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About Inuit Tapiriit KanatamiInuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is the national representational organization for Canada’s 65,000 Inuit, the majority of whom live infour regions of Canada’s Arctic, specifically, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (NorthernQuebec), 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 ourorganization’s mandate. These land claims have the status of protected treaties under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, andwe remain committed to working in partnership with the Crown toward their full implementation. Consistent with its foundingpurpose, 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

VisionCanadian Inuit are prospering through unity and self-determination.

MissionInuit Tapiriit Kanatami is the national voice for protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada

ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐃᓄᐃᑦ 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 (ᑯᐃᐸᐅᑉᑕᖅᕋᖓᓂ), ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ (ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓛᐸᑐᐊᕆᐅᑉ). ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᕙᖓᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ 51-ᖑᔪᓂᒃᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᒃ 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

ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᖢᐃᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᓕᕐᓂᒃᓴᖓᑦᑲᑎᓐᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᑎᒍᑦ.

ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᐱᒋᔭᐅᔫᒻᒪᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓕᒫᓂ ᐃᓄᖏᓐᓄᑦᒥᐊᓂᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓯᒪᓕᕈᒪᔭᖏᑦ.

2017.2018 ANNUAL REPORT 1

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

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2 I N u I T TA P I R I I T K A N ATA M I

Natan ObedPresidentInuit 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.

Board of Directors

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 KotierkPresidentNunavut 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.PresidentMakivik 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.


Nancy Karetak-LindellPresidentInuit 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.

Johannes LampePresident 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.

Rebecca KudlooPresidentPauktuutit 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 KaviokPresidentNational 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.


Inuit Nunangat

ITK BOARD AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

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ITK Board of DirectorsPermanent Participant

ITK Board of Directors Voting Member

Inuit-Crown PermanentBilateral Mechanism

ITK Department

ITK Board Subcommittee

ITK Working Group

InuvialuitRegional Corporation

NunatsiavutCorporation

PauktuutitInuit Women of Canada

NationalInuit Youth Council

Inuit CircumpolarCouncil Canada

Nunavut TunngavikIncorporated

MakivikCorporation

ITK President

ITK Board of Directors

Policy Advancement

National InuitCommunicationsWorking Group

Communications

ITK Executive

Inuit QaujisarvingatNational Committee

Inuit Qaujisarvingat

National InuitCommittee on Health

National InuitCommittee on Education

National Inuit ClimateChange Committee

Inuit-Crown PartnershipCommittee Working Groups

Inuit-CrownPartnership Committee

Inuit-CrownPartnership Committee

Technical Working Group

National InuitData Managament

Committee

AmaujaqEducation Task Group

Atausiq InuktutTitirausiq Task Group

Inuit NunangatUniversity Task Group

Special Advisory Groupon Post-Secondary

Education ProgramsReview

Inuit Human ResourcesDevelopment Technical

Committee

National Inuit SuicidePrevention Strategy

Working Group

Inuit PublicHealth Task Group

Inuit Health SurveyWorking Group

National InuitChildhood Development

Working Group

Inuit Food SecurityWorking Group

Non-Insured HealthBenefits Working Group



April 2016

Disseminate draft discussion document on barriers to private home ownership

Barriers to Sustainable Housing Delivery released October 2016

Spring 2016

Convene a National Inuit Forum on Housing

National Inuit Housing Forum convened October 2016

2016-2019 STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN

DELIVERABLES TIMELINE

July 2016

Develop a National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy

National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy launched July 2016

September 2016

Develop a national plan to evaluate and monitor implementation of Inuit suicide prevention strategies and goals

ITK has initiated ongoing monitoring, evaluation and learning activities for the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy

September 2016

Develop a National Strategy on Inuit Education action plan to evaluate and monitor implementation of Strategy goals and objectives

Action plans have been developed for a number of the 10 core investment areas outlined in the Strategy


January 2017

Develop a long-term Inuit-specific climate change strategy

National Inuit Climate Change Strategy presented to ITK Board of Directors in summer 2018

June 2017

Create a research library based at ITK

ITK Library catalogue will be available for public access in fall 2018

December 2017

Facilitate regional adoption of the national Inuktut writing system

Committee recommendation presented to ITK Board of Directors in summer 2018

March 2018

Develop a national strategy on Inuit-specific research

National Inuit Strategy on Research releasedin March 2018

February 2017

Creation of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee

November 2017

Apology by the Prime Minister to Nunatsiavut Residential School survivors

February 2018

Inuit-speci!c funding in federal budget for Inuit Health Survey, TB elimination and housing

March 2018

TB Elimination Framework introduced to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit Nunangat by 2030


This year marks the end of my term as president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. I am proud of all that we have

achieved together in the past three years and am excited about opportunities for continued progress and

momentum in areas such as housing, health and wellness, language and research.

Our work over the past three years has been guided by the priorities and actions set out in ITK’s 2016-

2019 Strategy and Action Plan. The Annual Report for 2017-2018 reports on our progress in the seven priority

areas identified in the Strategy and Action Plan.

The election in October 2015 of the current Liberal government has in many ways been characterized

by unprecedented political access and openness for Inuit. ITK continues to play a pivotal role in ensuring that

this goodwill is transformed into action for our people. We have done so by brokering partnerships with

federal cabinet ministers, vigorously lobbying federal officials on our priorities, and by developing clear policy

guidance through national Inuit position papers, strategies, and public commentary.

