NTI Seeks Input from Inuit on Personal Education Credit
Under the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, there is a provision to use the remaining funds of the Common Experience Payment Trust Fund toward the Personal Education Credit Program. Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and other Aboriginal organizations are...
NTI Expresses Concern over GN Human Resources Decisions
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. President Cathy Towtongie today expressed concern over the Government of Nunavut’s decision to eliminate the Department of Human Resources, planned to take effect April 1, 2013. This follows on a previous GN decision to eliminate...
NUNAVUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - II
The Nunavut Economic Forum recently held their Annual General Meeting in Iqaluit and members have agreed on a new course of action for the Forum over the next two years. The focus of activity for the Forum will be on the review and renewal of the...
BACKGROUNDER - Historic Ruling from the Nunavut Court of Justice Upholding Inuit Rights
• The Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Board of Directors provided a mandate to the NTI Chief Negotiator in Feb., 2001, to negotiate amendments to the implementation contract and renewal of funding levels for the period 2003 to 2013 to ensure continued and...
Historic Ruling from the Nunavut Court of Justice Upholding Inuit Rights
History was made yesterday when Justice Earl Johnson of the Nunavut Court of Justice issued his ruling in favour of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. on the failure of the Government of Canada to create a Nunavut General Monitoring Plan as required by the Nunavut...
Inuit Small Business Roundtable Wraps Up in Iqaluit
) Inuit Small Business Roundtable organized by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. wrapped up in Iqaluit today. More than 30 Inuit business owners from across Nunavut attended the two-day event to discuss various aspects of Nunavut’s economy, including the...
Draft Narwhal Management Plan to be Presented to NWMB
Nunavut Tunngavik Acting President James Eetoolook today encouraged Inuit to attend a public hearing in Iqaluit hosted by the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board to review the draft integrated fisheries management plan for narwhal proposed by the...
Narwhal Tusk Trade Restriction Lifted in All but One Community
(June 5, 2012 –Iqaluit) Nunavut Tunngavik vice President James Eetoolook today announced that the International trade restrictions on narwhal tusks has been removed by Department of Fisheries and Oceans for all Nunavut Communities except one –...