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    Inuit schoolchildren speak in English to each other on the playground at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet.Inuit schoolchildren in a Gr. 3 class reading aloud in Inuktitut at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet. (Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

    Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

    Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut

    Inuit schoolchildren speak in English to each other on the playground at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet.Inuit schoolchildren in a Gr. 3 class reading aloud in Inuktitut at Leo Ussak Elementary School, Rankin Inlet. (Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

    Inuktut deserves a place in the Official Languages Act

    Ottawa could lead the world by formally recognizing the mother tongue of the Inuit as an official language within Nunavut

    On the Inuktut language, the Inuit may have been too welcoming

    Opinion: Inuit have long been nice, writes Aluki Kotierk—but as the Inuktut language dies, it’s time to push back against a tilted education system