The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Annual General Meeting took place by videoconference this week, with participants from all regions of Inuit Nunangat. The videoconference tested the bandwidth limitations of many representatives, spread across multiple time zones from Inuvik and Ulukhaktok in the west to Nain and Postville in the east.
Inuit Tapiriikkut Kanatami tunngasuktitsilauqput tusaqtitaujjutiminnik Edmonton-mit Canada-mi Aqsaqtimmariit Pinnguaqtingita Katimajinginnit atsiqtausimanituqaminnik aturungniiqtittiniarnirminnik taimannganituqamit nalunaikkutarisimaliqtaminnik aqsaqtiullutik ammalu asijjiisimalirniarnirmut nutaanut, suli isumaliurutiusimanani atirilirniaqtaminnut.
Iagijauqataujut Inuit Tapiriikkunnut Kanatami Katimajinginnut katinnganiqalauqput tarrijautirlaktigut tallimangautillugu aaqqiktauvagiiqsimalluni katimaqatigiinniriniaqtaminnut maliksugu. Katimajiujut uqallausiqalauqtut gavamatuqakkut maligannguqtittivallianingannik atuliqtitauqullugit United Nation-kut Nalunaiqsijjutingannik Nunaqaqqaarsimajuit Pijunnautiqarninginnut ammalu atuliqtitauqullugit ikajuqtugausimaliqujinirmut tiliurisimalirutiujut Canada-mi Qaujigiarutigillugit Naalangniqalaurnirmit Inuaqtausimajut ammalu Asiujijausimajunut Nunaqaqqaarsimajuit Arnanginit Niviaqsianginnillu.
Nalliunisiurutiqarningini saqqitausimalilauqtunut kingulliqpaaqsiutinik unikkaaliangusimalilauqtunut ammalu 231-ngujunit Tiliurutigijausimaliqlauqtanginut Ikajuqsigausimaliqullugit Canada-mi Killisiniaqtikkut Tukisigiarutiqaqtiujut Asiujijausimajunut ammalu Inuaqtausimajunut Nunaqaqqaarsimajuit Arnait ammalu Niviaqsiat pijjutigillugit (MMIWG), Inuit Tapiriikkut Kanatami (ITK) suli piliriaksaqarmata iluikkaujukkut atuliqtitausimaliqullugit piliriangusimaliqtut, ammalu aaqqiksuiqatigiiksimalirlutik Canada-mi piliriangujunut parnautinik piliriqatigisimalugit Inuit sivuliqtigijangit, Canada-mi Nunaqaqqaarsimajuit Katujjiqatigiingit, Canada-mi Angijuqqaarjuaq, ammalu Canada-mi Government-gijaujut.
ITK is calling for air transportation to be designated an essential service in Inuit Nunangat for the duration of the COVID-19 response. In winter and spring, airline travel routes are lifelines, the equivalent to roads and railways in southern Canada. They are the sole entry points for food, medicine and other essential supplies in all but two of 51 Inuit communities, and a critical means of travel for patients requiring advanced medical treatment.
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
Ammalukkanniq, Inuit pititaujunnarmimmata amisurlaujunit Canada-mi Government-kut ikajurutiksaullutik atuinnautisimajanginik tamainnut Canada-miutaujunut. Tusaqtitaukkannirumagutsi Government-tuqakkunnit ikajuqtaujjusiaqtaangujunnaqtunik ilaqaqtillugit Iqqanaijaqtulirinirmi Nalliukkumaanut, Canada-mi Tuaviurnaqsisimajuqaqtillugu Kiugiarutiullutik Ikajuusiaqtaangujunnaqtut, Canada-mi Surusirnut Ikajuusiaqtaanguvattut, Puvvirinaqtualuk Nuvagjuarnaq (COVID-19) Kiinaujaliurutinut Kiinaujatigut Ikajuusiaqtaanguvaktunut ammalu asikkanninginnut, atii uvani qaritaujatigut qaujigiarlugit www.itk.ca/covid19
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami released a position paper today on implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
This position paper outlines the expectations of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) regarding the Government of Canada’s support for and commitment to implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
