Nunavut Quest 2024 – Meet the Mushers of the Nunavut Quest

Nunavut Quest 2024 – Meet the Mushers of the Nunavut Quest Youth from Igloolik are on hand in Arctic Bay in anticipation of the Nunavut Quest. During the lead up to the race, the youth with support from QIA staff were able to interview the mushers. #1 David Oyukuluk – Arctic Bay Snowmobile Drivers – […]

Today is International Women’s Day. Qikiqtani Inuit Association celebrates Inuit women on this day. This year we feature Jordyn Malaya Machmer of Pangnirtung. Hockey is big part of her family and Jordyn was already handling mini sticks before she could walk! At two years old she would gear up and tell her family, she’s going […]

Qikiqtani Inuit Association is doing short stories about Inuit and their amazing talents and accomplishments. Meet Terry Noah, owner operator Ausuittuq Adventures in Grise Fiord. Terry started Ausuittuq Adventures as he witnessed the high demand for country food in Nunavut through social media. Particularly from those who cannot harvest for themselves because of medical issues, […]

Qikiqtani Inuit Association is doing short stories about Inuit and their amazing talents and accomplishments. Meet Mike Innuksuk an airline pilot from Igloolik Before Mike began flying career he started as a baggage handler at the Igloolik airport. Then became a ticket agent. He started to get to know the pilots that flew through to […]

In the next few weeks, Qikiqtani Inuit Association is featuring Inuit  as we celebrate and recognize amazing Inuit who do great things. Here’s our first story. Mary Panipak grew up in an outpost camp near Pangnirtung. She started learning how to sew seal skin by helping her older sister stitching the back side of kamiit […]

November 28th – December 7, 2023 This past summer, QIA asked the residents of Pond Inlet if there was interest in holding a sewing program in their community. 70 people entered their names for the sewing program. Due to the large number of people that wanted to participate, Sandy Kaunak decided to pull 10 names. […]

National Indigenous Veterans Day is a Memorial Day observed in Canada in recognition of aboriginal contributions to military service, particularly in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. Henry Coman was born in Pangnirtung but grew up and went to school in Iqaluit. He joined the RCMP in 1993 and served in […]

Introduction Economic development is an important way to affirm and enact Inuit jurisdiction and authority while building an Inuit economy.[1] QIA is seeking ways to manage the risks associated with Nunavut’s current economy, which focuses heavily on the extraction of non-renewable resources. One way to expand Inuit economy is to focus on improving the relationship […]

QIA is strengthening the Inuit economy and improving the well-being of Inuit within Fisheries Reconciliation Agreements   Iqaluit, Nunavut, October 17, 2023 – The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is challenging the Department of Fisheries and Oceans  in court for a recent decision to transfer valuable Nunavut adjacent water licences to non-Inuit southern interests. The challenge […]

Last week, from September 4th – 7th, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s (QIA) department of IQ & Engagement welcomed Elders from across the Qikiqtani region to Iqaluit to exchange Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and learn from their shared knowledge. There was no formal agenda for the gathering, instead a moderation team led by QIA staff members would introduce […]