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5G5 | ANNUAL REPORT srsbµ5 si4√oxa?5g5 | ANNUAL REPORT 2017.2018 UKIUTAMAAT UNIKKAALIANGUVATTUT | RAPPORT ANNUEL About Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national representational organization for Canada’s 65,000 Inuit, the majority of whom live in four regions of Canada’s Arctic, specifically, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), and Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador). Collectively, these four regions make up Inuit Nunangat, our homeland in Canada. It includes 51 communities and encompasses roughly 35 percent of Canada’s landmass and 50 percent of its coastline. The comprehensive land claim agreements that have been settled in Inuit Nunangat continue to form a core component of our organization’s mandate. These land claims have the status of protected treaties under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and we remain committed to working in partnership with the Crown toward their full implementation. Consistent with its founding purpose, ITK represents the rights and interests of Inuit at the national level through a democratic governance structure that represents all Inuit regions. ITK advocates for policies, programs and services to address the social, cultural, political and environmental issues facing our people. ITK is governed by a Board of Directors composed of the following members: Chair and CEO, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation • President, Makivik Corporation • President, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated • President, Nunatsiavut Government In addition • to voting members, the following non-voting Permanent Participant Representatives also sit on the Board: President, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada • President, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada • President, National Inuit Youth Council • Vision Mission Canadian Inuit are prospering through unity Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is the national voice and self-determination. for protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (ITK) ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ 65,000-ᓗᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖃᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᓂ (4) ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ (ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ), ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᓄᓇᕕᒃ (ᑯᐃᐸᐅᑉ ᑕᖅᕋᖓᓂ), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ (ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓛᐸᑐᐊᕆᐅᑉ). ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᕙᖓᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ 51-ᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 35 ᐳᕐᓴᓐᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖓᑕ ᐊᖏᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖃᖅᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 50 ᐳᕐᓴᓐᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᓯᒡᔭᒋᔭᖏᓐᓃᑦᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᑑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓱᓕ ᐋᖅᑮᒋᐊᕈᑎᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᒻᒪᑕ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒋᔭᑦᑕ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᖃᕐ ᓂᕐᒥᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᔭᖏᓄᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᐅᑎᐅᓂᖏᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ 35-ᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ, 1982, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᕈᑎᒋᒐᑦᑎᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐃᓗᐃᒃᑲᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅ - ᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᓐᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ITK-ᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᖏᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓯᒪᓕᕈᒪᔭᖏᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖓᑎᒍᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᕕᖃ - ᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔾᔪᑎᐅᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓂᒃ. ITK-ᑯᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑎᐅᕗᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕈᑎᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑦᑕ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ITK-ᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᖖᒐᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ: ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᖓᑦ • ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᒪᑭᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᖓᑦ • ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᖖᒐᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑦ • ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ • ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐅᑯᐊᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖠᔪᓐᓇᕋᑎᒃ ᐊᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᕙᒃᑭᕗᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎ ᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂ: ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ • ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ • ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖏᑦ • ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᖢᐃᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᓕᕐᓂᒃᓴᖓᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᐱᒋᔭᐅᔫᒻᒪᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓕᒫᓂ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ . ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓯᒪᓕᕈᒪᔭᖏᑦ. Table of Contents Board of Directors . .2 Map of Inuit Nunangat . .4 ITK Board and Committee Structure . .5 2016-2019 Strategy and Action Plan: Deliverables Timeline . .6 President’s Report . .8 Objective 1: Take action to prevent suicide among Inuit . .10 Objective 2: Improve access to appropriate and affordable housing in Inuit Nunangat . .12 Objective 3: Work toward reconciliation . .14 Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee . .16 Objective 4: Support Inuit self-determination in education . .18 Objective 5: Protect the Inuit Nunangat environment . .20 Objective 6: Strengthen Inuit self-determination in research . .22 Objective 7: Enhance the health and wellbeing of Inuit families and communities . .24 Financial Statements . .26 ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ . .31 Qaliujaaqpait . .61 Français . .91 2017.2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Board of Directors Natan Obed President Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is originally from Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region, and now lives in Ottawa. For 10 years he lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and worked as the Director of Social and Cultural Development for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. He has devoted his career to working with Inuit representational organizations to improve the wellbeing of Inuit in Canada. Duane Smith Chair and CEO Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Duane Smith is the Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, whose mandate is to receive Inuvialuit lands and financial compensation resulting from the 1984 Inuvialuit land claims settlement. From 2002 to 2016, he was President of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, and served as Chair of the Inuvik Community Corporation for six terms starting in 2004. Aluki Kotierk President Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Aluki Kotierk is President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the organization responsible for ensuring that promises made under the Nunavut Agreement are carried out. Originally from Igloolik, Nunavut, she has held senior positions with the Government of Nunavut, the Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, and Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (now Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami). Charlie Watt Sr. President Makivik Corporation Charlie Watt Sr. was elected President of Makivik Corporation for the third time in January 2018 during Makivik’s 40th anniversary year. He was Makivik’s founding President from 1978-1982, and was President again from 1988-1994. He was also the founding president of the Northern Quebec Inuit Associaiton, and led the negotiations leading towards the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in 1975. 2 INuIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMI Johannes Lampe President Nunatsiavut Government Johannes Lampe is the President of Nunatsiavut. He is the third person to lead the Nunatsiavut Government, an Inuit regional government created when the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and Labrador Constitution came into effect in 2005. He previously served as Nunatsiavut’s Minister of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. Nancy Karetak-Lindell President Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada Nancy Karetak-Lindell is the President of Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada and Vice-Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the international organization representing Inuit in Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Russia. As President of ICC Canada, she is also Vice-President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. She served as the Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 1997 to 2008. Rebecca Kudloo President Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada Rebecca Kudloo is the President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. She has worked in education and community-based counselling for 25 years. She was a member of the Nunavut Status of Women Council for nine years before joining Pauktuutit in 2012. She was born on the land outside Iglulik, Nunavut, and now lives in Baker Lake, Nunavut. Ruth Kaviok President National Inuit Youth Council Ruth Kaviok is the President of the National Inuit Youth Council. She attended Nunavut Sivuniksavut in Ottawa and was the Inuktitut valedictorian of John Arnalukjuak High School in Arviat in 2016. She advocates for the advancement of youth issues across Inuit Nunangat. 2017.2018 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Inuit Nunangat 4 INuIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMI ITK BOARD AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE Inuvialuit Nunavut Tunngavik Makivik Nunatsiavut Regional Corporation Incorporated Corporation Corporation Pauktuutit National Inuit Circumpolar Inuit Women of Canada Inuit Youth Council Council Canada ITK Board of Directors Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee ITK President Inuit-Crown ITK Executive Partnership Committee Technical Working Group Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee Working Groups Policy Advancement Inuit Qaujisarvingat Communications National Inuit National Inuit Inuit Qaujisarvingat National Inuit Committee on Health Committee on Education National Committee Communications Working Group National Inuit Suicide Amaujaq National Inuit Prevention Strategy Education Task Group Data Managament Working Group Committee Atausiq Inuktut Inuit Public Titirausiq Task Group Health Task Group Inuit Nunangat Inuit Health Survey University Task Group Legend Working Group ITK Board of Directors National Inuit National Inuit Climate Voting Member Change Committee Childhood Development ITK Board of Directors Working Group Permanent Participant Inuit Human Resources Development Technical Inuit-Crown Permanent Inuit Food Security Committee Bilateral Mechanism Working Group ITK Department Special Advisory Group Non-Insured Health on Post-Secondary ITK Board Subcommittee Benefits Working Group Education Programs Review ITK Working Group 2017.2018 ANNUAL REPORT 5 2016-2019 STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN DELIVERABLES TIMELINE April 2016 July 2016 September 2016 Disseminate draft Develop a National Develop a national plan to discussion document Inuit Suicide evaluate and monitor on barriers to private Prevention implementation of Inuit
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