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  Nunavut - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics:) is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada: it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993.
The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island in the east.
Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin/Kivalliq regions), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District of Mackenzie.
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 Nunavut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nunavut's small and sparse population makes it unlikely the territory will be granted provincial status in the foreseeable future, although this may change if the Yukon, which is only marginally more populous, becomes a province.
Nunavut's vegetation is partially composed of rare berries, lichens, arctic willows, moss, tough grass, and small willow shrubs.
While the Commissioner is not formally a representative of the Queen of Canada, a role roughly analogous to representing the Crown has accrued to the position.
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 Nunavut Article, Nunavut Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada : it was separated officially from thevast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land ClaimsAgreement Act, though the actual boundarieswere established in 1993.
Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin/Kivalliq regions), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District ofMackenzie.
As in theother territories, the commissioner's role is symbolic and is analogous to that of a lieutenant-governor.
www.anoca.org /region/territories/nunavut.html   (908 words)

  
 List of Nunavut commissioners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of the Commissioners of Nunavut Territory, Canada, since its creation in 1999.
The Commissioner is appointed by the federal government.
Prior to April 1, 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Nunavut_commissioners   (118 words)

  
 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A Commissioner is the ceremonial head of one of the Territories of CanadaTerritories of Canada.
However, while commissioners used to have a direct day to day role in administration and governing and used to chair the Executive Council of the territory, today they are under instruction to act more like a provincial lieutenant-governor as territorial assemblies have taken on more and more responsibility.
The title of Commissioner is also used by the chief official of some of the minor crown colonyoverseas territories of the United Kingdom.
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 Nunavut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nunavut is Canada's newest territory, established on April 1, 1999...
Nunavut is Canada's frontier, as isolated and remote as any...
) is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada: it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993.
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 Nunavut The word Nunavut in Inuktitut The word Nunavut in...
The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island Baffin Island in the east.
Nunavut's head of state is a Commissioner Commissioner appointed by the federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.
While the Commissioner is not formally a representative of the Queen of Canada Queen of Canada the role of respresenting the crown has accrued to the position.
www.biodatabase.de /Nunavut   (940 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News
Nunavut was not in a province, and the Nisga'a government is an ethnic government," Binette said.
But the commissioners are already sensing that their eight-month mandate may not be long enough for them to complete their work.
After their tour of Nunavik is complete, the commissioners plan to meet for one week every month until they are ready to table their final report.
www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut000131/nvt20114_08.html   (749 words)

  
 Nunavut
Nunavut consists of: all of Canada north of 60° N and east of the boundary shown on the map below, and which is not within Quebec or Newfoundland; and the islands of Hudson Bay, James Bay and Ungava Bay that are not within Manitoba, Ontario or Quebec.
Nunavut is twice the size of Ontario with a population not much greater than the city of Brockville.
The dominant colours, blue and gold, are the ones preferred by the Nunavut Implementation Commissioners to symbolize the riches of the land, sea and sky.
www.canadainfolink.ca /nunavut.htm   (1171 words)

  
 Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest of the territories of Canada: it was separated officially from the vast Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries were established in 1993.
The former Baffin region (the high Arctic Islands) was entirely transferred to Nunavut.
Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin region), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District of Mackenzie.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/nu/nunavut.html   (967 words)

  
 iqexpand.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It is the name given to the ancestral home of the Inuit of the central and eastern Arctic, and to the new Territory of Nunavut...
Nunavut The territory of Nunavut (which means andquot; our land andquot;) stretches some 1.9 million square kilometres and is nearly one-fifth the size of Canada.
The new Nunavut Handbook is the place to look for everything you want to know about Nunavut.
nunavut.iqexpand.com   (1258 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News
The departing school board commissioners say the fight for an injunction against Makivik will proceed, even though seven new commissioners are sitting on the board.
Only seven of the school board’s 14 commissioners sought re-election this week, but all four elected members of the five-member executive council sought re-election.
However, at least two commissioners, who ran unopposed in their communities were confirmed at press-time.
www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut021122/news/nunavik/21122_02.html   (564 words)

  
 Premier Paul Okalik appoints Maligarnit Qimirrujiit commissioners
Sandra Omik of Iqaluit was appointed chief commissioner.
Well-known Iqaluit resident Jonah Kelly was appointed commissioner.
Baker Lake resident Barnabas Piryuaq, who was also appointed commissioner, is vice-president and a founding member of the Inuit Heritage Trust.
www.gov.nu.ca /Nunavut/English/news/1999/november/nov29.shtml   (245 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
How the Act Works: Public Officials Appointed under This Act: Marriage Commissioners The Act allows the Minister to appoint marriage commissioners who are responsible for performing marriages outside of religious ceremonies, providing that the persons wishing to be married have a licence.
Registration of Clergy The Minister must keep a register of members of the clergy who permanently reside in Nunavut and whose names have been submitted to the Minister by the ecclesiastical authorities of the religious bodies in which they are ordained or appointed.
Marriage Commissioners The Act allows the Minister to appoint marriage commissioners to perform civil marriages and sets out the fees for such marriages.
www.nunavutcourtofjustice.ca /library/engsum/sume118.doc   (825 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
One was the extremely low population density in the Nunavut area, 0.01 persons per square Km, which is some 300 times lower than the population density of Canada as a whole.
Nonetheless, the Commissioners – all Inuit and chosen from a variety of managerial and artistic backgrounds – persevered over the years following the settlement of the Nunavut land claim in 1993, and gathered a rich variety of design proposals from the inhabitants of the territory.
According to information available to Commissioners and the CHA, all symbols and colors eventually picked were present in that young man’s design: the divided white-and-yellow background, the blue star (albeit placed at the hoist, where it properly belongs) and the central red inuksuk or stone monument.
www.shire.net /flagman/nunavut.htm   (2573 words)

