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In the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, various stakeholders will hold rallies, conferences and meetings.

What gives you hope for a better planet?

On December 7, 2009, leaders from 192 countries will gather at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark to determine the fate of our planet.

Ten former students of Canada's notorious Indian residential schools have been appointed as advisers to the federal government's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as it prepares to begin hearing from ex-students across the country.

Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl unveiled the Indian Residential School Survivor Committee on Wednesday in Ottawa.

A Bathurst youth is going on an arctic expedition to learn more about climate change.

Young New Malden adventurer Louise Biddle will make a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Arctic tundra in August, to film a BBC documentary about life on chilly Baffin Island.

The Canadian government has decided to approve Nunavut's proposal to declare Inuktitut, English and French its official languages.

The territory's Official Languages Act was passed by Nunavut's politicians last June, but it needed final approval from the federal government before it could become law.

Fulfilling an election promise to create a new regional economic development agency for the North, Stephen Harper will visit Canada's Arctic next month.

Mary Simon

President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Nunavut Day, which is annually celebrated on July 9, commemorates passing of two Nunavut acts. The Canadian Parliament passed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act on July 9, 1993. Nunavut officially split from the Northwest Territories and became a Canadian territory on April 1, 1999.

Officials with Air Greenland will travel to Nunavut this month to talk about re-establishing direct flights between Iqaluit and the Greenland capital of Nuuk, an idea that's supported by nearly 1,900 people on an online group.

Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon, President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

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PANGNIRTUNG (TERRITOIRE AUTONOME DU NUNAVUT) ENVOYÉE SPÉCIALE