Empowering Inuit through targeted support
From education scholarships and elder benefits to harvester support and employment training, NTI provides a diverse range of resources designed to strengthen the lives of Inuit enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement.
Programs and Services
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. is pleased to announce a callout for applications for the 2026-27 Uqausirngaq Fund. The Uqausirngaq Fund supports projects that will strengthen Inuktut and support Nunavut Inuit in the reclamation, revitalization, and...
Nunavut Tunngavik Foundation (NTF) was created by NTI to manage surplus funds from the Common Experience Payment Fund of the Residential School Settlement Agreement. NTI’s Inuit Programs & Services Department administers the Cultural & Healing...
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) is responsible for enrolling individuals in the Nunavut Agreement. The process is administered by NTI through the Department of Inuit Programs and Services, and the Community Enrolment Committees.
The Inuit Firm Registry helps identify Inuit-owned businesses eligible for consideration under Article 24 of the Nunavut Agreement. Use this page to search the registry, register an Inuit firm, update firm information, and learn more about Inuit economic opportunities.
The nomination period for this election will be held from Wednesday, April 15 to Tuesday, April 21, 2026. To be eligible to run or vote, individuals must be Canadian citizens, at least 16 years old as of May 27, 2026, and enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement. Once the nomination period begins, nomination packages will be available from the CRO, Community Liaison Officers, and through the NTI website.
NTI BOARD APPROVES FUNDING INCREASE TO INUIT ELDERS SUPPORT PROGRAM (January 25, 2024 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) This week, the Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) Board of Directors approved enhancements to the Uqqujjait Innarnut Elders Support Program....
The Program will award a number of contributions in keeping with the agreement that NTI has with the Department of Canadian Heritage. NTI retains the right to revise this Guide without notice to implement and comply with terms and conditions...
Angirratsaliulauqta Nunavut Inuit Housing Action Plan (NIHAP) A plan for transformational change to address the housing crisis in Nunavut. What is the NIHAP? What does the NIHAP do? Action Area #1 Capacity Development Action Area #2 Investment...
Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) is intended to relieve poverty among Inuit in Nunavut and to preserve and advance Inuit harvesting culture, heritage and traditional ways of life by providing Inuit in need with funding assistance for...
The Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey (QNIHS) took place in 2024-2025. We are currently analyzing the survey results and will share reports on this page once complete.
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) is ensuring Jose’s ability to inspire Inuit continues by awarding two annual $5,000 scholarships to students pursuing post-secondary academic studies in the fields of education, Inuit language, or the advancement of Inuit rights.
The 2018 Nunavut Inuit Labour Force Analysis (NILFA) Report, developed by the Employment and Social Development Canada, provides a “detailed analysis of the labour force of the Nunavut Settlement Area to determine the availability, interest and...
Until very recently, Inuit knowledge and history was retained and passed on solely through the oral tradition of storytelling. Though there is a strong movement now underway to capture this oral body of knowledge before its primary keepers – Inuit...
Past Programs and Services
During the summer months of the 1950s, several Inuit families were relocated to the High Arctic by the Government of Canada. Families from Pond Inlet and Inukjuak, known as Port Harrison at the time, on the Hudson coast of northern Quebec, were...
The Inuit Learning and Development Pilot project is designed to prepare Inuit for potential jobs in the public service in Nunavut and give participants a greater understanding of the opportunities and value of careers in the public service. The...
On July 9, 2013, Nunavut will celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. To commemorate this major landmark in Nunavut and Canadian history, NTI commissioned a monument to pay tribute to the decades of tireless work of...
In 1998, a group of people in Gjoa Haven wrote to Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Vice-President James Eetoolook, “In regards to the Hudson’s Bay trading post which was established at the location known as Perry River.” The letter was signed by six people,...