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Bill 37

Nunavut Education Act and Inuit Rights

Bill 37 in the Media

May 9th 2017 CBC North Action plan should take the place of Nunavut’s stymied education bill, stakeholders say

Aluki Kotierk, the president of NTI, is relieved by the standing committee announcement. She vocally opposed the proposed changes to Bill 37.

May 9th 2017 Nunatsiaq Online Nunavut education minister says MLAs ignored IQ in Bill 37 review

Education minister Paul Quassa is urging the standing committee to bring its concerns to the legislature spring sitting before it scraps Bill 37 entirely. “We have to give Nunavummiut the opportunity to hear the pros and cons of this….before we come to any kind of conclusion,

May 5th 2017 CBC North Minister fights back as Nunavut MLAs attempt to strike down controversial language act

Minister of Education Paul Quassa introduced Bill 37 to the legislature in March.

May 5th 2017 CBC North Nunavut MLAs reverse course on controversial language/education act

Chairperson for the Standing Committee on Legislation Tom Sammurtok announced that the committee would not recommend Bill 37 move forward.

March 19th 2017 National Post ‘Why have Nunavut if we’re not going to protect Inuit rights?’: Battle over bill to delay bilingual education

Nunavut's former language commissioner criticized proposed changes to the Education Act, passed in 2008, that promises all Inuit children guaranteed access to bilingual education by 2019.