Who We Are

We are the regional voice of Nunavut’s Qikiqtani Inuit.

Our Role

Our Team

Our Finances

Our Mission

Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) advances the rights and benefits of Qikiqtani Inuit through protecting and promoting our social, political, economic and cultural interests; while safeguarding the land, waters and resources that sustain our communities.

Our Vision

Political and cultural empowerment, social equality, economic prosperity and a healthy environment for Qikiqtani Inuit.

Our Role

QIA is the Regional Inuit Association for the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut, representing 51 per cent of Inuit living in the territory located in the Canadian Arctic.

QIA is a Designated Inuit Organization under the Nunavut Agreement. QIA is one of three Regional Inuit Associations affiliated with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.; the other associations include the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and the Kivalliq Inuit Association.

We work closely with our partners, such as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, as well as different levels of government, to represent Inuit in the Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland.

The Nunavut Agreement dedicates 356,000 km² of the land in Nunavut as Inuit Owned Land –almost the size of Newfoundland and Labrador.

This represents 17.7 per cent of the Nunavut Territory. These parcels of lands are titled to Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI). NTI designated the responsibility of the Inuit Owned Land to the Regional Inuit Associations. Nearly half of Inuit Owned Land is in the Qikiqtani Region, making QIA one of the world’s largest private landowners. QIA manages the Inuit Owned Lands in the Qikiqtani Region.

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Our Team

QIA headquarters is based in Iqaluit, Nunavut. We have over 80 employees with representation in every Qikiqtani community.

Board of Directors

The QIA Board of Directors includes 13 Community Directors who are elected by Inuit in each of their respective Qikiqtani communities. The Executive Committee of the Board includes a Secretary-Treasurer, Levi President and President who are elected region-wide as well as three Community Director members at-large appointed/elected by the Board.

Executive Committee

Olayuk Akesuk

President

Levi Barnabas

Vice President

Adamee Itorcheak

Secretary-Treasurer

Tommy Akavak

Member at Large

Vacant

Member at Large

Community Directors

Mike Jaypoody

Clyde River

Sarah Salluviniq

Resolute Bay

Davidee Qavvik

Sanikiluaq

Martha Jaw

Kinngait

Steven Polee Lucassie

Iqaluit

Solomon Allurut

Sanirajak

Peter Ivalu

Igloolik

Joshua Katsak

Pond Inlet

Rosemary Metuq

Qikiqtarjuaq

Billy Etooangat

Pangnirtung

Kataisee Attagutsiak

Arctic Bay

Larry Audlaluk

Grise Fiord

Tommy Akavak

Kimmirut

QIA Departments

Department of Executive Management

Responsible for Board and Executive relations and overseeing the work of all QIA departments.
The department of Executive Management includes Human Resources, Information Technology, Administration & Community Liaison divisions.

Department of Communication

Responsible for internal and external communications and publications, major event planning, campaigns, and promotions.

Department of Marine and Wildlife

Responsible for leading implementation of priority initiatives related to Inuit Impact Benefit Agreements (IIBA) for National Parks, National Wildlife Areas, National Historic Sites, National Marine Conservation Areas, Marine Protected Areas, and Indigenous Protected Conservation Areas and works to advance the conservation economy in the Qikiqtani Region.

Department of Lands and Resource Management

Responsible for the management of Inuit owned lands.

Department of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Engagement

Responsible for protecting Inuit rights, advancing Inuit priorities, managing Inuit-led research and for using Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in decision making, research, wildlife protection and community engagement

Department of Social Policy

Responsible for social and cultural policy and programming, the Qikiqtani Truth Commission, youth programs and community-based research initiatives.

Department of Finance

Responsible for the financial aspects of running the organization.

QIA Community Liaison Officers

QIA employs Community Liaison Officers (CLOs) in each of the 13 Qikiqtani communities.

