This is part one of a three-part series on violence in Nunavut's schools. In the 2019-2020 school year, there were more than 1,000 violent incidents in Nunavut's schools. The undertaking marks the first time the government of Nunavut has compiled such statistics on school violence, despite the Department of Education's claims that such incidents are tracked and reported. As such, data from three schools is incomplete because those schools had turnover in their administration before the requests could be completed. 'The system is broken'In her 2019-2020 annual report, Bates criticized the government on its lack of data tracking in several areas, including school violence.

Source: CBC News February 22, 2021 10:52 UTC