Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

Published purpose

This 45-month project will support Pauktuutit to co-develop, with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s National Inuit Youth Council, a national dialogue and action plan on gender equality. Young people from across the four Inuit Nunangat regions and urban areas will come together with Pauktuutit staff and youth board members through virtual and face-to-face discussions, with themes, trends and ideas captured to shape the creation of appropriate communications and outreach strategies. A range of activities will be considered, from organizing web-based events, to the creation of an electronic platform or online training and mentoring to build the capacity and confidence of Inuit youth to be able to advocate for gender equality. Support activities will include building skills for gender-based analysis plus to create understanding of intersectionality and empower youth to identify and respond to gender equality barriers and negative gender norms in their communities. The website, tools and other resources created through the project will be publically launched. The supplemental funding will be used for the development of a public service announcement that addresses gender equality in Pangnirtung community; this would take place during the third year of the project. The supplemental funding will also be used to present this National Conversations on Gender Equality with Young Canadians project at two events in Iqaluit, in partnership with the Law Society of Nunavut. Pauktuuit is also seeking a Gender Equality project presentation with Equal Futures, at the next Gender Equity summit to be held in Yellowknife.