The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Board of Directors met June 23 virtually and June 28-29 in Inuvik.
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On Monday, June 27, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Natan Obed met with other members of the ICPC in the Inuvialuit region of Inuit Nunangat to discuss shared priorities, including Inuit land claims, legislative priorities, and the implementation of the Inuit Nunangat Policy.
ITK and the RCMP have developed a shared workplan to help improve the relationship between Inuit communities and police.
Taanna Atuagaq atuqtuq tamakkiilimaanut gavamatuqakkut pilirivvinginnut timinginnullu,
turaarutaulluni aaqqiksimaninginnut, sanajauninginnut tunijauninginnullu tamakkiilimaat nutaat
nutaaruqtaujulluunniit gavamatuqakkut Atuaganginnut, pilirininginnut, pijittirarninginnut
pigiarutinginnullu atuqtunut Inuit Nunangani ammalu uvvaluunniit pivaallirutinut inungnut,
piqasiullugit piliriniit kikkutuinnanut Atuqtunut, ikajuutaulutiglu Inuit imminut qanuqtuurninginnut.
taanna atuagaq atuutiqaqpuq piruqsailutik ajuqsanginnirnik ikajurlugillu nunaliit atunilu
inuuttiarninginnik Inuit Nunangani tikinnasugluni inuusikkut pivaallirutitigullu iliqqusituqakkullu
nalimunnirnut Inungnut asinullu Kanatamiunut.
The purpose of this Policy is to promote prosperity and support community and individual wellbeing throughout Inuit Nunangat with the goal of socio-economic and cultural equity between Inuit and other Canadians.
Today, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and President Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, alongside federal Cabinet ministers and the elected Inuit leadership from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Makivik Corporation, and the Nunatsiavut Government, endorsed the new, historic Inuit Nunangat Policy at a meeting of the Inuit Crown Partnership Committee.
The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Board of Directors met today in Ottawa. They discussed the Quebec Court of Appeal’s February opinion on the constitutional validity of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, and the subsequent appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Board directed ITK to seek intervenor status to ensure the Act is implemented in keeping with the intent of the co-development process, and the federal government’s promises to Inuit.
On World Tuberculosis Day 2022, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) President Natan Obed and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) President Dr. Michael J. Strong publicly renew their commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of Inuit
The President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, and the Minister of Indigenous Services, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement today, on World Tuberculosis Day 2022.
Today, on International Mother Language Day, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, National Chief RoseAnne Archibald of the Assembly of First Nations, President Natan Obed of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and President Cassidy Caron of the Métis National Council unite their voices to mark the beginning of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032), declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a key outcome of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.
ITK is pleased to present our 2020-2021 Annual Report and our 2020-2021 Audited Financial Statements.
A Joint Submission by Inuit Circumpolar Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
