055 Exiled North: Canada's High Arctic Relocations
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This week, Valerie and Kyle examine one of the most disturbing and least discussed policies in modern Canadian history: the High Arctic relocation.
In the 1950s, Inuit families were moved more than 2,000 kilometres north from their homes in Northern Quebec to remote Arctic settlements. Promised better hunting, housing, and support, they instead arrived to isolation, scarcity, and a future they did not choose.
Drawing on survivor testimony, including the story of Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, as well as historical documentation, the findings of the Royal…
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