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Qajuqturvik Food Centre
Over the course of the program, QCFC staff were able to build strong relationships with many participants. Once trust was gained, staff were able to provide resources and supports for participants, such as mental health resources, housing and shelter supports, and addiction treatment opportunities. Many participants were able to get out on the land and…
Read MoreNunavut Film Development Corp.
Three participants from the October Master Class in Iqaluit are in the process of writing a 10-part web series to be produced in 2023. A short film co-production between Greenland and Nunavut is being developed by participants of our master classes. Participant of our October Master Class in Iqaluit was chosen to represent Nunavut at…
Read MorePiruqatigiit Resource Centre
Highlights Developed 34 English and Inuktitut knowledge-sharing videos with closed captioning and transcripts about FASD and trauma informed care, community care, Nunavut based resources and information and strategies for supporting individuals and families affected by FASD from an Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit lens. Piruqatiggit team, training on the job to be able to develop these courses and…
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Highlights Selected of the Claudette Bradshow Innovation Award for FASD from CanFASD. Lakehead University has made Tamatta Community FASD knowledge sharing and training video a requirement for Bachelor of Ed Med students to take to enroll in inclusive education at Lakehead.
Read MoreInspire Nunavut
Summary To deliver training through the practical experience of starting and running a business within the training program. Participants are taken through a 6-month intervention where they learn entrepreneurship in their community, this was the original plan, due to the pandemic, they switch to virtual training model which was a 12 week per cohort training.…
Read MoreArctic Fresh Inc.
Arctic Fresh is an Inuit owned company, with its head office based in Igloolik Nunavut. It has been catering to customers located in Nunavut’s Baffin region since 2016.
Read MoreTasiuqtigiit Hand in Hand Society
Uummati Doula/Maternal Support Worker Online Professional Development and Training Tasiuqtigiit Hand in Hand Society in collaboration with the Uummati Maternal Support program is offering an online, virtual training opportunity to Inuit working in or are interested in a professional role in the perinatal field.
Read MorePitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq
Kitikemot Heritage Society Access to Online Cultural and Linguistic Learning to Sustain a Vibrant Inuit Workforce The Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq / Kitikmeot Heritage Society is building on learning that took place in 2019 with Makigiaqta’s support and continuing to strengthen the foundation to deliver a long-term Inuinnaqtun Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP). This program pairs a fluent speaker…
Read MoreThe Nunavut Bilingual Education Society (NBES)
The Nunavut Bilingual Education Society (NBES) is a community-based, non-profit society established in 2003. NBES was created by a group of Nunavut educators, cultural promoters, and storytellers concerned with the preservation, protection, and promotion of Inuit oral history and storytelling, cultural knowledge, and language. The Nunavut Bilingual Education Society will be conducting their program titled…
Read MoreNorthern Youth Abroad
Northern Youth Abroad has offered travel-based experiential education in Nunavut, and also in the Northwest Territories, for more than 20 years. Through their programs, participants have had the chance to step outside of their comfort zone and to live and learn away from home. Through this, they are given the unique chance to share their…
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