More than 113,900 masks, 563,000 wipes and 438 gallons of sanitizer have been delivered to help protect Inuit during the pandemic in communities throughout Nunavut, Nunavik, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and Nunatsiavut.
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Covid-19
No single nation, people or person can fight COVID-19 alone. It will take collective action to protect us.
ITK commends the Government of Canada for recognizing and responding to Inuit needs during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit Inuit communities particularly hard.
Announcements
Read the latest updates on Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Inuit in Canada.
ArcticNet’s Annual Scientific Meeting takes place Dec. 5-7, 2023 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. You can nominate Inuit researchers for a recognition award or to have their travel expenses covered.
ITK welcomes the completion of the UN Declaration Act Action Plan
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national representational organization for Inuit in Canada, is celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day this year by joining the Métis National Council at 100 Wellington Street in Ottawa.
Media
Summers lost to fire and smoke. Biblical floods. Dying forests. Retreating coasts. Economic turmoil and political unrest. It’s going to be a weird century. Here’s what it will look like—and how Canada can get through it.
Natan Obed, the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, told The Globe and Mail on Wednesday that the Edmonton CFL team’s name is a vestige of another time and the debate around it has been damaging to Inuit and damaging to reconciliation in the country.
Natan Obed: B.C.’s provincial UNDRIP law creates a self-reporting obligation, which has proven faulty in the Wet’suwet’en situation
Commentary
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
I have played many roles on this journey, but my role as ambassador for Inuit has been most important. We...
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We are patriotic, as seen in the way we cheer for Team Canada on the international sporting stage, and we...
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Publications
Building a Partnership for Transformational Change: Evaluation of the First Five Years of the Implementation of the Inuit Crown Partnership Committee
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has released a national Inuit position paper to guide future policies and programs governing the marine environments of Inuit Nunangat.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) was pleased that Parliament passed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act in 2021 (UNDRIP) and continues to view full and effective implementation of the rights affirmed by the UN Declaration as pivotal for ending and preventing human rights violations experienced by our people.
Inuktitut Magazine
Download a copy of Issue 130 here. Inuktitut Uqalimaagaliangusimajut taakkua 130-nik itijumik atuqtausimajuvinirnik iqqaumajjutiqaqput kisianilu sivunittinnut turaangatittisimagillutik, Inuit sanaugalirininginnut,…
Inuktitut Magazine Issue 128-129 Download a copy of Issue 128-129 here. Editor: Tom Mcleod Commissioning Editor: Melo Sammurtok-Lavallee Table...
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Uqalimaagaliangusimajut 127 Inuktitut atuinnauliqtut! Taakkunani uqalimaagani, ajjiliurijinit nalunairviusimavugut timimiktigut nunaligijaminni qanutigi ungasiksisimajariaqarnirminnut asigijaminnit, Nanilavut Piliriaqaqtingit titirausiqaqsimavut tusagaksaqutiqarnirminnut asiujisimalilauqtaminnik nagligijaminnik taima...
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