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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada") is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 65,000 Inuit. Their mission being to "serve as a national voice protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada."

Founded in 1971 by Inuit leaders, the organization has gone to accomplish a lot for Inuit individuals such as, representing their voice and culture in a television show, taking legal action against those who have violated their rights, and creating a program to improve education for Inuit children.

1974- delegation to Alaska 1978- "ITC requests formal status at upcoming Constitutional Conference"

ITC submits first proposal for Nunavut Territory to Government of Canada 1977

1980 NWT Council agrees in principle to the creation of Nunavut

1989- ITC takes over publication of Inuktitut Magazine from Department of Indian and Northern Affairs

1999_ Nunavut territory created April 1

Hamlet of Baker Laker v. Minister of Indian Affairs
In 1979, the ITC was seeking an injunction to stop the mineral exploration at Baker Lake, Nunavut. The plaintiffs, Baker Lack Hunters and Trappers Association, the ITC and the 112 Inuit's who lived and hunted in Baker Lake at the time, took the Canadian federal government to court in Hamlet of Baker Lake v. Minister of Indian Affairs. The case arose questions concerning aboriginal rights, more specifically their right to hunt caribou. The plaintiffs sought to stop the mining activities happening in the area and a declaration to be made that Baker Lake was subject to an Inuit aboriginal title to hunt and fish. The case concluded, by Judge Mahoney of the Federal Court of Canada recognized the existence of Aboriginal Title in Nunavut.

Inukshuk Project
In the late 1970s, former ITC launched the Inukshuk Project, which was the first involvement of Inuit on broadcasted television. In April 1974, the Cabinet approved a procedure that all Canadian communities, with a minimum population of five hundred, would have media broadcasted in English or French. James Arvaluk, current ITC president at the time, objected to the Cabinets' decision because of the lack of local representation of the Inuit communities. As a result, they launched the Inukshuk Project, which targeted the Inuit population of Nunavut, allowing them to communicate about important issues and exchange information in their own language. From the Inukshuk Project, the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) was created in 1980, a television broadcasting company based in Nunavut, in which the majority of programs are broadcast in Inuktitut. The IBC has employed some of Nunavut's most distinguished media personalities and leaders.

Canadian Human Rights Commission's Soberman Report
In 1990, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada made a complaint to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) concerning the relocations of Inuit families from Inukjuak. In 1953 and 1995, the Canadian Government decided to relocate Inukjuak families from Northern Quebec to the High Arctic to help acclimatize Inuit's in the High Arctic. The DIAND responded by telling the ITC that the Government of Canada acted appropriately and would not apologize for the relocations of Inuit's. ITC then appealed to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), and they proceeded to investigate. The ITC asked for three things, "recognition of their contribution to the Canadian claim to territorial sovereignty in the High Arctic; an apology for the hardship that Inuit suffered in Grise, Fiord, and Resolute Bay; and compensation for the wrongs done to them." The CHRC report recommended that the Government should, "acknowledge the contribution of the Inuit relocates in the High Arctic and publicly thank them; apologize for the shortcomings in planning the relocation; and acknowledge that it promised those Inuit who wished to go back to northern Quebec the opportunity to do so within, at most, three years of being relocated."

National Strategy On Inuit Education
The National Strategy on Inuit Education was launched in 2006 by Mary Simon, former President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, as a national education initiative focused on improving outcomes in Inuit education. The objective of the strategy is to increase the confidence of Inuit children in their language and culture and opportunities. They list three core areas to improve education outcomes across the Inuit Nuanagat: supporting children to help them stay in school; providing a bilingual curriculum to achieve literacy in the Inuit language and at least one of Canada's official languages, and learning resources that are relevant to the Inuit culture, history and worldview; increasing the number of education leaders and bilingual educators in our schools and early childhood programs.

National Inuit Strategy on Research
The National Inuit Strategy on Research (NISR), is a document launched on March 22nd, 2018 that outlines a partnership between governments and research institutions to enhance the efficacy, impact, and usefulness of Inuit Nunangat research for Inuit. Many contributed to the creation of this strategy, including the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Borard of Directors and the Inuit Qaujisarvingat National Committee.

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, formerly known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC), was founded in 1971 by seven Inuit community leaders, who were attending a meeting in Toronto. The decision to form a national Inuit organization was to express concern through a united voice regarding the "status of land and resource ownership in Inuit Nunangat." As potential projects such as the Mackenzie Valley pipeline and the James Bay Project began to threaten Inuit Nunangat land, leaders decided to take action. The Inuit Nunangat is currently made up of four regions: the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (northern Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (northern Quebec) and Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador). ITK represents 51 communities and 65,000 Inuit's residing in the Inuit Nunangat. Later that year in Ottawa, Ontario the first conference was held and has been headquartered out of Ottawa since 1972.

In 2001, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada ("Inuit will be united") changed its name to Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada." The name changed followed the signing of the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement-in-Principle (AIP). The Government of Canada and the Labrador Inuit Associated gathered to sign a land claims agreement, which reinforced Inuit's title to their land and increased their self-sufficiency in their communities.

It was founded in 1971 by Tagak Curley as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (or in English, Inuit Brotherhood) in Edmonton, Alberta. It has been headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario since 1972. It grew out of the Indian and Eskimo Association that was formed in the 1960s.

It was founded in 1971 by Tagak Curley as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (or in English, Inuit Brotherhood) in Edmonton, Alberta.

It grew out of the Indian and Eskimo Association that was formed in the 1960s.

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