The Harvester Support Grant is a federal program created in 2019 at the request of Inuit to increase the number of country food sharing initiatives and increase the number of hunters engaging in these activities.
Makivvik signed an initial agreement with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada of $7,156,250 for five years, which was topped off for a total of $19,070,750.
Makivvik’s Department of Environment, Wildlife and Research administers the fund and makes it available for local and regional projects.
Criteria
Clear demonstration that the project intends to:
• support harvesters and sustainable harvest, in line with cultural values and customs, such as caring and respect for the animal and environment and take back and use all parts of animals
• increase country food sharing, with priority to elderly people, widows, people with disabilities, and other people without means to provide for themselves (ex. single parents)
• Strongly recommended to include youth or less experienced harvesters as part of community hunt, to pass on Inuit knowledge
• Strongly recommended to include butchering, food preparation, skins or fur processing or Inuit clothing components in partnership with other organizations (sewing center, community food programs, schools, etc.)
Examples of eligible projects
– Community harvest for geese, caribou, beluga, etc. including youth to pass on Inuit knowledge
– Fishing trip for elderly people, widows, and people with disabilities
– Maintenance of harvesting sites
– Addition of freezers in community boat and cabins
– Maintenance, repair, or retrofit of harvesting-related infrastructure
– Acquire safety equipment for community harvests
And more
Who can apply?
– NV
– Anguvigaq and Anguvigait
– Landholding corporations
– Other non-profit organizations (e.g. men’s associations) For information and to apply: llaflamme@makivvik.ca
