Makivik

Makivik congratulates Nunavik artist

June
 3, 
2013, 
Kuujjuaq, 
Quebec ‐ 
Makivik 
Corporation 
is 
proud 
to 
congratulate 
Nunavik 
artisit 
Ulaayu
 Pilurtuut 
for 
her 
beautiful 
design
 that 
is 
featured 
as 
a 
five 
dollar
 collector’s 
coin. 
She
 is 
the 
first 
Nunavik
 Inuk 
artist 
to 
be 
selected 
by 
the 
Royal
 Mint 
of 
Canada. Her 
art 
depicts 
an 
Inuk 
woman 
in
 an
 amautik
 hauling
 out
 a
 fish
 through
 the 
ice, 
an 
activity 
so 
common
 in
 the
 Canadian 
Arctic
 to
 feed 
families.

Parnasimautik Workshop Website

Plan Nunavik (Parnasimautik) proposes a vision of development and priorities for Nunavik over the next 25 years in areas such as housing, health, education, access to the land, environmental and wildlife protection, culture, tourism, bio-food, as well as non-renewable resource, energy, transportation, communications and community development.

Inuit Organizations Applaud Residential Schools Documents Court Decision

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Press Release

Last week, representatives from every Nunavik community and regional organizations wrapped up extensive discussions on health and social services, youth protection services, policing, justice and correctional services, as well as education and employment.

As of May 1 2006, new Inuit eligibility criteria and enrolment procedures took effect, as outlined in Section 3A of the Complementary Agreement No. 18 (C.A. 18) to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA). Subsequently, the Nunavik Enrolment Office, under the authority of the Makivik Corporation (Makivik) Board of Directors, became entrust with the maintenance and up-dating of the Nunavik Inuit Beneficiaries Register in accordance with the decisions of the Community Enrolment Committees and the Nunavik Enrolment Review Committee.

NIE Business Directory Project

Makivik Corporation (Makivik) has undertaken to create a Nunavik Inuit Business Directory whereby Inuit JBNQA beneficiaries will be able to register their businesses. The primary objective of this web-based Directory will be to facilitate access of qualified Nunavik Inuit Businesses to contracts with the Canadian government as well as with other entities. More particularly, the Nunavik Inuit Enterprise (NIE) website will be used by Makivik to prepare (...)