Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
19 September 2011
Canada’s Inuit
Inuit are among Aboriginal Canadians
who have been gravely used and abused
The social ills that afflict the Inuit who live in the
Arctic have existed for a long time; there seems to
be a lack of political will to do much about the situation
Relocation of Inuit Caused Great Hardship
In 1953, 19 Inuit families are taken from their homes
in northern Quebec and shipped to Resolute Bay
and Grise Fiord in the high Arctic