Press Releases

IQALUIT, NU, July 8, 2022 / - Today, Meta is proud to announce Inuktitut is available as a language setting on Facebook desktop. The initiative to translate Facebook to Inuktitut is the culmination of a four-year partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik...

(May 4, 2022 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) With the goal of increasing the number of Inuit physicians, the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) have partnered with the University of Ottawa Medical School to secure seats and provide targeted...

(April 29, 2022, Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) President Aluki Kotierk has urged the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) to intervene in Canada’s failure to address systemic discrimination in education....

(April 25, 2022, Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) expresses disappointment with the Government of Nunavut’s (GN) motion to dismiss NTI’s Claim for Equality Rights of Inuit Children and Youth (the “Claim”) as per s. 15 of the...

For Immediate Release President Kotierk calls for Substantive Equality on World TB Day (March 24, 2022, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut) NTI President Aluki Kotierk proclaims March 24 as World Tuberculosis (TB) Day in Nunavut and seeks additional federal...

For Immediate Release Government of Nunavut Fails the Inuit (November 5, 2020 - Iqaluit, Nunavut)  Today, the Government of Nunavut (GN) chose to join the long history of colonial destruction of Inuit language and culture with the passing of An Act to...

(September 28, 2020 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) will hold an election for President on December 14, 2020. The nomination period for declaring candidacy runs from November 2–6, 2020. Please keep in mind: Eligible candidates for...

News Release- Nunavut Harvester Support Program The Nunavut Harvesters Support Program will be delivered by the Regional Inuit Association, as of September 1st, 2020. The purpose of Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) is to preserve and advance...

In celebration of Nunavut Day, and a recent agreement to protect Canadian Heritage Rivers in Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) announces a logo contest for youth. The contest is open to Nunavut Inuit 18 years old and under, associated with the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 18, 2020) Inuit voices were among those sounding an early warning regarding climate change many years ago, before the world started to heed the warnings of scientists around the globe. Then, and now, Inuit are witnessing...