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Call to Action # 62: Education for Reconciliation (62-65)

Nunavut pulls funding from Canada’s first and oldest Inuit post-secondary school

March 14, 2019

CBC – Inuit leaders are slamming the Nunavut government for its decision to pull funding from Canada’s first and oldest Inuit post-secondary school, $175,000-a-year funding agreement to Nunavut Sivuniksavut, which is located in Ottawa. That three-year funding commitment began in 2015 and accounts for 11.4% of its operating budget. “The GN, and specifically the Department of Family Services, must focus its efforts and funding on individuals, programs, and organizations within Nunavut that support those most at-risk of continued unemployment,” he wrote. “NS [Nunavut Sivuniksavut] students have historically been highly employable, and the GN does not believe they face a great risk of persistent unemployment in the territory.”