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NEWSLETTER
Kivalliq Inuit Association
ISSUE
1
VOLUME
4
SPRING
2015
IN THIS ISSUE
WELCOME SPRING 2015
DEPARTMENT UPDATES
KIA STAFF LIST
KIA’s “Mission”
“To represent, in a fair and democratic manner, Inuit of the Kivalliq Region in
the development, protection, administration and advancement of their rights
and benefits as an aboriginal people; as well as to promote their economic,
social, political, and cultural wellbeing through succeeding generations.”
KIA has 6 departments
Finance, Communications, Executive,
Lands and Social Development and
Implementation
The Kivalliq Inuit Association is a nonprofit society representing all Inuit
Beneficiaries in the Kivalliq region,
which includes seven Communities:
Rankin Inlet, Arviat, Baker Lake,
Repulse Bay, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral
Harbour and Whale Cove.
Under the Nunavut Land Claim
Agreement, KIA is designated as an
Inuit Birthright Inuit Organization and
Designated Inuit Organization which
assigns the Organization a number
of responsibilities including Wildlife,
Outpost Camps, Parks, Conservation
areas, IOL’s within Municipal Lands,
Inuit-Owned Lands, Inuit Water Rights,
Entry and Access, Inuit Impact Benefit
Agreements and Implementation.
David Ningeongan
President of KIA
Samuel
Arualak,
Moses
Aliyak, Jerome Tattuinee, Jack
Kabvitok and Lewis Voisey
assisting the Inuit Heritage
Trust in translating the names
on the map in their proper
Inuktitut Names in Rankin Inlet.
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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Bernadette Dean
Director of
Social Development
The Social Development Department has been
busy in submitting proposals and reports, as
you may all know the Fiscal year- year end. We
have submitted proposals for a number
of programs that include the following:
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Somebody’s Daughter
Pijunnaqsiniq Camp
NIYC Summit in August
Kivalliq Inuit Language Revitalization
Kivalliq Art Camp
Aboriginal Languages Initiative
Circumpolar Mental Health
Symposium
Daisy and Bernadette attended
the Circumpolar Mental Health
Symposium that was organized by
the Arctic Council and continue to
participate in conference calls or
meeting with the Nunavut Poverty
Reduction Strategy, the Inuit Social
Cultural Special Committee (under
Article 23 of the NLCA) and many
other working groups such as Alianait
or Elders and Disabilities.
Annual Intake of Applications
Open for intake
Closing dates
Spring/Summer Activities
April 1
Mid May
Fall/Early Winter Activities
Mid July
September 30th
Early Winter Activities
September/October
Mid November
Winter
Mid November
January 30th
We have also funded the Utaqiurviit
(ᐅᑕᕿᐅᕐᕖᑦ) Spring Camp with the
KCCI- Program that was organized
by John Shaimaut of Coral Harbour.
John has selected participants that
don’t have the opportunity to go out
hunting. We have funded various
programs throughout the Kivalliq
Region.
We are currently in the process of
reviewing all applicants from the
Kivalliq for the spring & summer
activities.
We have funded activities such as the
traditional seal skin preparation that
was held in Repulse Bay organized by
Suzanne Mablik to teach young ladies
how to prepare seal skin right from a
raw seal to making patterns for Kamiit.
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Our department continues to assist
youth groups in other communities
and are prepared to assist in
workshops with youth if we are
requested.
Circumpolar Mental Wellness
Symposium
Kivalliq Community Cultural
Initiatives Program
The Kivalliq Inuit Association has
funding available for grants and
contributions to support community
based initiatives that foster and
enhance Inuit traditional skills and
activities as well as promoting or
maintaining the Inuit language.
Iqaluit from August 19-26 2015 and
to do other events and activities the
council agrees upon.
Siqiniq Youth Council
The Siqiniq Youth Council is made
up of three local youth organizers
from different organizations- Hamlet
of Rankin Inlet- Youth CoordinatorChloe Tattuinee, Kathryn Misheralak
from the Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship
Center and Daisy Panika from the
Kivalliq Inuit Association along with
a number of youth in Rankin Inlet.
They are currently fundraising, doing
events such as running teen dances,
distributing donation letters to various
organizations, running carnivals (fun
fair) and community events to attend
the National Inuit Youth Summit in
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The Social Development Department
took part in the Circumpolar Mental
Wellness Symposium from March 2527 in Iqaluit. The Circumpolar Mental
Wellness focused on bringing together
researchers, policymakers, Indigenous
communities, representatives of
Permanent Participant organizations of
the Arctic Council and representatives
of member state governments,
the event aimed to foster both a
better understanding of mental
health promotion in the Arctic and
a collaborative approach to positive
mental health outcomes. The objective
of this signature Arctic Council project
is to identify and share best practices
in promoting resilience and well-being
as a means of preventing suicide, with
a particular focus on youth.
