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.

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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.

Inuit Qaujisarvingat: The Inuit Knowledge Centre Launched

Mary Simon at launch of Inuit Knowledge CentreToday at the Charles Lynch Press Theatre on Parliament Hill, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Mary Simon launched "Inuit Qaujisarvingat: The Inuit Knowledge Centre". The decision to create Inuit Qaujisarvingat arose from a February 2008 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Board of Directors meeting as a method of addressing the gap between western science and Inuit knowledge, as well as a method of capacity building among Inuit to respond to a growing interest in the Arctic and Arctic issues.

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