Millions of Canadian homes are damaged, over-crowded or too expensive for the people living in them, newly published census figures show.
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Julie Dicker, a school principal in Nain, Nunatsiavut, is the winner of the 2023 ITK Award for Inuit Excellence
The environment Inuit have lived in for millennia is changing fast. Canada’s government once ignored Indigenous knowledge of it but now they are jointly creating the Nunatsiavut conservation area.
ITK looks forward to working with new and returning members of federal Cabinet to advance Inuit priorities and bring about substantive equality for Inuit in Canada.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representational organization for Inuit in Canada, is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day this year by joining the Métis National Council at 100 Wellington Street in Ottawa.
The National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) has elected Susie-Ann Kudluk of Kangirsuk, Nunavik as their new president for the 2023-2025 term.
The National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) will elect its next President on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The NIYC President elected by majority vote of NIYC members for a two-year term. The nomination period opens April 19, 2023, and closes May 17, 2023, at 11:59 pm ET.
The Parliament of Canada passed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2021. Full and effective implementation of the rights affirmed by the UN Declaration remain pivotal for ending and preventing human rights violations experienced by Inuit.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) was pleased that Parliament passed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2021 (UNDRIP) and continues to view full and effective implementation of the rights affirmed by the UN Declaration as pivotal for ending and preventing human rights violations experienced by our people.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s 2023 pre-budget submission focuses on specific high-priority areas that align with Government commitments, policies and initiatives as well as current Ministerial mandate letters. It builds upon meaningful investments in previous budgets while advocating for further funding to close major outstanding gaps.
Find the full remarks of Pope Francis’ address in Maskwacis and Iqaluit here.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, together with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Makivik Corporation and the Nunatsiavut Government, are coordinating efforts for Inuit participation in the Papal Visit to Canada.
