Questions and Answers
True or false: Nadya and Amira Gill are claiming to be Inuit.
True
True or false: Nadya and Amira Gill received thousands of dollars to help pay for their university degrees.
True
True or false: Karima Manji, the mother of Nadya and Amira Gill, was charged with defrauding March of Dimes.
True
True or false: Liam Gill identifies as Indigenous.
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True or false: Liam Gill left home to go to school in the UK.
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True or false: Nadya Gill mentions being Inuk in an article she wrote.
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True or false: Liam identifies himself as British on a UK government website.
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True or false: Amira won a scholarship from HydroOne in 2017.
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True or false: The scholarship from HydroOne is named in recognition of a First Nations judge.
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True or false: Amira also won an award for Indigenous students from RBC in 2018.
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True or false: Amira and Nadya have appeared in media and on podcasts talking about their desire to give back to the Indigenous community through their company.
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True or false: Kanata Trade Co. is currently owned by Ernie Ouitmet, who is Métis.
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True or false: Amira and Nadya Gill are members of Nunavut Tunngavik.
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True or false: The sisters sold 3,000 masks and raised about $6,000 for a non-profit.
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True or false: The artists mentioned in the article have been paid by Kanata Trade Co.
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True or false: The sisters are featured as donors and award recipients by Indspire.
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True or false: APTN has received updates on the amount of donations provided to Indspire.
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True or false: NTI has removed Amira and Nadya Gill from the Inuit enrollment list.
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True or false: The birth mother of Amira and Nadya Gill is Kitty Noah.
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True or false: Nadya Gill has been placed on leave from Durant Barristers.
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Study Notes
Controversy Surrounding the Identity of Nadya and Amira Gill
- Nadya and Amira Gill, twins from Toronto and Mississauga, claim to be Inuit and have received financial support for their university degrees.
- Their parents are Karima Manji and Gurmail Gill, immigrants to Canada.
- In 2015, their mother was charged with defrauding a charity for nearly $800,000.
- Their father has also faced legal troubles.
- Liam, their brother, does not identify as Indigenous and has no memories of learning about Inuit culture.
- Amira won a scholarship from HydroOne in 2017, which listed her as Inuk.
- She also won awards for Indigenous students from RBC and Indspire.
- The Kanata Trade Co., their business, had its certified aboriginal business status suspended pending an investigation.
- The sisters have appeared in media and podcasts discussing their desire to give back to the Indigenous community.
- The sisters studied civil engineering and law at Queen's University.
- Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated became aware of a possible fraudulent enrollment of the sisters and initiated the process to have them removed from the Inuit enrollment list.
- Nadya was placed on leave from her job at Durant Barristers due to concerning allegations.
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