Kitikmeot Inuit Association

$6,900,000.00 CAD

≈ 89 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Parks Canada
Program
Grant to implement the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement for the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2022-2023
Agreement period
March 13, 2023 – April 30, 2032
Reference
pc:154-2025-2026-Q1-00048

Published purpose

The Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement provides a one-time grant in year one of the ten-year Agreement to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) for the establishment of the following three KIA programs: Inuit Scholarship Fund; Inuit Business Opportunities Fund; and Inuit Culture and Heritage Fund. These three funding programs are direct benefits to Inuit as laid out in Nunavut Agreement Schedule 8-3 Matters Appropriate for Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreements in Relations to Parks, specifically: 1) Inuit Training at all levels; 4) Scholarships; and 6)(a) Business opportunities including provision of seed capital.

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This grant provides one-time funding to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association to establish three programs—Inuit scholarships, business opportunities, and culture and heritage—as direct benefits under the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement for the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site.

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