Iselena Nakashuk	Supervisor, CLO	200-922 Sivumugiaq Street Iqaluit, NU X0A 3H0	ph: 867 975 8420	Fax: 867 979 3238	closupervisor@qia.ca
Allison Ford	Iqaluit, CLO	200-922 Sivumugiaq Street Iqaluit, NU X0A 3H0	ph: 867 975 8392	Fax: 867 979 3238	iqaluitclo@qia.ca
Jack Willie	Arctic Bay	P.O. Box 69, Arctic Bay, NU X0A 0A0	ph: 867 349 8277	Fax: 867-439-8217	arcticbayclo@qia.ca
Jutai Toonoo Jr.	Kinngait	P.O. Box 151, Kinngait, NU X0A 0C0	ph: 867 897 8638	Fax: 867 897 8650	kinngaitclo@qia.ca
Angela Killitee	Clyde River	P.O. Box 159, Clyde River, NU X0A 0E0	ph: 867 924 6119	Fax: 867 924 6120	clyderiverclo@qia.ca
Alaasua Audlaluk	Grise Fiord	P.O. Box 74, Grise Fiord, NU X0A 0J0	ph: 867 980 4076	Fax: 867 980 4078	grisefiordclo@qia.ca
Lily Arnaqjuaq	Sanirajak	P.O. Box 9, Sanirajak, NU X0A 0K0	ph: 867 928 8103	Fax: 867 928 8114	sanirajakclo@qia.ca
Richard Amarualik	Igloolik	P.O. Box 84, Igloolik, NU X0A 0L0	ph: 867 934 8760	Fax: 867 934 8562	igloolikclo@qia.ca
Leetia Naulaq	Kimmirut	P.O. Box 82, Kimmirut, NU X0A 0N0	ph: 867 939 2135	Fax: 867 939 2134	kimmirutclo@qia.ca
Sheena Machmer	Pangnirtung	P.O. Box 633, Pangnirtung, NU X0A 0R0	ph: 867 473 8991	Fax: 867 473 8994	panngirtungclo@qia.ca
Lamech Kadloo	Pond Inlet	P.O. Box 151, Pond Inlet, NU X0A 0S0	ph: 867 899 8640	Fax: 867 899 8642	pondinletclo@QIA.ca
Lorna Kullualik	Qikiqtarjuaq	P.O. Box 239, Qikiqtarjuaq, NU X0A 0B0	ph: 867 927 8195	Fax: 867 927 8196	qikiqtarjuaqclo@qia.ca
Susan Salluviniq	Resolute Bay	P.O. Box 116, Resolute Bay, NU X0A 0V0	ph: 867 252 3127	Fax: 867 252 3129	resolutebayclo@qia.ca
Julie Emikotailak	Sanikiluaq	P.O. Box 90, Sanikiluaq NU X0A 0W0	ph: 867 266 8162	Fax: 867 266 8163	sanikiluaqclo@qia.ca

Our Subsidiaries

Kakivak Association is the non-profit community economic development organization and small business arm of QIA. Kakivak provides Inuit training, programs and services that strengthen Qikiqtani communities, organizations and businesses.

Qikiqtaaluk Corporation (QC) is the for-profit development arm of QIA. QC is 100 per cent Inuit-owned and QIA is its sole shareholder. QC invests in strategic business opportunities and is a major contributor to all sectors of the Nunavut economy.

Our Finances

In October 2016, QIA’s Resource Revenue Policy established the Legacy Fund and the Benefits Fund which determined how QIA’s revenues were saved and spent.

In October 2022, QIA’s Board of Directors approved to amend and reinstate QIA By-Law 06, the Resource Revenue Policy.

Two new policies, the Resource Allocation Policy and the Legacy Fund Policy, replaced QIA’s previous Resource Revenue Policy. The two new policies allow greater flexibility in spending money on programming for Inuit and in saving for the future.

The amendments also expanded QIA’s focused areas of spending to include Community Resources and Opportunities, and Economic Diversifications. These spending streams allow communities to receive and spend a portion of QIA’s revenues as they choose.