KANGIQSUJUAQ, QC, Nov. 21, 2024 /CNW/ - Please be advised that the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, will deliver an apology on behalf of the Government of Canada to Nunavik Inuit for Canada's role in the killing of qimmiit (sled dogs) in Nunavik in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2024
Time: 4:45 p.m. (ET)
Where: Kangiqsujuaq Community Center
500 Building
Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, Quebec
Please note that the apology will also be broadcasted live in Inuktitut on the Taqramiut Nipingat Incorporated radio station. https://www.tni-rtn.com/
Media wishing to attend are asked to pre-register with the Media Relations team of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada at [email protected].
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For more information (media only): Gregory Frame, Press Secretary, Office of the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, [email protected]; Media Relations, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, [email protected]; Carson Tagoona, Director of Communications, Makivvik, [email protected]
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