This approach led to a number of important milestones in 2017-2018 that are linked to our Strategy and

Action Plan, as well as the ongoing work of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee.

Budget 2018, released in February, included an Inuit-specific section for the first time that outlined

investments in eliminating tuberculosis, advancing a permanent Inuit Health Survey, and housing.

In March, ITK secured commitment from the federal government to work with Inuit regions on eliminating

tuberculosis in our communities by 2030. Achieving this goal will require addressing overall health and

wellbeing in areas such as housing, education, healthcare, and food security, in addition to screening and

treatment.

Also in March, ITK released the National Inuit Strategy on Research, a document that advances Inuit self-

determination in Inuit Nunangat research by identifying areas for partnership and action between Inuit,

federal departments and agencies, and academic institutions.

At the operations level, we have restructured ITK departments to enhance their impact and efficiency,

as well as to better utilize our capacity and create greater mobility among staff. These changes have been

accompanied by the prioritization of Inuit hiring, leading to an increase in the proportion of Inuit staff at ITK

from 35 to 55 percent between 2015 and 2018.

I am humbled by what our staff, board of directors, and regions have been able to accomplish in three

short years but I know there is much more work to be done. I remain committed to ITK’s vision of helping to

create prosperity for our people through unity and self-determination and am hopeful that we can maintain

this positive momentum into the future.

Nakummek,

Natan Obed

President’s Report

BY THE NUMBERS

FUNDING 2016-2018

TWITTER FOLLOWERSThe number of @ITK_CanadaInuit Twitter followers has grown almost 300% since 2016

ITK has been pivotal in procuring federal funding to address Inuit priorities. Since 2016, more than $1 billion has been allocated for Inuit-led initiatves

8,000+followers

95+Speeches +

Presentationsdelivered by

the ITK President

50+Bilateral meetings

between theITK Presidentand Ministers

40+Communitiesvisited by theITK President

200+Media

interviewsby the

ITK President

50+Commentaries

and OpinionPieces by theITK President

ENGAGEMENT 2016-2018

FACEBOOK FOLLOWERSThe number of ITK Facebook followers has grown by more than 200% since 2016

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Inuit Health Survey$82 million over 10 years

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Skills Training$161 million over 5 years

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Suicide Prevention$9 million

over 3 years

Health$42 millionover 5 years

Housing$817 millionover 10 years

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$1 Billion



Take action to prevent suicide among Inuit Throughout the 2017-18 fiscal year, ITK has engaged with Inuit regions to move forward on implementation of

the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy (NISPS). The NISPS Working Group is comprised of representatives

from Inuit regional organizations, to ensure NISPS activities are responsive to regional needs and form a

cohesive national approach for implementation.

NISPS funding has also supported regional programs that target risk factors and protective factors for

suicide, including youth centre wellness programming and a culturally rooted parenting program in the In-

uvialuit Settlement Region; an Inuit counselling training and mentorship program and culturally based men’s

programming in Nunavut; community-based positions for a land-based healing program in Nunavik; and an

overnight youth drop-in centre and sexual violence prevention and outreach counsellor in Nunatsiavut.

Monitoring, evaluation and learning is a critical part of implementing the strategy. Throughout 2017-18,

ITK and Inuit regional organizations have participated in monitoring and evaluation learning sessions to help

ensure efficient and effective implementation. Monitoring, evaluation and learning will continue into fiscal

2018-19.

Objective 1

HOW IT WORKSNATIONAL INUIT SUICIDE PREVENTION

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

1STRATEGIC PHASE 2016-17• Development and release of National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy• Securing $9 million in federal funding over three years• Development of monitoring, evaluation and learning framework

2ENGAGEMENT PHASE 2017-18• Creation of a NISPS working group• Implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning for all NISPS activities

FLOW OF FUNDING TO REGIONS• Mental Health First Aid-Inuit training in each region, where appropriate• Community- and regionally developed programming• Regional Innovation Fund for work in relation to risk factors and nurturing healthy Inuit children

3IMPLEMENTATION PHASE 2018-19• Enhance coordinated approach to NISPS activities both at the national and regional levels• Development of an implementation plan for the next phase of NISPS• Finalization of monitoring, evaluation and learning

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TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT SUICIDE AMONG INUIT

ACTION 1.1Advance suicide prevention efforts in Inuit NunangatJuly 2016: ITK and Inuit regions and partners launched the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy (NISPS)2017-18: NISPS is supporting regional suicide prevention projects and programs that target risk factors and protective factors for suicide prevention

ACTION 1.2Ensure implementation of the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy2016-19: ITK coordinates the implementation of NISPS with Inuit regions2018-19: ITK is developing an implementation plan to inform Phase 2 of NISPS over the next 10 years

ACTION 1.3Work with government agencies to ensure the availability of Inuit-specific, government-funded and community-based programs and services for Inuit children and familiesJuly 2016: ITK and regions secured $9 million in federal funding for implementation of NISPS2018: ITK has worked with Employment and Social Development Canada as well as Pauktuutit and Tungasuvvingat Inuit to develop policy recommendations for investment and program development for the National Indigenous Early Learning and Childcare Framework

ACTION 1.5Ensure Inuit involvement in the development and delivery of public health policies, programs and services across all Inuit communities2017-18: ITK coordinates a NISPS working group and a number of other committees and working groups with participation from Inuit regional organizations to ensure that work is appropriate and responsive to regional needs

ACTION 1.6Lead efforts to communicate suicide prevention measures with Inuit and Canadians as a whole2018: ITK has continued to develop various communications materials and is developing a NISPS website to provide Inuit-specific suicide prevention information.

