Iqaluit, Nunavut – February 10, 2021 – The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is distributing $510,000 to Sanikiluaq, a community impacted by COVID-19.   “Sanikiluaq faced active COVID-19 [...]

DATE ISSUED: February 9, 2021 EVENT: QIA’s Qisilirinniq workshops in Iqaluit   DATE AND INFORMATION: Workshop 2 – Tool Making– February 15 to 19, 2021 Location: Tukisigiarvik Center             [...]

QIA’s 2021 Winter newsletter Tusarassat, is now available in print and on our website. As always, our newsletter is full of photos and information about all our work across the Qikiqtani Region. [...]

Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is pleased to release our 2020 Tallurutiup Imanga Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement Annual Report. On August 1, 2019, QIA ratified the Inuit Impact Benefit [...]

Arctic Bay’s Shawn Shappa and Dale Aola were traveling from Arctic Bay to Pond Inlet on snowmobile on Wednesday, January 6, typically a seven-to-12-hour journey, when something went wrong. The [...]

DATE ISSUED: January 12, 2021 EVENT: QIA Board Meeting DATE AND INFORMATION: Wednesday, January 13 – Friday January 15, 2021, 9am via weblink   The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is [...]

Solastalgia and why we long for places we once knew. CBC Radio: The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay “Solastalgia” describes a feeling of homesickness without leaving home, a [...]

Inuk-Canadian artist, Pitseolak Ashoona, is one of eight people considered for recognition on a new $5 Canadian bank note. Ashoona, who was born on-the-land on Nottingham Island in the Hudson [...]

Since 2017, the Q-STEP Work Ready Program has been at the core of QIA’s training. About 300 Inuit have completed this training and many have found employment or enhanced their skills. Usually, [...]

Starting Nov. 10, elders can pick up vouchers worth $250 every other week for a total of six vouchers The Qikiqtani Inuit Association is offering a second round of emergency grocery vouchers for [...]