This quarterly research brief provides an overview of the reality of internet access in Inuit Nunangat and also evaluates future infrastructure required to bridge the digital divide between Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Promising international practices are highlighted and compared with Canada’s current connectivity strategy.
ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᕐᑐᕈᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᑭᖑᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐊᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᑦᓗ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ 2021ᒥ ᑭᖑᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐊᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᑦ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᓄᕐᑑᕈᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ; ᐊᓐᓂᕐᑎᕐᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᔪᓐᓂᕐᓱᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᕐᓯᐊᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ.
Inuit experience systemic discrimination within provincial and territorial healthcare systems. The negative effects of discrimination within healthcare systems are compounded by experiences of systemic discrimination within other public services administered by governments.
ᓇᓕᐊᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐊᖑᓗᓂ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᓕᕈᓐᓇᖖᒋᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᕐᓇᖅ-19-ᒥᒃ ᑕᕝᕙᑐᐊᖑᓗᓂ. ᑕᒪᑦᑕᐅᓗᑕ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᓕᒫᖅ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᓯᒪᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ
The second issue of our Quarterly Research Briefing series identifies challenges that too often prevent Inuit from fully enjoying our human right to water.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᖏᑕ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖁᑎᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖓᓂ, ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᖕᓂᒃ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᑉ, ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅ- ᑎᖁᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᒋᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᑦᑕ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔫᖕᓂᒃ 2017- ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᑦᑕ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕆᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑳᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ.
ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒃᑲᑕᖅᑐᐃᓗᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭ- ᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᑦᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᕗᑦ.
ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᖏᑕ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖁᑎᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖓᓂ, ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᖕᓂᒃ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᑉ, ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅ- ᑎᖁᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᒋᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᑕ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖓᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᑦᑕ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔫᖕᓂᒃ 2017- ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᑦᑕ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕆᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑳᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔫᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᖁᔨᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 2020-2023 ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑕ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑮᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑉ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᕆᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᑦᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔫᑉ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ.
This report summarizes three key outcomes of hosting the National Inuit Strategy on Research Roundtable and nine findings that emerged from discussions associated with roundtable activities.