ACTION 1.4Provide advocacy and research supporting a continuum of culturally relevant mental wellness programs and supports throughout Inuit Nunangat2017-18: NISPS activities, including all regionally funded NISPS initiatives are continually supported through monitoring, evaluation and learning to provide evidence-based research towards effective NISPS implementation2017-18: ITK has coordinated the translation of Mental Health First Aid-Inuit training materials and is facilitating the implementation of training



Improve access to appropriate and affordable housing in Inuit NunangatHousing is one of the eight priority areas of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee (ICPC), a high-level forum

for joint Inuit and federal government priority setting and action. This new collaborative focus is producing

results for Inuit regional organizations, which have identified improving housing outcomes, and their direct

relationship to improving health and socio-economic outcomes, as a top priority.

In 2017, ITK requested $500 million for Inuit housing from Canada’s Improving Indigenous Communities

infrastructure fund. In the 2018 federal budget released in February, the Government of Canada announced

$400 million in direct investments over 10 years to address housing needs in Nunatsiavut, Nunavik and the

Inuvialuit Settlement Region. This follows federal housing investments of $240 million over 10 years for the

Government of Nunavut announced in the 2017 federal budget. Inuit in Nunavut continue to seek direct

access to federal housing investments as well.

In 2016, ITK hosted an Inuit Housing Forum in Ottawa, bringing together Inuit regions and representatives

from the field of sustainable housing. The Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy, currently being developed under

the collaborative framework of the ICPC, takes into account the input and lessons learned from this forum. It

also incorporates the results of a study on the economic benefits of improved housing outcomes completed

for ITK by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Overall, the Strategy will focus on

eliminating the housing gap and sustaining improved housing outcomes in Inuit Nunangat.

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN INUIT NUNANGAT

ACTION 2.1Work with government agencies to ensure, in the short term, increased spending allocations to significantly improve access to adequate, appropriate and a!ordable housing

March 2016: The federal budget included specific housing allocations for Inuit regions, repeated in budgets 2017 and 2018,

ACTION 2.2Draft a discussion document on barriers to private home ownership

October 2016: ITK released Barriers to Sustainable Housing Delivery discussion paper

ACTION 2.3Organize a National Inuit Forum on Housing

October 2016: ITK coordinated a National Inuit Housing Forum in Ottawa

ACTION 2.4Advocate for the development and implementation of a National Inuit Housing Program with adequate programs for each region

2018: ITK and Inuit regions are co-developing an Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy with the federal government through the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee

ACTION 2.5Work with regions to identify long-term, suitable solutions to meet Inuit housing needs

2018: Sustainable solutions to feature prominently in the Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy

and totalling $817 million over 10 years



Work toward reconciliation The creation of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee (ICPC) in 2017 marked a fundamental shift toward

respect and reconciliation for Inuit and the Crown. The committee meets three times a year. At least one of

those meetings is hosted by an Inuit region, and one meeting each year is co-chaired by the Prime Minister

and the ITK President. Outcomes from the ICPC process in 2018 include: direct investments for housing and

the Inuit Health Survey in the 2018 federal budget; commitments to eliminate tuberculosis among Inuit by

2030; develop an Inuit-Specific Child-First Initiative equivalent to Jordan’s Principle; and an apology by the

Prime Minister to Nunatsiavut residential school survivors.

Also during fiscal 2017-18, ITK released

a discussion paper on implementing the

uN Declaration on the Right of Indigenous

Peoples (uNDRIP) through comprehensive

national legislation. In the paper, ITK calls for

the implementation of uNDRIP in its entirety,

rather than in incremental parts. ITK also

appeared before the Standing Committee

on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to speak

about Bill C-262, an Act to ensure that the

laws of Canada are in harmony with uNDRIP.

In June 2017, steps were taken to transfer

custodianship of 100 Wellington Street in

Ottawa to First Nations, Inuit and Metis. The

building is intended to be a meeting space

for National Indigenous Organizations (NIOs), and ITK has been working with our NIO partners and with the

federal government to implement our vision of a dedicated space for Inuit on Parliament Hill. During this time

period, ITK also continued to provide support to the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous

Women and Girls through participation in the National Inquiry process.

In 2018, ITK expanded its popular Executive Training Program to two times per calendar year. In spring

2017 a cohort of 20 federal public servants visited Nunatsiavut. The program travelled to the Kivalliq region

of Nunavut in fall 2017 and to the Inuvialuit Settlement region in spring 2018. It will visit Nunavik in fall 2018.

The goal of the program is to inform participants with a first-hand account of on-the-ground realities in Inuit

Nunangat.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has also continued its Inuit Nunangat Taimannganit video storytelling project,

which shares individual stories about a specific place in Inuit Nunangat to help Canadians understand more

about the Inuit homeland. To date ITK has produced 14 videos with production ongoing.

Objective 3

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in November 2017.

