Announcements
ITK Board of Directors meets in Ottawa, endorses creation of Urban Inuit Sub-Committee
ITK’s Board of Directors met in Ottawa May 29
Read the latest updates on Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Inuit in Canada.
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Food Security For Inuvialuit
IT WAS “A BIG STEP” FOR INUVIALUIT, says Brian Elanik, when—over the course of a week in September 2023—he and his team butchered the first 50 reindeer harvested from the regional herd. “That’s our herd...
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Natan Obed on Hockey Cards and Pandemic Puzzles
IN 2020, when the COVID‐19 pandemic shut everything down, Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, like many people, went searching for a distraction. What he chose would take him 18 months to complete and...
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Like Elisapie, Through the Heart
IN BETWEEN CONCERTS and amid fine‐tuning for her national and international tours, Salluit songstress Elisapie Isaac found time to chat about her newest album Inuktitut, released in September 2023. The album is a collection of...
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Inuit Nunangat University
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is spearheading the establishment of a university in Inuit Nunangat. There is a great deal of work to make this vision a reality, but we are guided by our mission for a...
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Kuuvik Bay, Where Aukkautik Lived
Kuuvik is the northernmost major river of the west coast of Nunavik, Québec. Several islands are at its mouth, including Aqiggituut which means abundant with ptarmigans. Inuit knew of the abundance of seals and whales...
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Canadian North’s first Inuk CEO juggles Arctic airline challenges
Shelly De Caria from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, became the first Inuk CEO at Canadian North in December 2023
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Imitation art is everywhere – and it’s hurting the livelihoods of Inuit artists who make the real thing
ITK is calling for government to consider a legislative response to protect the livelihoods of Inuit artists
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Federal and Inuit leaders meet to discuss housing, education
Federal and Inuit leaders meet to discuss housing, education at ICPC meeting May 9
