As all eyes focus in on Inuit Nunangat, we are seizing the opportunity with unity, strength and a commitment to creating prosperity and equity for our people.
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Announcements
Media
Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on the federal government to be better partners, saying Canada must respect Inuit rights to governance and self-determination.
Watch to see remarks from ITK President Obed and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty.
The funding is meant to help fulfill the federal government’s promise to eradicate tuberculosis by 2030. But Inuit groups across Canada have been lobbying for $131 million in funding as well as co-ordinated action to address the underlying issues that increase tuberculosis spread
Publications
The NNC framework offers Inuit-led recommendations on how to transform the federal program and make it more responsive to the needs of Inuit communities.
The Strategy is an Inuit-led roadmap to reduce poverty, strengthen self-determination, and close longstanding socioeconomic gaps between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians.
Using decades of remote sensing imagery, ITK has determined that Inuit Nunangat is home to 32% of Canada’s surface freshwater – more than the surface area of all five Great Lakes combined.
Commentary
Una tusaratsauliangusimajuq Natan Obed−mut, Angijuqqaangat Inuit Tapiriit Kanatamikkut, pijjutiqaqsuni Puvallunnaqtuq Nuvajjuarnaq−19
ᐅᓇ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᐅᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓇᑖᓐ ᐆᕙᑦ−ᒧᑦ, ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᕙᔾᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ−19
The following is a message from Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, related to COVID-19
I have played many roles on this journey, but my role as ambassador for Inuit has been most important. We...
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We are patriotic, as seen in the way we cheer for Team Canada on the international sporting stage, and we...
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Covid-19
More than 113,900 masks, 563,000 wipes and 438 gallons of sanitizer have been delivered to help protect Inuit during the pandemic in communities throughout Nunavut, Nunavik, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and Nunatsiavut.
No single nation, people or person can fight COVID-19 alone. It will take collective action to protect us.
ITK commends the Government of Canada for recognizing and responding to Inuit needs during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit Inuit communities particularly hard.
Inuktitut Magazine
In the pages of this double issue, we highlight the legacy of Nunavik’s late Elder Naalak Nappaaluk, the namesake for a new Coast Guard research vessel. From Nunavut, dogsledder Amber Aglukark shares about her journey learning to lead a team like her father before her, and what it felt like sharing that tradition with her son. We have a tale of knowledge transfer and land stewardship between hunters from Makkovik, Nunatsiavut, and Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), Nunavut. And from the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, we have a story of love across borders as a couple from Alaska and Aklavik navigate the legalities of...
THIS SUMMER ISSUE of Inuktitut magazine travels across Inuit Nunangat. In our cover feature you’ll find a success story that merges Inuit self‐determination with food security, thanks to an Inuvik‐based country food processing plant. Also from the West, we’ll hear the firsthand account of an Inuvialuit wildfire fighter who battled one of the many blazes that raged through the Northwest Territories in 2023.
Inuktitut Magazine Issue 130 dives deep into the past but also looks forward, to the future of Inuit art, culture and communications. Our cover, and a feature spread inside, showcase the award-winning contemporary photography of Ottawa-based Katherine Takpannie. We also bring you an interview with Lucy Tulugarjuk, managing director of Canada’s first 24-hour television channel in Inuktut and explore the issue of resale rights–and potential profits–on resold Inuit artworks.
Work for ITK
JOB SUMMARY Reporting to the Manager, Finance & Administration, the Senior Finance Officer is responsible for coordinating and supporting key...
JOB SUMMARY The Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) is an ongoing program, requiring two managers. Reporting to the Director...
JOB SUMMARY Reporting to the Executive Director, the Senior Manager, Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee, works closely with ITK’s executive team, directors,...