OBJECTIVE 3

WORK TOWARD RECONCILIATION

ACTION 3.1

Continue to meet with all parties to ensure work continues past the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

2005-18: ITK continues to work with the TRC All Parties committee, which was created under the TRC, and with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which succeeded the TRC

ACTION 3.2

Continue to advocate on behalf of Nunatsiavut Inuit for Canada to address the exclusion and omission of Nunatsiavut Inuit from the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Process

November 2017: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a settlement and apology to Nunatsiavut survivors

ACTION 3.3

Create and coordinate a plan that fulfills the desire by Inuit to implement the TRC's Calls to Action

2017-18: ITK continues to work internally and with regional organizations to develop a plan for implementing the TRC Calls to Action

ACTION 3.4

Ensure that Inuit are meaningfully engaged in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

2016-18: ITK has been keenly engaged in the work of the National Inquiry throughout all stages of its development, and continues to advocate, as a party with standing, for meaningful Inuit participation

ACTION 3.5

Partner with Reconciliation Canada and other organizations to promote reconciliation by engaging Canadians in a dialogue that revitalizes the relationships among Indigenous peoples and all Canadians

2018: ITK has worked with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society to develop an Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, and with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to revise the Canadian Citizenship Guide to promote reconciliation among Canadians


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Members of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Inuvik in July 2018.

From left, Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe; Indigenous Services Minister

Jane Philpott; Inuvialuit Regional Corp. Chair and CEO Duane Smith;

Pauktuutit President Rebecca Kudloo; NWT MLA Michael McLeod; Employment,

Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu; Crown-Indigenous

Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett; ITK President Natan Obed; Canadian Heritage

Parliamentary Secretary Arif Virani; and ICC Canada Vice President Herb Nakimayak.

ITK President Natan Obed and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

chair the first Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee meeting

in Iqaluit in January 2017.

Members of the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa in 2018. From left: ICC Canada President Nancy Karetak-Lindell; Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor;

NIYC President Ruth Kaviok; Employment and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos; Nunatsiavut President Johannes Lampe; Environment and Climate Change

Minister Catherine McKenna; Inuvialuit Regional Corp. Chair and CEO Duane Smith; Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. President Aluki Kotierk; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; ITK

President Natan Obed; Makivik Corp. President Charlie Watt Sr.; Heritage Minister Melanie Joly; Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu;

Indigenous Services Parliamentary Secretary Don Rusnak; Pauktuutit President Rebecca Kudloo; and Indigenous-Crown Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett.

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INUIT-CROWN PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE

The Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee (ICPC) is a bilateral partnership betweenInuit as rights-holding Indigenous people and the Government of Canada to takeaction on shared priorities with the goal of advancing reconciliation and creating

prosperity for Inuit, which benefits all of Canada

Committee meets three times a year (once in Inuit Nunangat)to establish and evaluate progress on joint priorities

HOW IT WORKSINUIT AND CROWN PARTNERS

OUTCOMES AND PROGRESS

COMPLETED ONGOING

Elected Inuit LeadersITK President (co-chair)Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Chair and CEONunavut Tunngavik Incorporated PresidentMakivik Corporation PresidentNunatsiavut PresidentPermanent Participants: Pauktuutit, National Inuit Youth Council, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy

Arctic Policy Framework

Inuit Nunangat policy space

Capital plans for social, information and transportation infrastructure

Inuit-specific input into Northern Food Security initiative

Inuit co-development of federal languages legislation

Apology to survivors of the Nunatsiavut Residential School system

Commitment to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit Nunangat by 2030

Commitment to an Inuit-specific equivalent to Jordan’s Principle

Funding for a new Inuit Health Survey

Commitment to advance better outcomesfor K-12 education for Inuit

Ministers of the CrownPrime Minister (co-chair once a year)

Federal Ministers:Crown Indigenous Relations (co-chair)

Indigenous Services CanadaOther relevant Ministers as directed by

the Prime Minister (for example, Employment and Social Development Canada,

Environment Canada)

1. Inuit-Crown Land Claims2. Inuit Nunangat Policy Space3. Housing in Inuit Nunangat4. Inuktut Revitalization, Maintenance and Promotion

5. Reconciliation Measures6. Education, Early Learning and Training for Inuit7. Health and Wellness8. Environment and Climate Change

8 PRIORITY AREAS FOR 2018



Support Inuit self-determination in educationThe National Strategy on Inuit Education and its 10 recommendations guides our work in securing self-

determination in education for Inuit. ITK’s Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit Education is finalizing a strategic

framework to implement the strategy, which was launched in 2011.

The 2017-18 fiscal year saw the creation of two new committees, The National Inuit Committee on

Education (NICE) and the Amaujaq Education Task Group (AETG), to replace the former National Committee

on Inuit Education. The newly reframed NICE puts the decision-making focus on Inuit rights holders, while

still enabling them to seek input from provincial and territorial partners at the AETG table.

The Atausiq Inuktut Titirausiq (AIT) task group met nine times towards its mandate to develop a

recommendation to the ITK board of directors regarding a unified Inuktut writing system following

consultations throughout Inuit Nunangat, and with relevant governments and organizations. A review of

Inuktut writing systems was continued this fiscal year.

In November 2017, the Amaujaq Centre organized a National Forum on Inuit Education in Rankin Inlet,

Nunavut, to look at student support systems. Participants made recommendations to support students in

five areas: attendance, pedagogy, resilience in schools, trauma-informed schools, and Inuit-specific assess-

ment tools. Amaujaq also hosted an Inuit Education Forum in February 2017 in Nunatsiavut, centered on

Inuit control of education.

