High quality Northern education is not limited to lawyers. Nunavut needs Accountants, Psychologists, Wildlife Biologists, Journalists & more. After 4 years of law students, next fall there will be lapsed funding, empty classrooms and student housing. Dare to dream - what is next?.

RT @TashaKheiriddin: Lists are already circulating of Canadian alternatives to US products. Here’s one.

RT @CharlieAngusNDP: Twitter is being flooded with fake accounts from Russia and elsewhere claiming they were thrilled to attend the Pierre….

RT @FrigadeHQ: Add high-quality flows, like announcements and banners, to your product UI without code. Set limits, cool-offs, and prioriti….

RT @eanoee: Bring all Inuit & Inuit elders home from Embassy West now.

In 1999 Canada predicted 10 yrs before devolution was “practical.” Fine, said the Nunavut side, let us not waste precious time - start education plans now to produce Inuit geologists & mineral engineers who should graduate as PhDs in time to lead devolution in 2009.

This focus comes directly out of Inuit strategy which developed in the planning for the #Nunavut Land Claims Agreement #NLCA. The Inuit sovereignty over Nunavut lands, which was temporarily released by the certainty clauses in the NLCA, would be recaptured through devolution.

The Nunavut contingent was led by the very accomplished Inuit negotiator, late of Rankin and Pang, Laura Gauthier, then ADM at EIA who, although not yet 30 years old, had already negotiated a large piece of the territorial division of assets & accountabilities leading up to 1999.

Canada hope to lure the Nunavut contingent away from the issue of Lands & Resources. Was Nunavut not interested in securing jurisdiction over labour relations, prosecutions or NIHB Canada offered. No, not at all. It was always to be lands and resources.

RT @PBIcanada: UN Special Rapporteur @ForstMichel has released a report noting he is "deeply troubled at the use of civil injunctions to ba….

The Premier in 1999 was #paulokalik. His instructions were always forceful and clear: lands and waters: Inuit use is continuous. #nunavut #devolution.

The very first devolution negotiation ever was in 1999 before there was a formal negotiating framework or mandate. Nunavuts strategy was to invite northern affairs officials to the most beautiful places in Nunavut starting with Bathurst Inlet.

Our holiday window is sometimes a tree or a wreath, but this year we honour Ezekiel, shared prophet shared of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths. A star within a star.

While I’m on Twitter could Council just appoint Lewis MacKay. The election was three weeks ago. He was nominated. He ran. He has a coherent platform. People voted for him 500+. This is the process we use to choose people #awafeats @Maqaiti et al.

Wonder why I don't take @LinkedIn too seriously? Here's a "personalized" message for me today. <<Hiring trends for Senior Lawyers. People with similar roles applied to these jobs. Corporate Law Clerk - Casual.Post Office Assistant - Term Position >>. Not inspired. .

Found wisdom.

This CBC podcast series is excellent on the topic with many contemporaneous interviews. Recall: How to Start a Revolution with Geoff Turner: Recall: How to Start a Revolution - Trailer

RT @CraigBaird: Louis Riel, the founder of Manitoba, who fought to preserve Metis rights & land, was elected to the House of Commons three….

What my family accuse me of when we go south….

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