Samuel Wat

6 days 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.

1 week 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.

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.

1 month 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.

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

By Samuel Wat, RCI, CBC NewsLiberals, NDP, Conservatives, Bloc Québécois have announced candidates for the upcoming federal electionCanadians will head to the polls on April 28, and Nunavimmiut and other Quebec voters will cast their ballot to decide who will represent them in Ottawa. Nunavik is part of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou, the third-largest riding by area in the country.