  
 The Nunavut Flag and Coat of Arms - ExploreNorth
The colours, blue and gold, are the ones preferred by the Nunavut Implementation Commissioners to symbolize the riches of the land, sea and sky.
It also symbolizes the assembled members of the Legislature meeting together for the good of Nunavut; with the Royal Crown symbolizing public government for all the people of Nunavut and the equivalent status of Nunavut with other territories and provinces in Canadian Confederation.
The compartment at the base is composed of land and sea and features three important species of Arctic wild flowers.
www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/more/NunavutFlag.htm   (325 words)

  
 (English)Government of Nunavut
Nunavut -- "our land" in the Inuktitut language -- has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century.
Embracing both traditional knowledge and values and the new opportunities presented by technologies like the Internet, the Government of Nunavut now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 27,000 residents.
Nunavut is a place of great economic growth.
www.gov.nu.ca /cley.htm   (182 words)

  
 CARC - Northern Perspectives (Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1993)
2.1 The legislation proposed to establish Nunavut (the "Nunavut Act") shall be similar to the present Northwest Territories Act with such modernization and clarification as may be appropriate.
It is anticipated that appropriate sections of the Nunavut Act will be brought into force prior to April 1, 1999 where those sections support the transition process for the creation of Nunavut.
The determination of the administrative design of the first Nunavut government organization is separate from the determination of ongoing federal financing arrangements for the two territories.
www.carc.org /pubs/v21no1/nunavut2.htm   (1681 words)

  
 Nunatsiaq News, March 8, 1996   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The commissioners also say that it's essential that ordinary people know how much their elected representatives are paid.
The commissioners also said it's obvious that the role of MLAs has been transformed over the years from a part-time to a full-time job, and that they should be paid accordingly.
He was also the last Commissioner to visit the people in their communities, their council chambers, and in their homes.
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 nunavut symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The royal crown is for public government for all people of Nunavut and establishes Nunavut as a partner in Canada.
The caribou and narwhal refer to land and sea animals which are part of the natural heritage of Nunavut.
The colours are blue and gold that the Nunavut Implementation Commissioners chose to symbolize the richness of the land, sea and the sky.
www.k12.nf.ca /acreman/Flags/nu.html   (160 words)

  
 Arviat & Nunavut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Part of the new Nunavut Territory as the third largest in the territory with a population of over 1500.
Red is a reference to Canada.The inuksuk symbolizes the stone monuments which guide the people on the land and mark sacred and other special places.The star is the Niqirtsuituq, the North Star and the traditional guide for navigation and more broadly, forever remains unchanged as the leadership of the elders in the community.
After 20 years of dreaming, people of Nunavut finally awoke early morning of April 1, 1999 of a realization that they now had their own territory of Nunavut.
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 MYATTconference
Georgina Lovell was honoured to attend the MYATT conference in Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut where she spoke to approximately 500 students and facilitated workshops for the Project Moving Target Youth Tobacco Awareness mentorship programme to the 18 youth delegates representing areas of Nunavut from Cambridge Bay to Grise Fiord.
On November 28, 2003 Honourable Joe Handley and Honourable Kelvin Ng, the Ministers responsible for the Workers Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, announced the approval of the Regulations to eliminate and control second-hand smoke in the workplace.
: The colours, blue and gold, are the ones preferred by the Nunavut Implementation Commissioners to symbolize the riches of the land, sea and sky.
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 List of Nunavut commissioners - TheBestLinks.com - Commissioner of Nunavut, April 1, Canada, Northwest Territories, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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*18.6 On appointment, a Commissioner shall certify in writing that he is not an employee as defined in paragraph 18.5 (b), and that to the best of his knowledge he is not in a conflict of interest and will not sit on any appeal if a conflict of interest comes to his attention.
The role of the Chairperson is to preside over meetings of the Board and to supervise the operations of the Board.
If there is a majority decision, the dissenting Commissioner may give reasons for the dissent.
www.kirk.ca /NUBIP/review_appendix6.htm   (1503 words)

  
 1998, c. 15 (Bill C-39) >> 50. Bill C-9
Nunavut Act and the Constitution Act, 1867, An Act to amend the
(a) on the later of the day that that Act is assented to and the day that section 3 of the Nunavut Act comes into force, paragraph (f) of the definition "court" in section 103 of that Act is replaced by the following:
(f) the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and
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 Nunavut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division).
It has a population of only about 29,300 (Nunavummiut, sg.
If Nunavut were treated as a single country, the area will be ranked 13th, after Democratic Republic of Congo.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nunavut.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of Nunavut commissioners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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