The Nunavut Court of Appeal has struck down the Government of Nunavut’s appeal against a lawsuit launched by Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) and two representative plaintiffs. The lawsuit, first launched in 2021, alleges that the territorial government is discriminating against Inuit students by not fulfilling its obligation to provide Inuit language instruction. “My first three children don’t speak Inuktitut and this is common,” said plaintiff Bernice Kuutuu Clarke, pointing to the lack of use of Inuktitut in schools and the broader community. “I need help with the whole community so that my daughter can be bilingual in the school, in the store, [with] her friends playing, and my visitors coming.” The lawsuit is now set to go to trial.
