In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
in December, various stakeholders will hold rallies, conferences and meetings.
On December 7, 2009, leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN
Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to determine the fate
of our planet.
Ten former students of Canada's notorious Indian residential schools
have been appointed as advisers to the federal government's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, as it prepares to begin hearing from
ex-students across the country.
Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl unveiled the
Indian Residential School Survivor Committee on Wednesday in Ottawa.
Young New Malden adventurer Louise Biddle will make a
once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Arctic tundra in August, to film a BBC
documentary about life on chilly Baffin Island.
The Canadian government has decided to approve Nunavut's proposal to
declare Inuktitut, English and French its official languages.
The territory's Official Languages Act was passed by Nunavut's
politicians last June, but it needed final approval from the federal
government before it could become law.
Fulfilling an election promise to create a new regional economic development agency for the North, Stephen Harper will visit Canada's Arctic next month.
Nunavut Day, which is annually celebrated on July 9, commemorates
passing of two Nunavut acts. The Canadian Parliament passed the Nunavut
Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993. Nunavut
officially split from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian
territory on April 1, 1999.
Officials with Air Greenland will travel to Nunavut this month to talk
about re-establishing direct flights between Iqaluit and the Greenland
capital of Nuuk, an idea that's supported by nearly 1,900 people on an
online group.
Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon, President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.