Name
Position
Address
Ph#
Fax #
David Ningeongan
President
Box 340
645-5727
645-5749
Raymond Ningeocheak
Vice President
Box 119
925-8788
925-8708
Kono Tattuinee
Secretary Treasurer
Box 397
857-2821
857-4978
David Kuksuk
Director-Arviat
Box 123
857-4880/2503
857-2610
Vacant
Director-Baker Lake
Box
793-
793-
Peter Kattegatsiak
Director-Chesterfield Inlet
Box 91
898-9707(9130)
898-9085 (9135) (w)
Hannah Angootealuk
Director-Coral Harbour
Box 61
925-8401
925-8065
Jack Kabvitok
Director-Rankin Inlet
Box 521
645-4229
645-2057
Donat Milortok
Director-Repulse Bay
Box 4
462-4012
462-4142
Patricia Enuapik
Director for Whale Cove
Box 14
896-9188
896-9171
K.I.A staff
867-645-5725/1-800-220-6581/Fax 645-2348/Lands Fax 645-3855
Direct lines
David Ningeongan
President
dningeongan@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5727
Gabriel Karlik
President’s EA
gkarlik@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5732
Stephen Hartman
Executive Director
shartman@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5733 222-2399 (c)
Madeline Kaludjak
Executive Assistant
mkaludjak@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5729
Darrell Lister
Director of Finance
dlister@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5738
Lindsay Amarok
Accountant
lamarok@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5737
Brenda Osmond
Finance Officer
bosmond@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5739
Faith Kreelak
Finance Officer Trainee
fkreelak@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5750
Michael Tucktoo
Implementation Officer
mtucktoo@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5743
Robert Tookoome
Dir. Implementation & Planning
rtookoome@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5740
Bernadette Dean
Social Dev. Coordinator
bdean@kivalliqniuit.ca
645-5746
Daisy Panika
Social Dev. Program Officer
dpanika@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5726
Charlotte Pilakapsi
Bereavement/ Compassionate
Travel Program Officer
cpilakapsi@kivalliqnuit.ca
645-5752 6832 (c)
Jean Kusugak
Interpreter/Translator
jeankusugak@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5741
Lisa Oolooyuk
Comm. &Community Program Officer
loolooyuk@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5759
Lizzie Tanuyak
Reception/Secretary
reception@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5725
Luis Manzo
Director of Lands
lmanzo@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5731
Maria Serra
G.I.S Coordinator
mserra@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5744
Jeff Tulugak
Land Use Inspector
jtulugak@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5735
Veronica Connelly
Lands Administrator
vconnelly@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5734
Craig Beardsall
Environmental Technician
cbeardsall@kivalliqinuit.ca
645-5754
Board Room
645-5799
Community Liaison Officer/IIBA Coordinator/Lands Inspector
Judy Issakiark, Arviat
857-4911
857-2911
cloarviat@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 578
Valerie Niego, Baker Lake
793-4458
793-2126
clobaker@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 448
Valerie Ipkarnark, Chesterfield Inlet
898-9159
898-9161
clochesterfield@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 59
Ronnie Ningeongan, Coral Harbour
925-8136
925-8137
clocoral@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 29
Elizabeth Mapsalak, Repulse Bay
462-4438
462-4439
clorepulse@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 11
Elizabeth Voisey, Whale Cove
896-9126
896-9127
clowhale@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 57
Lorraine Neigo IIBA Coordinator
793-4469
793-2126
iibacoord@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 448
Jeff Hart, Tech. Specialist
793-4468
793-2126
landsbaker@kivalliqinuit.ca
Box 448
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TIKIRARJUAQ-WHALE COVE/SALLIQ-CORAL HARBOUR/NAUJAT-REPULSE BAY/ARVIAT
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KIA-LANDS
Luis Manzo
Director of Lands
WATER QUALITY
ASSESSMENT
TRAINING IN
SOUTHERN ONTARIO
In June of 2014, Hutchinson Environmental Sciences
Ltd. (HESL) hosted a guest from Rankin Inlet when
KIA Land Use Inspector Jeff Tulugak traveled to
Muskoka, Ontario to participate in an intensive threeday training program to build the KIA’s capacity in
water quality assessment. The trip and training
program were made possible through a funding
agreement between the KIA and Aboriginal Affairs
and Northern Development Canada (AANDC).
Jeff Tulugak of the KIA measures a temperature and
oxygen profile in Lake Joseph, Ontario, as part of
his training.
Jeff’s classroom was the lakes and rivers of Southern
Ontario. He sampled the fate of treated sewage
effluent in a small river and accompanied the District
of Muskoka’s Lakes crew in sampling lakes, which
are very similar to lakes in the Kivalliq. He learned
to calibrate field meters, collect water quality and
aquatic community samples, determine stream flow
and manage data in the KIA Water Database.
