Gov of Canada and FNI bolster Qalipu Enrolment Process

"The wheels turn slowly!"

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=957979

Finally!

"The Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Brendan Sheppard, Chief of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation, today announced the Government of Canada and the Federation of Newfoundland Indians (FNI) have doubled the number of members to the Qalipu Mi'kmaq Enrolment committee.

"The new Enrolment Committee members will apply the same approach to reviewing the files in accordance the 2008 Agreement and the 2013 Supplemental Agreement. The additional four members continue to offer equal representation from the Mi'kmaq and the Government of Canada.

"Further, the parties have agreed to extend the deadline for the Enrolment Committee to review the 94,000 eligible applications for enrolment in the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation. The new deadline for completion of the review process will be June 30, 2016 and, as a result, the deadline for completion of the appeals process will be January 31, 2017.

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April Qalipu Newsletter

Mawpmit'jik Qalipu'k

http://qalipu.ca/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/April-Newsletter-v1.pdf

Read this month's newsletter to see what the Qalipu community is accomplishing.

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Nunavut schools look at standardizing Inuktitut writing system

Writing a culture

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-schools-look-at-standardizing-inuktitut-writing-system-1.2994010

Many FN groups grappling with how to keep their language alive in the 21st century. Syllabics is another hurdle for the people of Nunavut!

"Nunavut education minister Paul Quassa announced yesterday in the legislative assembly that the government is looking into using Roman orthography as the standard writing system for Inuktitut in schools across the territory.

"Inuktitut is commonly written across Nunavut in two different systems: syllabics, which uses a system of symbols adopted from Cree script, and Roman orthography, which uses the roman alphabet used to write in English. Both systems enjoy official status in the territory, and are used more frequently depending on geographical location: syllabics in the east, orthography in the west.

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