Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Inuvik Community Corporation, Pauline Gordon and Glenna Hansen
Vice-Chairman of Corporation discusses racism in Canada and its' impact on Aboriginal peoples, a lack of recognition of Aboriginal organizations as legitimate governing bodies and a suggestion to the Commission to "replace the system as it stands now and replace it with one that gives equal stature and governing powers to all." Chairman Hansen then presents on Aboriginal languages, the education system in the Northwest Territories, unequal treatment afforded French, problems facing Aboriginal professionals; and double standards in policing and justice systems.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Inuvik Regional Multicultural Society, Louis Beck and Simon Jozzy
Beck discusses "the society and what it stands for" through the use of a parable. Simon Jozzy discusses what the multicultural society means to him personally as an immigrant to Canada and stresses that "learning and education is the foundation of understanding." Beck then goes on to discuss racism and combatting it, while Jozzy adds the need for increased education and the important role that parents play in forming children's attitudes about race. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss the organization and some of the issues raised.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories by Gordon Lennie, Vice-President
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the NWT Office of the Language Commissioner by Commissioner Betty Harnum
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie by Sister Marie Karowny
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the South River First Nation by Jerry Paulette, Chief
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Student Association of Arctic College
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Yellowknife Metis Council by Clem Paul, President
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Yellowknives Dene Band Council by Chief Jonas Sangris and Chief Darrell Beaulieu, Closing Prayer
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentations by Cheryl Greenland, Gwich'in Youth and Eugene Pascal, Chief, Aklavik Indian Band
Greenland discusses Gwich'in language and culture, post-secondary education, and general youth concerns. Chief Pascal discusses the Mackenzie Delta region and its' significance; the legacy of cultural destruction; the importance of self-determination and self-governance; language education; the need for program development for the Gwi'chin of the Mackenzie Delta including "treaty, non-status, Metis;" a land claim agreement and its' particulars; and the need to decentralize powers from the federal and territorial governments back to the Gwich'in people.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Peter Katuk (via translator)
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Second Presentation by Chief James Ross
Second presentation discusses the Gwich'in people's land claim in the Northwest and Yukon Territories, their history, Treaty No. 11 and general economic and political issues facing the Gwich'in people.
So This is Fiction?: Eastern Arctic Responses to Literature
StatsUpdate: Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Education Expenditures, 2016/2017
Statistical data compares 2016/2017 to 2015/2016 expenditures in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.