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Canadian Inuit Prospering Through
Unity and Self-Determination
Who We Are
We represent 65,000 Inuit in Canada, most of whom live in communities spread across Inuit Nunangat, our homeland in Canada.
What We Do
We produce advice, knowledge, strategies, action plans, policy tools and learning resources to protect and advance the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada.
About Inuit
An Indigenous people, we have occupied Inuit Nunangat — roughly 40% of Canada’s land area and 72% of its coastline — since time immemorial.
Donations to ITK
Your donations help us advocate for Inuit, strengthen Inuit communities and build a Canada in which Inuit thrive.
Our communities face significant social and economic challenges around issues such as education, health, poverty and housing.
ITK is taking action to address these complex challenges through research, political advocacy, and public outreach and education.
We have made great strides but we need your help to achieve our vision of a Canada in which Inuit are prospering through unity and self-determination. Canada prospers when its most vulnerable citizens prosper.
By donating today, you will play a role in advancing the critical work of building a more equitable and prosperous Canada.
DonateOur Board
Natan Obed
President | ITK
Vice-President | ICC Canada
[member_popup popup_id=”popupNatanObed” name=”Natan Obed” bio=”Natan Obed is President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Vice-President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada). Originally from Nain, Nunatsiavut, he is a respected negotiator and consensus builder. Obed plays a central role in advancing Inuit self-determination through national and international partnerships, including the Inuit Crown Partnership Committee.”]
Herb Nakimayak
Vice-President | ITK
Interim President | ICC Canada
[member_popup popup_id=”popupHerbNakimayak” name=”Herb Nakimayak” bio=”Herb Nakimayak is Vice-President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Interim President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada). From the community of Paulatuk in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nakimayak is known for his work in international advocacy, environmental stewardship, and strengthening Inuit representation across the circumpolar world.”]
Erwin Elias
Chair and CEO | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
[member_popup popup_id=”popupErwinElias” name=”ErwinElias” bio=”Erwin Elias is the Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, whose mandate is to receive Inuvialuit lands and financial compensation resulting from the 1984 Inuvialuit land claims settlement. He served the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk for more than 13 years, as a Councilor, Deputy Mayor and three terms as Mayor.”]
Pita Aatami
President | Makivvik Corporation
[member_popup popup_id=”PitaAatami” name=”Pita Aatami” bio=”Pita Aatami was most recently President and CEO of Air Inuit, a subsidiary of Makivvik. He first elected as a Makivvik board member in 1987 and served as President of Makivvik from 1998 to 2012.”]
Johannes Lampe
President | Nunatsiavut Government
[member_popup popup_id=”JohannesLampe” name=”Johannes Lampe” bio=”Johannes Lampe is the President of Nunatsiavut. He previously served as the Minister of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. He is the third person to lead the Nunatsiavut Government, an Inuit regional government, since the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and Labrador Constitution came into effect in 2005.”]
Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko
Interim Board Chair | Pauktuutit
[member_popup popup_id=”LaisaAudlaluk-Watsko” name=”Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko” bio=”Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko serves as Interim Board Chair of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. An experienced community leader and advocate for Inuit women, she works to promote equality, safety, and empowerment through culturally-informed partnerships and programs that strengthen Inuit families and communities across Canada.”]
Gwen Natsiq
President | National Inuit Youth Council
[member_popup popup_id=”GwenNatsiq” name=”Gwen Natsiq” bio=”Gwen Natsiq is the President of the National Inuit Youth Council. She is from Iqaluit, Nunavut. President Natsiq raises awareness for better education and mental health resources for Inuit youth across Canada.”]
Latest News
Browse the News section of our site for updates on Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit and our homeland, Inuit Nunangat.
“We understand that we are increasingly in the centre of a geopolitical fight that is not necessarily around our culture or our society, but is in our homeland, in our back yards,” Obed said.
“No other nation states can come to us and tell us what we should have done, or what we have to do to maintain sovereignty over our homeland. We do that ourselves, and we’ve articulated that again and again over the past 200 years,” said ITK President Natan Obed
Inuit across Canada stand in solidarity with our fellow Inuit in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) who have said unequivocally that they seek to determine their own future in the face of threats from the United States to buy or invade their country.
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