GN and NTI provide $2M for community food programs during COVID-19
GN and NTI provide $2M for community food programs during COVID-19 IQALUIT, Nunavut (April 3, 2020) – Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) President Aluki Kotierk today announced over $2 million for community food...
Immediate Investment Towards Handwashing made by NTI
(March 26, 2020 Iqaluit, Nunavut) NTI is immediately investing $1.25 million of the Indigenous Community Support Fund to Nunavut municipalities to ensure Inuit have a steady supply of clean water to wash hands. “Water is a basic human right,” said...
NTI Calls for Housing Equity on World TB Day in midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
(March 24, 2020 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Today, on World Tuberculosis Day, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated calls on the Government of Canada to immediately make a significant funding commitment towards housing equity in Nunavut to address a root cause of...
Community Hunt Funds to all the Hunters and Trappers Organizations (HTOs) in Nunavut in light of COVID-19
Inuit organizations are providing $10,000 to Hunters and Trappers Organizations (HTOs) in Nunavut to assist with community hunts and help minimize the impacts of COVID-19 on Inuit facing economic hardship and food insecurity. “We all have an important...
Looking for information on Coronavirus-19 in Inuktitut? NTI has translated this resource from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) What is coronavirus-19? Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person. The virus that causes COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that was first identified during an...
NTI stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en
(February 21, 2020, Iqaluit) Nunavut Tunngavik stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en land defenders, and all the indigenous nations supporting them for their inherent right to govern their own territory and to protect their ancestral lands. The...
Inuit are maintaining Inuktut despite Mulroney Cabinet secret instructions to block its use
(December 5, 2019) NTI today released a damning 1990 Government of Canada cabinet document (secret for 20 years; obtained under Access to Information Act) which shows Prime Minister Mulroney and his cabinet knowingly and deliberately blocked use of...
NTI Statement Regarding NIRB Adjournment
(December 4, 2019 Iqaluit) Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated’s (NTI) mandate is to protect Inuit rights under the Nunavut Agreement. Inuit have very specific rights to be informed when it comes to resource development in Nunavut. In fact, this is the...