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

Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation’s Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program

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Mary Simon joins 13 recipients of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation’s Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program in Becheko, NWT. The purpose of the program is to recognize and support talented Northerners in the early stages of their careers, as they deepen their understanding of an important issue facing the North and develop policy ideas to help address it.

National Inuit Youth Council President

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Jennifer Watkins, National Inuit Youth Council President

From August 16th to 20th The National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) met in Inuvik NWT. The summit was designed as an opportunity to develop leadership skills and set priorities for the council.

At the summit Jennifer Watkins of Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, was elected by delegates to the position of NIYC President, as President she also will hold a non-voting position on the ITK Board of Directors representing Inuit youth.

During the meetings the following items were decided upon as youth priorities, culture & language, education & health, housing, networking & communications, funding & support.

Mary Simon's response to Government of Canada apology to High Arctic relocatees

It is my great pleasure to be here today to participate in this historic event.

My mind and heart go back to those dark days in the fall of 1953 when families from Inukjuak were offloaded from the decks of the C.D. Howe and the d’Iberville and deposited onto the shores of Ellesmere and Cornwallis islands in the High Arctic.

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