Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national Inuit organization in Canada, representing four Inuit regions – Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.

Dispatches

The People Behind The Inukshuk

ITK President Mary Simon near 1986 Expo InuksukMary Simon joined Inuit performers at the site of the Expo 86 inukshuk overlooking Vancouver's English Bay on February 16th to formally introduce the world to the people behind the inukshuk.

"The People Behind the Inukshuk" is also the name of an Inuit cultural performance hosted by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami at the 2010 Aboriginal Pavilion on Feb. 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Taste of the Arctic

2010: Year of the Inuit ice sculptureThe recent "Taste of the Arctic: An Evening Celebrating Inuit Culture" fund raiser for the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation can only be described as a rousing success.

Some 250 people attended the event including the Prime Minister’s wife Mrs. Laureen Harper, the federal Minister of Health Ms. Leona Aglukkaq, and the Premier of Nunavut Ms. Eva Aariak. Each of the four land claims organizations from Inuit Nunangat were represented by leaders or officials from their regions.

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