Jeff returned home and applied these skills
throughout the summer, sampling lakes and rivers
in the Kivalliq region alongside AANDC staff,
continuing the joint monitoring programs around
the Meadowbank Mine and proposed Meliadine
gold project. Jeff and the KIA are working to ensure
growth and development in the Kivalliq region does
not compromise the water quality for Nunavummiut.
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Jeff’s data for
June 26, 2014
DEVELOPING THE KIA
WATER DATABASE
Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd. (HESL) and
Stoneleigh Associates developed a Microsoft Access
database in 2014 and 2015 for the KIA with funding from the
Nunavut General Monitoring Program. The database houses
all water quality data collected by the KIA and Aboriginal
Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
through their Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to monitor
aquatic baseline conditions around areas of growth and
development in the Kivalliq Region. Since the MOA was
signed in 2004, the KIA and AANDC have collected yearly
water quality samples in July and September from strategic
locations around the Meadowbank Mine and proposed
Meliadine gold project.
HESL is currently working with the KIA and AANDC to
expand the program to include lakes around the proposed
Kiggavik Uranium project and to support the Baker Lake
Cumulative Effects Monitoring Program. The database will
become an even more powerful tool that the KIA can use to
detect changes in the aquatic environmental as data from
these new sites are added.
Barbara Hutchinson of Stoneleigh Associates traveled to
Rankin Inlet in March 2015 to train the KIA Lands staff to
use the Water database. With this training, all Lands staff
can use the database to monitor water quality and work to
minimize development related changes in the environment.
THE KIA APPLY TO
THE CANADIAN HIGH
ARCTIC RESEARCH
STATION FOR
RESEARCH FUNDING
Community growth, development in the Baker
Lake Basin (operating and proposed gold and
uranium mines) and observed climate related
changes in Baker Lake have the potential to create
cumulative impacts to water quality in Baker Lake,
river systems and the downstream estuary at
Chesterfield Inlet. The KIA and Aboriginal Affairs
and Northern Development Canada partnered
with the Nunavut General Monitoring Program
in 2012 to develop the High-Level Aquatic
Cumulative Effects Monitoring Framework for the
Baker Lake Basin.
The KIA and our partners have applied to the
Canadian High Arctic Research Station (https://
www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/13147312685
47/1314731373200) for funding to continue
work on Phase 1 of the project over the coming
year. We have proposed to develop and refine
monitoring indicators and methods using Inuit
Qaujimajatuqangit and Western Science for an
aquatic cumulative effects monitoring program,
followed by training and capacity building for
KIA Lands staff. Phase 1 builds on an ongoing
project to assemble historical and baseline data in
the Baker Lake Basin that will inform development
of the longer-term monitoring details in 2015.
Taken together, these activities will allow the
communities to work with industrial partners
to ask and answer questions on the effects of
development and climate change on their water
resources. We hope to hear that our application
was successful by the end of April.
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IMPLEMENTATION
IMPLEMENTATION AND
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The Implementation and Planning
Department is responsible for assisting in
negotiations and implementing various
Inuit Impact Benefits Agreement (IIBA),
under Article 8 of the Nunavut Land
Claims Agreement.
Robert
Tookoome
Director
Implementation
& Planning
IIBAs can cover such things as training
and employment, contract opportunities
for Inuit own companies, ensuring Inuit
rights such as harvesting rights and
access to Inuit Owned Lands that are
protected under the NLCA.
Currently KIA has 4 IIBA’s for the Kivalliq
region.
They are; Meadowbank, Umbrella for
Territorial Parks, the National Wildlife
Areas and Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
and the Ukkusiksalik National Park. We
are currently in negotiations for the
Meliadine Gold Project with AgnicoEagle near Rankin Inlet and for Kiggavik
Project with AREVA Resources Canada
for their uranium project near Baker Lake.
FINANCE
DEPARTMENT
Darrell Lister
Director of Finance
The
Finance
Department
is
now back in full staff with Faith
successfully
completing
her
Financial accounting part A course
at the Arctic College. The Finance
Department is preparing year end
for 2014-2015 and starting the
new year of 2015-2016 as well as
working on budgets for 2016-2017.
Finance Team
Faith Kreelak, Brenda Osmond, Finance officers
& Lindsay Amarok, Accountant
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NUNAVUT IMPACT REVIEW BOARD FINAL
HEARING AREVA’S KIGGAVIK PROJECT
BAKER LAKE /// MARCH 2 – 14, 2015
…THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY OF BAKER LAKE!
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2015
David Ningeongan
President
Raymond Ningeocheak
Vice President
Kono Tattuinee
Secretary Treasurer
David Kuksuk
Arviat Director
Jack Kabvitok
Rankin Inlet Director
Peter Kattegatsiak
Chesterfield Inlet
Director
Hannah Angootealuk
Coral Harbour Director
Donat Milortok
Repulse Bay Director
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Patricia Enuapik
Whale Cove Director