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RFP-Infrastructure


Inuuqatigiit Centre is accepting proposals to hire a consultant to work on a proposal for infrastructure. Please view the RFP here:  RFP for Infrastructure Proposal 2022.

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2018-2022 Utqiagvik Declaration


2018 Inuit Circumpolar Council Implementing the Utqiaġvik Declaration 2018-2022 Inuit Circumpolar Council: Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson, Sr. of Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly Barrow), the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has flourished and grown into a major international non-governmental organization (NGO) representing approximately 180,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russian). In 1980, […]

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2018 Inuit Education Summit


Nuuk, Greenland 13-15 February 2018 INUIT EDUCATION SUMMIT Responding to a call in 2014 by Inuit leaders from Chukotka, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland to education experts and practitioners to convene in a summit focused on Inuit education prior to the 2018 General Assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC); Recalling specific related mandates given by […]

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Declarations On Indigenous/Inuit Education


March 2008 United Nations, Declarations On Indigenous Inuit Education, Read: Articles 11-15 May 2016, Canada adopts the UN Declaration CBC article “1. Indigenous peoples have the right to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such […]

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Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Wellness Nunavut


2009-2010 National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health Child and Youth Health Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Supporting Wellness in Inuit Communities in Nunavut By Shirley Tagalik, Educational Consultant, Inukpaujaq Consulting “Indigenous worldviews are generally holistic in perspective and encompass interconnections amongst all aspects of life and place (Bernhardt & Kawagley, 2005). From […]

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Allyship Ideas


Thinking Allyship? With current events and rethinking our relationships with one another, explore the concept of Allyship with the help of these two documents. These two documents act as resources for non-Indigenous people seeking to become allies to Indigenous people to help in the understanding of the struggle for decolonization and nationhood and what effective […]

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Nunatsiaq News, OICC renamed “Inuuqatigiit”


May 2019 Nunatsiaq News By Kahlan Miron The place previously known as the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre has a new name. It’s now called Inuuqatigiit, or “Inuit coming together.” The change was recently announced on a sunny afternoon on April 25, as the centre’s members and contributors gathered to celebrate the rebranding in front of […]

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Non-Insured Health Benefits Information


Non-Insured Health Benefits is a program that provides Nunavut Land Claims, James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and Labrador Inuit Land Claims Beneficiaries the support for the following: -specific drugs -dental care -vision care -medical supplies and equipment -short term crisis intervention -medical transportation -mental health counselling. If your client previously had a Territorial health […]

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Measles Information


Information to our Families If you fall into one of the following 4 categories, you are at higher risk of developing measles and/or complications: 1) Born in or after 1970 AND never received a measles-containing vaccine; 2) Have a weakened immune system; 3) Are pregnant and are unimmunized and have never had measles; 4) Children […]

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OACC Forum History Video


September 26, 2018 At the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Community Forum, members and partners were brought together to explore ideas on “BREATHING LIFE INTO RECONCILIATION: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?”. As part of the discussion, a video was presented at the dinner.

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