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Note: This case study was developed in collaboration with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to tell the story of federal voting rights for Inuit. It does not cover the larger story of Inuit rights, governance and law, or the voting rights of First Nations peoples and Métis. Background information for teachers Inuit are a distinct Indigenous people who live ...

Context card Context card Inuit are a distinct Indigenous people. Their homelands are in northern Canada. For thousands of years, they have governed themselves. Much of the Arctic, where Inuit live, became part of Canada in the 1880s. Inuit got the right to vote in federal elections in 1950. Today, Inuit are active in Canada’s elections and democracy ...