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Akulivik

Meaning: Central prong of a kakivak
Population: 411

Aupaluk

Meaning: Where the earth is red
Population: 159

Inukjuak

Meaning: The giant
Population: 1184

Ivujivik

Meaning: Place where ice accumulates because of strong currents
Population: 274

Kangiqsualujjuaq

Meaning: Very large bay
Population: 648

Kangiqsujuaq

Meaning: The large bay
Population: 479

Kagirsuk

Meaning: The bay
Population: 394

Kuujjuaq

Meaning: Great river
Population: 2055

Kuujjuarapik

Meaning: Little great river
Population: 1210

Puvirnituq

Meaning: Place where there is a smell of rotten meat
Population: 1169

Quaqtaq

Meaning: Tapeworm
Population: 257

Salluit

Meaning: The thin ones
Population: 1143

Tasiujaq

Meaning: Which resembles a lake
Population: 191

Umiujaq

Meaning: Which resembles a boat
Population: 315

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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