In September 2017 ITK attended a roundtable discussion at Trent university to explore options, viability

and critical conditions necessary for the creation and success of a university in Inuit Nunangat. An Inuit

Nunangat university Strategic Framework and Task Force have been created to move work forward on the file.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is working closely with the ICPC to ensure the implementation of the 2012 Inuit

Early Childhood Development Strategy. ITK worked with Tungasuvvingat Inuit, Pauktuutit Women of Canada

and the federal government to finalize an Inuit-specific section of an Indigenous Early Learning and Childcare

Framework, which sets seven goals for Inuit early childhood education.

Objective 4

Left: Robert Watt,

President of Kativik

Ilisarniliriniq, and

Irene Dove of Yukon,

study a point on a giant

floor map displayed in

Inuvik during the National

Indigenous Education and

Reconciliation Network

Gathering in May 2018.

Right: Victoria Simigak,

Robert Watt and

Emma Pauloosie

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SUPPORT INUIT SELF-DETERMINATION IN EDUCATION

ACTION 4.1

Ensure implementation of the National Strategy on Inuit Education

2017-18: The Amaujaq National Centre for Inuit Education is finalizing a strategic framework to implement the strategy and restructured its committee to better represent Inuit rights holders. The new committee is called the National Inuit Committee on Education

ACTION 4.2

Unify the Inuktut writing system

2018: The Atausiq Inuktut Titirausiq task group will deliver its recommendation to the ITK Board of Directors in August 2018

ACTION 4.3

Ensure implementation of the 2012 Inuit Early Childhood Development Strategy

2017-18: ITK is working through the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee to ensure implementation of this Strategy



Objective 5

Protect the Inuit Nunangat environment The National Inuit Climate Change Committee (NICCC) is developing a three-year National Inuit Climate

Change Strategy examining key policy areas including knowledge and capacity; health, well-being and the

environment; food systems; infrastructure; and energy. Priorities include self-determined Inuit climate change

decision-making; community wellness; food security; the development of climate resilient infrastructure; and

community-driven energy solutions. The strategy is intended to encourage collaborative partnerships on

Inuit-driven actions and to support the ongoing development of regional climate strategies led by Inuit rights-

holding organizations.

Other areas of focus include defining Inuit

involvement in Indigenous guardians program-

ming; exploring new solutions to maintain healthy

oceans and coastal communities; coordinating

an approach for reviewing environmental

assessment processes; providing collaboration

and support on wildlife and sustainable use

issues; and ensuring effective engagement of

Inuit at the COP 23 united Nations Framework

Convention on Climate Change Conference.

ITK has worked with Environment and Climate

Change Canada’s Pan-Canadian Framework

Implementation Office to establish an Inuit-

Canada Clean Growth and Climate Change table,

which met in December 2017 and the spring of 2018. ITK also continues to participate in the work of the National

Climate Change Adaptation Platform, which brings together high-level representatives from federal, provincial

and territorial jurisdictions, as well as industry and professional associations to discuss key climate adaptation

issues.

ITK participated in COP 23 in Bonn, Germany, as part of the Canadian delegation. ITK and the Inuit

Circumpolar Council advocated for the creation of a Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples platform,

which would create a space for Indigenous peoples in international climate negotiations.

Work on the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) over the past fiscal year has ranged from advisory roles

to project control. ITK has guided researchers on how to communicate with communities, make links to other

research programs and encourage capacity building and funding. ITK also provides advice and direction to

federal departments, federal agencies and provincial and territorial governments on the issue of contaminants

in the North.

Out on the land

in Nunavik.

ITK

OBJECTIVE 5

PROTECT THE INUIT NUNANGAT ENVIRONMENT

ACTION 5.1

Support climate change mitigation and adaptation actions for Inuit regions and communities

2017-18: ITK’s National Inuit Climate Change Committee is drafting a three-year National Inuit Climate Change Strategy

December 2017: Inuit-Canada Clean Growth and Climate Change Table convened for the first time to work on joint Inuit and federal climate priorities

2017-18: ITK ensured effective engagement of Inuit at the COP 23 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference

2017-18: ITK continues to participate in the work of the National Climate Change Adaptation Platform

ACTION 5.2

Coordinate strategic activities and outreach that protect our way of life in relation to wildlife management

2017-18: Inuit food systems, the support of harvesting activities, and access to wild foods are central to the National Inuit Climate Change Strategy and ITK's work with the Inuit-Canada Clean Growth and Climate Change Table

ACTION 5.3

Develop a national approach on certifying, branding, and marketing sustainable Inuit wildlife products for domestic and international trade

2017-18: ITK continues to advocate for new and improved markets for trade in Inuit wildlife products and supported the Inuit Art Foundation to ensure the continued use of the Igloo Tag to certify the authenticity of Inuit-made products.



Strengthen Inuit self-determination in research The primary outcome during the past fiscal year was the development and launch of the National Inuit

Strategy on Research (NISR). The Strategy provides a framework on how Inuit would like Inuit- and Inuit

Nunangat-related research to be conducted. The NISR identifies five priority areas, 19 objectives and 27 actions.

It defines the expectations about the role of research in Inuit regions and communities, and identifies areas for

participation and action between Inuit and the research community. The development of an implementation

plan and securing funding for this work will be the focus of fiscal year 2018-19.

ITK established a National Inuit Health Survey Working Group and developed steps to advance programs,

policies and outcomes related to the Inuit Health Survey (IHS). In January, ITK supported Inuit regions to begin

a process to seek reconsent from the 2,500 participants from the 2007-08 IHS, and in February, ITK welcomed

the announcement of $82 million over 10 years and $6 million a year ongoing in the federal budget for the

creation of a permanent IHS.

