel Wat · CBC News · Posted: Jun 05, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes agoA file photo of Umiujaq's current water source.
Kativik Regional Government requests audit of Nunavik police

3 weeks ago | canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Samuel Wat

KRG passed the resolution on Thursday, as the police service gets a fivefold funding boostThe Kativik Regional Government (KRG) has passed a resolution requesting an audit of the Nunavik Police Service. The resolution, passed Thursday, calls for a review of police operations and ways to make policing better reflect Inuit culture.
Kativik Regional Government requests audit of Nunavik police

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Samuel Wat

NorthKRG passed a resolution for an audit of police operations and ways to make policing better reflect Inuit culture. But one Indigenous policing expert believes the review should go beyond just the operational level, and look at the policing model itself.
Nunavik school board working to bring post-secondary education to the region

1 month ago | canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Samuel Wat

There is currently no college or university campus in NunavikNunavik’s school board, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI), has partnered with Montreal’s John Abbott College to bring some post-secondary courses to the region. There’s currently a 10-day sewing arts workshop, and recently an Inuit media course. They are worth just a handful of credits, but it’s a start for Phebe Bentley, KI’s director of post-secondary student services. There is currently no college or university campus located in Nunavik.
Booths closed early - or didn’t open at all - in some Nunavik villages

1 month ago | canadianinquirer.net | Arianne Lacanilao |Samuel Wat

Elections Canada cites weather and difficulty recruiting local teams as the source of the challengesElia Lauzon doesn’t trust the government, or the electoral system. Still, she turned up Monday to the polling station in Puvirnituq, Que., to have her say. “I do know it’s the smallest right that I have offered to me and fought for me by other Indigenous activists over the course of decades,” Lauzon said.
'I lost my legal right to vote': Booths closed early - or didn't open at all - in some Nunavik villages

2 months ago | kamumedya.com | Samuel Wat

Salluit residents tried to cast a vote in the federal election on April 28, 2025. But residents say polling booths closed there around 2:30pm, seven hours earlier than it's supposed to under the Canada Elections Act. (Submitted by François Léger Savard)Elia Lauzon doesn't trust the government, or the electoral system. Still, she turned up Monday to the polling station in Puvirnituq, Que., to have her say.