The Government of Canada, the Government of Nunavut, and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated have signed a $1.5B, 10-year contract under the Nunavut Agreement that will strengthen the territory’s Arctic sovereignty and empower Inuit communities. The agreement covers a variety of priorities, including skills training and employment. Nunatsiaq Online reports that $600M has been allocated to Inuit employment and training-related initiatives such as pre-employment training to help build a representative Inuit federal workforce within Nunavut. Nunatsiaq Online said that the Nunavut Sivuniksavut—a college in Ottawa for Inuit students from Nunavut, which served as the location for the agreement signing—served as a fitting and symbolic backdrop for the announcement.