ITK also launched Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage. The report includes essays by

Inuit and a short film about the future of marine shipping in the Arctic. ITK continues developing and refining

library and archives services for ITK staff, Inuit and external partners. Related work includes the creation of a

National Inuit Data Management Committee. An updated Inuit Statistical Profile will be released before the

end of 2018.

Objective 6

NATIONAL INUIT STRATEGY ON RESEARCH:TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Phase II

Short-termoutcomes

Mid-term outcomes

Long-term outcomes

Evaluation Evaluation Evaluation

ACTION 6. 1

Collect, verify and disseminate Inuit-specific data, statistics and research to appropriate stakeholders

March 2018: ITK launched the National Inuit Strategy on Research

2017-18: ITK developed the 2018 Inuit Statistical Profile

ACTION 6.2

Ensure continued organization, preservation, and sharing of Inuit-specific knowledge and information

2017-18: ITK created a National Inuit Data Management Committee

February 2018: ITK launched Nilliajut 2 Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage

2017-18: Continued development of the ITK Library and prepared to launch library services to the public in September 2018

2017-18: ITK began organizing and processing 50 years of digital and physical archival records

ACTION 6.3

Develop partnerships to create a sustainable Inuit Health Survey

January 2018: ITK supported Nunavut, the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and Nunatsiavut to initiate a reconsent process with 2,500 participants from the 2007-08 Inuit Health Survey

February 2018: ITK secured $82 million over 10 years and $6 million a year ongoing in the 2018 federal budget for creation of a permanent Inuit Health Survey

OBJECTIVE 6

STRENGTHEN INUIT SELF-DETERMINATIONIN RESEARCH



Enhance the health and wellbeing of Inuit families and communitiesThe 2018 federal budget allocated $42 million for health programming in Inuit Nunangat. This included $27.5

million for tuberculosis measures, with the goal of eliminating TB in Inuit Nunangat by 2030 and reducing

active TB by 50 percent by 2025. Work to develop a TB Elimination Framework with the federal government

will continue into the next fiscal year. Regional plans will include enhanced public health programs and

capacity-building within communities to enable earlier TB diagnosis, and awareness efforts to increase

understanding of TB, reduce transmission and address stigmatization.

ITK has taken initial steps to conceptualize a National urban Inuit Advisory Committee. The committee

would be a useful mechanism for creating greater awareness for and advancing urban Inuit issues.

ITK in collaboration with the Inuit Food Security Working Group held a National Inuit Engagement Session

on Food Policy in Inuit Nunangat. The session was attended by more than 50 representatives from Inuit

communities and regions, airlines, retail organizations, academic institutions and government. A final report

was developed from the discussions to contribute Inuit-specific perspectives for the development of the

Canadian Food Policy.

The Government of Canada has committed Employment and Social Development Canada to develop a

National Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care (NIELCC) Framework with Indigenous organizations. ITK

in partnership with Tungasuvvingat Inuit and Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, conducted eight Inuit

engagement sessions with over 200 stakeholders. The final report identifies Inuit-specific policy recommen-

dations for investment and program development for the NIELCC Framework.

The Government of Canada has committed to developing a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy to

improve the economic well-being of Canadian families. ITK worked with Inuit regions to provide Inuit

perspectives on the unique considerations of poverty reduction in Inuit communities.

Objective 7

ITK

The Hon. Jane Philpott,

Minister of Indigenous

Services, and ITK President

Natan Obed jointly commit

to eliminating tuberculosis

across Inuit Nunangat on

World TB Day 2018.

ACTION 7.1

Advocate for the adequate resourcing of programs, services and initiatives that meet the needs of Inuit children and families

March 2018: $42 million allocated for health programming in Inuit Nunangat in the 2018 federal budget, allowing Inuit to self-determine how a large portion is to be used

ACTION 7.2

Ensure Inuit involvement in the development, design and delivery of public health policies, programs and services across Inuit Nunangat

March 2018: ITK and the federal government jointly announced their commitment to eliminate TB by 2030 and develop a TB Elimination Framework to reduce TB by 50% by 2025

2017-18: ITK's Inuit Health Survey Working Group began work to determine how to structure the forthcoming Inuit Health Survey

2017-18: ITK has begun work to create an Urban Advisory Committee.

ACTION 7.3

Ensure that the Health Accord is inclusive of and responds to Inuit health priorities

2018: ITK and Tungasuvvingat Inuit coordinated 11 Inuit-specific engagement sessions across Canada to gain Inuit perspectives on health priorities and determine how a renewed Health Accord could better meet the needs of Inuit

ACTION 7.4

Partner with government to identify solutions to the high cost of living in Inuit Nunangat

2017-18: ITK has begun preliminary work to develop a framework to address the high cost of living in Inuit Nunangat

OBJECTIVE 7

ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEINGOF INUIT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES

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Summary Financial StatementsReport of the Independent Auditors on the Summary Financial Statements

To The Board of Directors of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

The accompanying summary financial statements of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which comprise the

summary statement of financial position as at March 31, 2018, the summary statements of operations

and changes in net assets for the year then ended, and related notes, are derived from the audited

financial statements prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit

organizations, of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as at and for the year then ended March 31, 2018.

We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated

August 2, 2018.

