In 2020 Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) launched the Qimmiit Revitalization program as part of the Qikiqtani Truth Commission Initiatives. As part of the Qimmiit Revitalization program, [...]

For years, the Canadian government rejected Inuit calls for a public inquiry into colonial practices that radically changed the Inuit homeland and traditional ways of life. To gather its own [...]

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 [...]