The Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan includes $305 million for a distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund, which includes $45 million to address immediate needs for products and services in Inuit communities.
If Inuit children experience unmet needs related to COVID-19, families can submit a request to the Inuit Child First Initiative to seek additional support.
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.
Ungataaniittunit 113,900 kiinarmut matuat, 563,000 qaujiqtut allarutiit ammalu 438nit anginilimmik katillugit imalinnit uasautinit nassiujjisimajut ikajuqtugit saputisimagunnaqullugit inuit qanimanaqtuqtaqarningani nunaliujunit Nunavumi, Nunavimmi, Inuvialuit Nunanganni ammalu Nunatsiavummi.
Nalialluunniit nunarjuarijaujunit, inuqutinginnit uvvaluunniit inutuanguluni kinatuinnaq saalaksaqsimalirunnanngimmat Nuvagjurnaq-19mik tavvatuanguluni. Tamattauluta kisiani uvattinnilimaaq mianirisimalirunnarniaratta
Inuit Tapiriikkut Kanatami (ITK) qujalilauqput Canadami Gavamangannik ilitataqsisimaninginnik ammalu kiusimalilaurninginnik Inuit pisimaliriaqaqtanginik tuglirijanganik Nuvagjuarnaq-19-mit silarjualimaami aktugausimalirningannik, Inuit nunaligijangit piluammariktumik aktuqtausimalirutigilauqtanginnut.
The Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Plan includes $305 million for a distinctions-based Indigenous Community Support Fund, which includes $45 million to address immediate needs for products and services in Inuit communities.
Saqqiqtitauningit tisamairaqtuni arraagumi qaujisaaminiit nainaaqsimaningit sakkutausimavut Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) 2020-2023 qanuqtuurutingata ammalu qanuiliurutiqarniarnirmut parnautinga.
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.
There are several economic supports available to individuals, families, children and businesses. Some are specific to the COVID-19 pandemic response period. Others are longstanding programs available to Inuit that now also address COVID-19 related concerns.
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