The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting

standards for not-for-profit organizations applied in the preparation of the audited financial statements

of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for

reading the audited financial statements of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

Management’s Responsibility for the Summary Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our procedures,

which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, “Engagements to

Report on Summary Financial Statements”.

Opinion

In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of Inuit

Tapiriit Kanatami as at March 31, 2018 and for the year then ended are a fair summary of those financial

statements.

Chartered Professional Accountants, Licensed Public Accountants

August 2, 2018

Ottawa, Canada


Summary Statement of OperationsYear ended March 31, 2018, with comparative information for 2017

General Funded Total Total operations activities 2018 2017

Revenue:Contributions $ – $ 9,137,816 $ 9,137,816 $ 6,391,539Other 506,133 – 506,133 109,181

506,133 9,137,816 9,643,949 6,500,720

Expenditures:Operating: Administration – – – 820 Advertising 17,693 29,656 47,349 9,950 Bank charges 6,525 – 6,525 6,380 Communications 9,989 49,818 59,807 42,375 Distribution 2,795 39,198 41,993 41,171 Equipment rental 4,091 44,382 48,473 14,648 Insurance 15,117 – 15,117 14,637 Office expenses 86,306 107,568 193,874 141,993 Printing 7,574 126,371 133,945 92,790 Professional fees 128,216 1,536,785 1,665,001 1,035,787 Rent 224,016 132,500 356,516 384,093 Salaries and benefits 216,823 2,667,790 2,884,613 2,797,818 Translation 2,083 228,743 230,826 78,790 Travel 211,281 2,265,724 2,477,005 1,281,904

Capital: Furniture/equipment 156,556 – 156,556 29,811

Affiliated organizations’ participation: Project activities – 1,247,567 1,247,567 467,595

1,089,065 8,476,102 9,565,167 6,440,562

Administrative overhead charges (661,714) 661,714 – –

Total expenditures 427,351 9,137,816 9,565,167 6,440,562

Excess of revenue over expenditures before undernoted 78,782 – 78,782 60,158

Amortization of tangible capital assets (34,909) – (34,909) (22,878)

Transfer of capital expenditures to net assets 156,556 – 156,556 29,811

Excess of revenue over expenditures $ 200,429 $ – $ 200,429 $ 67,091


Summary Statement of Financial PositionMarch 31, 2018, with comparative information for 2017

2018 2017

AssetsCurrent assets: Cash $ 3,917,635 $ 2,839,399 Amounts receivable 386,800 144,856 Contributions receivable 1,066,474 1,142,699 Prepaid expenses 1,064,467 –

6,435,376 4,126,954

Tangible capital assets 173,874 52,227

$ 6,609,250 $ 4,179,181

Liabilities and Net AssetsCurrent liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 1,538,781 $ 1,322,297

Deferred contributions 4,148,644 2,135,488

5,687,425 3,457,785

Net assets:

Invested in tangible capital assets 173,874 52,227

Internally restricted 299,437 299,437

unrestricted - general operations and funded projects 448,514 369,732

921,825 721,396

$ 6,609,250 $ 4,179,181

On behalf of the Board:

Chair

Secretary Treasurer

ITK Organizational Funding 2008-2018

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Summary Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Year ended March 31, 2018, with comparative information for 2017

Invested in tangible 2018 2017 capital assets Restricted unrestricted Total Total

Balance, beginning of year $ 52,227 $ 299,437 $ 369,732 $ 721,396 $ 654,305

Excess of revenue over expenditures – – 200,429 200,429 67,091

Amortization oftangible capital assets (34,909) – 34,909 – –

Additions totangible capital assets 156,556 – (156,556) – –

Balance, end of year $ 173,874 $ 299,437 $ 448,514 $ 921,825 $ 721,396

Total Funding by Source 2017-18

Indigenous andNorthern A!airs Canada

$4.15 million

$2.91 million

$1.22 million

$50,000

$1.3 million

HealthCanada

Employment andSocial Development Canada

EnvironmentCanada

OtherFunders

Wildlife $50,000

Total: $9.6 millionLanguage/Nanilavut $28,614

Post-Secondary Review $88,865

National Inuit Strategyon Research $90,000Urban Inuit $93,000

Inuit Education Forum $100,000

Youth/Summer Student Employment $110,710Inuit Nunangat Taimangannit

$144,314

Housing $188,165

Inuktitut Magazine $200,000

Northern Contaminants Program$205,045

Climate Change$465,069

Organizational Capacity$1.9 million

Inuit CrownPartnership Committee

$452,513

Non-insured Health Benefits$135,033

Inuit Health SurveyTuberculosis Elimination

Public HealthFood Security

Inuit Health SurveyEarly Child Development

$2.77 million

Poverty Reduction $95,372

Skills Training$350,000

Early Learningand Child Care

$779,102

Nilliajut Project $33,505Indigenous Peoples

Atlas of Canada $50,000ITK Library $55,017

Suicide Prevention $75,000Language Unification $125,000

Integrated InformationManagement $125,000

Education $128,712

ArcticNet $209,095

Miscellaneous$506,133


Pijjutigillugit Inuit Tapiriikkut KanatamiInuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) Canada-limaami pijjutiqaqtigijaullutik katujjiqatigiigijauvut 65,000-luangujunut Inunnut, amisuuniq saujullununaliqaqtutik sitamaujuni (4) aviktuqsimanirijangini Canada-up Ukiuqtaqtungani, piluaqtumik, Inuvialuit Nunalirinirmi AngirutiqaqsimajutAviktuqsimaningani (Nunatsiarmi), Nunavut, Nunavik (Quebec Taqrangani), ammalu Nunatsiavut (kanangnangani Labrador). Katillugit, taakkuasitamaujuit aviktuqsimaningit Inuit nunagivangat, Nunavut Canada-mi. Ilaqaqput 51-ngujunik nunaliujunik ammalu 35%-tinganik Canada-upnunarjuangata angininganit anginiqaqtuulluni ammalu 50%-tinganik tariup sigjagijanginniittuullutik.

