Event Location: Iqaluit, NU

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) will be in Iqaluit this week. Mulcair will hold private meetings with community leaders and stakeholders on Wednesday. Call 613-323-7974.

The 2014 western premiers’ conference will be held July 9-10, 2014. The meetings will be held at the The Frobisher Inn, Iqaluit, Nunavut. Call 867-975-5059.

Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Tom Sammurtok, Nunavut Minister of the Department of Community and Government Services, will make an infrustructure announcement. The event will take place at the Nunavut Legislative Assembly, 926 Federal Rd. Call 613-943-1838.

Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Alta.) will deliver a speech at the Nunavut Research Institute and discuss recent changes to Employment Insurance in the North. A site visit will also be held before the speech. The event will take place at the Nunavut Research Institute, Boardroom, 959A Nunavut Drive. Call 613-960-7527. 

Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) will be taking part in pre-budget roundtable discussions in Iqaluit. The event will take place at the minister’s regional office, #630 Queen Elizabeth II Way, Qamutiq Building, 4th Floor. Call 867-975-3722.

Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) will be making an announcement regarding the development of Nunavut’s fisheries.The event will take place in Room 122, Old Res of Nunavut Arctic College. Call 867-975-3722.

Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Peter MacKay (Central Nova, N.S.) will hold a roundtable on discussion on a Canadian Victims Bill of Rights. The event will be held at Qamutiq Centre Building 630, 4th floor Boardroom, Queen Elizabeth II Way Road. Call 613-992-4621.

On behalf of Heritage Minister James Moore (Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, B.C.), Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, Man.) will make an announcement regarding the arts and culture sector. The event will be held at the Unikkaarvik Visitor Centre, Building 220. Call 819-997-7788.

Minister of Health, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) and Adamee Itorcheak, vice-chair of the Nunavut Broadband Development Corporation's board of directors will attend an infrastructure event. The event will be held at the Nunavut Research Institute. Call 613-991-0700.

Mary Simon, chair of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s National Committee on Inuit Education (NCIE), together with members of the NCIE, will discuss new initiatives inspired by a three-day discussion on future directions on research in Inuit education.The research gathering, which takes place at Nakasuk School from Feb. 19 to 21, 2013, brings together Inuit and non-Inuit … Read more