Module 4.4. Inuit Knowledge Centre

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is an Inuit organization in Canada,  “representing four Inuit regions – Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories.”

The “Inuit Qaujisarvingat: Inuit Knowledge Centre at ITK” focuses on Arctic and Inuit knowledge through a variety of projects that:

–      provide information about Inuit culture in order to increase awareness and knowledge;

–      promote understanding of different aspects of climate change  in Inuit regions, as well as its impact on Inuit society;

–      organize Inuit health statistics and make them available for Inuit different organizations in order to support Inuit research; and

–      share Inuit perspectives on a variety of Arctic issues: lifestyle, environment, wildlife,  patriotism, safety, sovereignty, etc.

The website http://www.inuitknowledge.ca/ also provides an online library that contains research papers, reports, literature reviews and Inuit studies.

 

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