Tukisinaqtuullutik Nunalirinirmut Angirutigijausimaliqtut Inuit Nunanganni suli aaqqiigiarutiuvalliammata katujjiqatigiigijatta aulatsini -qarnirminni piliriaksarijanginut. Taakkua nunaliriniit nalunaiqtausimammata mianirijausimallutik angiqsimautiuninginik maliklugit aviktuqsi-maningit 35-mi uqaqtausimajut kanataup piqujarjuangani, 1982, ammalu suli piliriaksaqarutigigattigu piliriqatiqarniarnittinnik government-tuqakkunnik tamarmiluktaaq iluikkautillugit atuliqtitausimaliqullugit. Malittiaqtutik pigiaq titaunirminni pijjutigijaulilauqtunik, ITK-kut Inuit pijunnautigijanginik ammalu pisimalirumajanginik pijjutiqaqtigijauvut Canada-up quttingningatigut niruarviqarunnaqtitaullutik aulatsijjutiu-jutigut pijjutiqarnirmi tamainik Inuit aviktuqsimanirijanginik.

ITK-kut sapujjigiaqtiuvut maligaqutiujunik, piliriangujunik ammalu pijittirarutiugijaujunik piliriaqarutiksanik inuuqatitta inuusilirinirmi, piusi-tuqalirinirmi, gavamalirinirmi ammalu avatilirinirmi pivalliajulirinirijanginnut.

ITK-kut timingat aulataummat Katimajinit ukunanngat ilagijauqataujunit:

• Angijuqqaaq, Inuvialuit Nunalirinirmi Aviktuqsimaningani Kuapuriisangat • Angijuqqaaq, Makivik Kuapuriisangat • Angijuqqaaq, Nunavut Tunngavik Timiqutingat • Angijuqqaaq, Nunatsiavut Government-ngat

Ilautillugit niruarunnaqtitaullutik ilagijauqataujunut, ukuattauq niruaqłijunnaratik atainnaqtumik ilagijauqatauvakkivut pijjutiqaqtigijaullutikKatimajini:

• Angijuqqaaq, Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumi Katimajirjuangit Canada-mi • Angijuqqaaq, Pauktuutit Arnait Inuit Canada-mi • Angijuqqaaq, Canada-limaami Makkuktut Inuit Katimajirjuangit

NiriugijaujutCanada-miut Inuit akłuiliqpallianiqalirniksangat katinniqaqsimaniqtigut ammalu nangminiq isumaliurutiliurunnarniqtigut .

Tilijausimajjutigijangit Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami nipigijaujuummata kanatamiu limaaniinunginnut mianirijausimaliqullugit ammalu sivummugiaqti-tausimaliqullugit Inuit Canada-mi pijunnautigijangit ammalupisimalirumajangit

À propos de l’Inuit Tapiriit KanatamiL’Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) est l’organisation représentative nationale des 65 000 Inuits du Canada, dont la majorité vivent dansles quatre régions de l’Arctique canadien, plus particulièrement : la région désignée des Inuvialuits (Territoires du Nord-Ouest), leNunavut, le Nunavik (Nord du Québec) et le Nunatsiavut (Nord du Labrador). Collectivement, ces quatre régions constituent leNunangat inuit, notre patrie au Canada, qui comprend 51 collectivités et environ 35 p. 100 du territoire canadien et 50 p. 100 deson littoral.

Les ententes sur les revendications territoriales globales qui ont été réglées dans le Nunangat inuit continuent de former un élément central du mandat de notre organisation. Ces revendications territoriales ont le statut de traités protégés en vertu del’article 35 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, et nous demeurons engagés à travailler en partenariat avec la Couronne en vue deleur mise en œuvre complète. Conformément à son objectif fondateur, l’ITK défend les droits et les intérêts des Inuits à l’échellenationale par l’entremise d’une structure de gouvernance démocratique qui représente toutes les régions inuites.

L’ITK prône des politiques, des programmes et des services qui répondent aux besoins sociaux, culturels, politiques et environne -mentaux de notre peuple.

L’ITK est géré par un conseil d’administration composé des membres suivants :

• Président, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation • Président, Société Makivik • Présidente, NunavutTunngavik inc. • Président, Gouvernement du Nunatsiavut

En plus des membres votants, des représentants permanents sans droit de vote font aussi partie du conseil d’administration :

• Présidente, Conseil circumpolaire inuit (Canada) • Présidente, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada • Présidente, Conseil national des jeunes Inuits

VisionLes Inuits canadiens sont prospères grâce à l’unité et l’autodétermination.

MissionL’Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami est le porte-parole nationalqui veille à protéger et à promouvoir les droits et lesintérêts des Inuits au Canada.

75 Albert St., Suite 1101Ottawa, ON Canada K1P 5E7

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