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The Canadian Football League’s Edmonton Eskimos hold announced they’ll exhaust their nickname after energetic Inuit leaders in conversations over the last 365 days.
Edmonton issued a statement explaining the feedback they bought sooner than deciding to exhaust the Eskimos name:
“The Edmonton Eskimo Football Membership will likely be increasing its engagement in Canada’s north following an intensive 365 days-long formal overview and engagement program with Inuit leaders and community contributors across Canada.
“The overview and engagement program basically revolved across the Membership’s name. This program included meetings with Inuit leaders and community leaders in Iqaluit, Inuvik, Yellowknife and Ottawa; and a overview phase with a aggregate of in-depth interviews with Inuit across the north and in Edmonton, and a phone see among a in reality perfect neighborhood of Inuit across Canada.
“The consistent feedback became a necessity for extra engagement with the Membership. There hold been a spread of views in terms of the Membership’s name however no consensus emerged to toughen a repute swap. The Membership has therefore determined to exhaust its name.”
Janice Agrios, Edmonton’s chair of the board of directors, said the franchise will proceed its work with the Northern Neighborhood Engagement Program that has previously hosted events and college visits in Inuit communities.
The franchise adopted the Eskimos nickname when it became based in 1949. The mascot is a polar undergo named Nanook and the rate aspects a gold “EE” in a inexperienced oval.
