NUNAVUT. The Hamlet of Xxxxx River’s Supreme Court challenge against the National En-‐ ergy Board’s decision to allow a group of companies to conduct seismic testing in Baffin Bay and Xxxxx Xxxxxx was the most significant political development for Nunavut in 2016. The case involves the Hamlet of Xxxxx River as plaintiff contest-‐ ing the National Energy Board’s claim that it met its constitutional duty to consult with Inuit prior to granting the permits. The Government of Nunavut led public hearings in 2016 to gather feedback on the territory’s Education Act. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI), the Inuit rights-‐ holding organization for Nunavut Inuit, has sharply criticized the proposed amend-‐ ments to the 2008 legislation for limiting local control and reneging on the law’s commitment to provide Inuit language of instruction throughout the primary and secondary grades.9 90 IWGIA – THE INDIGENOUS WORLD – 2017 New tripartite negotiations on devolution began in July between NTI, the Gov-‐ ernment of Nunavut, and the federal government, which are intended to bring about the transfer of Crown lands and resources from the federal government to Nunavut. Formal devolution negotiations with the previous government took place in 2014 and 2015 but Ottawa’s hard line on issues such as marine areas and revenue-‐sharing curtailed the discussion.
NUNAVUT. Sector: Financial Services SubSector: Insurance and insurance related services Direct insurance and reinsurance and retrocession Type of Reservation: Market Access Level of Government: Territorial Nunavut Measures:Insurance Act, I3 RSA 2000 Description: Insurance services can be provided only through:
NUNAVUT. Sector: Financial Services SubSector: Banking and other financial services (excluding insurance) Custodial services Type of Reservation: Market Access Level of Government: Territorial – Nunavut Measures: Description: Mutual funds which offer securities in Canada must use a resident custodian. A nonresident subcustodian may be used if it has shareholders’ equity of at least $100 million. *** ONTARIO Sector: Financial Services Subsector: Insurance and InsuranceRelated Services Services auxiliary to insurance and pension funding Type of Reservation: National Treatment Most Favoured Nation Market Access CrossBorder Trade in Financial Services Level of Government: Provincial – Ontario Measures:Insurance Act, 1990, s.386 (1), (2); s.403, 54(1)
NUNAVUT. 1.1. All Departments and Agencies of the Territory.
NUNAVUT. The amount of direct funding available to students, from the territorial government, while enrolled in Nunavut Arctic College has been reported as inadequate for some time, especially for students who are also parents.327 Access to student housing, daycare spots, and other social and wellbeing supports require enhancement at the central campus in Iqaluit as well as 326 Paul Berger, Jennifer Johnston, and Melissa Oskineegish, “Culture in Schooling in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region,” in education 22, no. 1 (2016): 61-76. 327 Paul Berger, Karen Inootik, Rebecca Jones and Jennifer Kadjukiv, “A Hunger to Teach: Recruiting Inuit Teachers for Nunavut,” Études Inuit Studies 40, no. 2 (2016): 47-69. through community-based programs, recognizing that decentralization introduces the challenges of consistency and efficiency in providing student supports. Intentional candidate recruitment and retention strategies, Inuit teacher educators, training that prepares teachers to instruct grades 7-12, and efforts to attract more males into the profession are lacking.328 We also question whether itinerant teacher educators who variously lack northern experience, expertise in Inuit language and culture, and consistent program coordination or supports for adapting their teaching practices, are a significant factor in student experience.
