Press Releases – Page 3 – ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ

11/29/2024

Nunatsiavut Government, Makivvik, and Government of Canada advance to next step toward establishing an Inuit Protected Area in the waters of northern Labrador The new protected area will protect up to 17,000 square kilometres of the Labrador Shelf Marine Region for future generations

News Release For Immediate Release November 29, 2024 Ottawa, Ontario Parks Canada Labrador Inuit have stewarded the lands, waters, and ice of Nunatsiavut for millennia. […]

11/28/2024

Creation of a Nunavik Public Security Committee Toward an Inuit community responsive policing approach

On November 20, 2024, Makivvik and the Kativik Regional Government (KRG) met with several mayors to discuss the current policing situation in Nunavik. This meeting was […]

11/23/2024

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations delivers apology to Nunavik Inuit for Canada’s role in the killing of qimmiit (sled dogs)

November 23, 2024 — Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Makivvik Acknowledging and addressing past wrongs is key to advancing reconciliation and […]

11/05/2024

Makivvik offers condolences and supports family following tragic incident in Salluit

PRESS RELEASE November 5, 2024, Kuujjuaq, Nunavik – Makivvik expresses its profound condolences to the Papigatuk family and the entire community of Salluit in the wake […]