Aluki Kotierk acclaimed international chair to lead the ICC on the world stage.
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Inuit leaders from Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia meet at the 15th assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
“It creates a real opportunity for us to be leaders on the global stage for Indigenous peoples and for Inuit.”
ITK President Natan Obed says his organization is looking for a new model for Nutrition North Canada’s much-criticized subsidy component.
ITK’s pre-budget submission lays out Inuit priorities for the 2026 Federal Budget
Inuit leaders say that Canada’s plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on Arctic defence could repeat past harms in the North unless Inuit are involved as partners.
ITK releases its Inuit Nunangat Poverty Reduction Strategy and recommended changes to how Nutrition North Canada operates in the region.
Watch to see remarks from ITK President Obed and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty.
The funding is meant to help fulfill the federal government’s promise to eradicate tuberculosis by 2030. But Inuit groups across Canada have been lobbying for $131 million in funding as well as co-ordinated action to address the underlying issues that increase tuberculosis spread
The NNC framework offers Inuit-led recommendations on how to transform the federal program and make it more responsive to the needs of Inuit communities.
Forty-one per cent of Inuit families lived below the poverty line, compared to 11 per cent of Canadians overall
“If the government of Canada is going to spend a dollar on poverty reduction, on food security, on the well-being of children, that we’d love to do it within these policy parameters and the priorities that we have decided ourselves that we feel will make the best possible difference.”
