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2006

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12/12/2006 – Opportunity missed by Environment Minister Rona Ambrose to discover Nunavik and its environment

12/05/2006 – RCMP self-investigation does not reveal the truth about the slaughter of Inuit sled dogs in the 1950s and 1960s

12/01/2006 – Signing Ceremony for the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement

10/27/2006 – Nunavik Inuit Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement

09/26/2006 – Makivik Corporation and the Kativik Regional Government welcome visit of Minister of Justice Yvon Marcoux and Minister for Native Affairs for Quebec Geoffrey Kelley to Nunavik

08/10/2006 – Makivik Corporation, Kativik Regional Government and the Quebec Government sign agreement for the Prevention of Crime and the Promotion of Safe and Healthy Communities.

04/10/2006 – FALCONBRIDGE SHARES CDN $9.3 MILLION OF RAGLAN’S OPERATING PROFIT WITH INUIT COMMUNITIES

04/04/2006 – Makivik’s 28th annual general meeting in Kangirsuk

03/07/2006 – MAKIVIK CORPORATION RECEIVES ‘CIBC SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP’ COMMUNITY AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SPIRIT

01/24/2006 – Makivik Corporation and the Kativik Regional Government bring recommendation for the recognition of Nunavik as an Electoral Division to the National Assembly

MAKIVIK CORPORATION

Kuujjuak | Montreal | Quebec City
Head Office: Kuujjuaq
P.O. Box 179
Kuujjuaq, Quebec J0M 1C0
(819) 964.2925
1.877.625.4845
info@makivik.org

Inukjuak
J0M 1M0
Phone: 1-819-254-1173
Fax: 1-819-254-1040

Kuujjuaraapik
J0M 1G0
Phone: 1-819-929-3925
Fax:1-819-929-3982

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Montreal
1111 Dr. Frederik-Philips Blvd., 3rd Floor
St. Laurent, Quebec H4M 2X6
(514)745.8880
1.800.361.7052

Quebec City
555 Grande-Allée E.
Québec (Québec) G1R 2J5
(418) 522.2224

Corporate Objectives

  • To receive, administer, distribute and invest the compensation money payable to Nunavik Inuit, as provided for in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement;
  • To relieve poverty, to promote the welfare, advancement, and education of the Inuit;
  • To foster, promote, protect and assist in preserving the Inuit way of life, values and traditions;
  • To exercise the functions vested in it by other Acts or the Agreement; and
  • To develop and improve the Inuit communities and to improve their means of actions.

    • Makivik Mandate

    Politically, culturally and economically, Makivik has been a leader in building and developing a vibrant region called Nunavik, where, between the dualistic nations of Canada and Quebec, Inuit have established our own distinct place and identity.

    Makivik, which in Inuktitut means “To Rise Up,” is a fitting name for an organization mandated to protect the rights, interests and financial compensation
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