Abbreviation | ITK |
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Formation | 1971 |
Founder | Tagak Curley |
Type | Inuit organization |
Legal status | active |
Purpose | advocate and public voice, educator and network |
Headquarters | 75 Albert Street Suite 1101 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 5E7 |
Coordinates | 45°25′20″N 075°41′43″W / 45.42222°N 75.69528°WCoordinates: 45°25′20″N 075°41′43″W / 45.42222°N 75.69528°W |
Region served
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Canada |
Official language
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English, Inuktitut |
president
|
Natan Obed |
Website | http://www.itk.ca |
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, literally "Inuit United with Canada") is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 60,000 Inuit. 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.
The organization represents Inuit living in four regions of Canada: Nunatsiavut in Labrador, Nunavik in Northern Quebec, Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories and Yukon. It is headquartered in Ottawa. The status vis-à-vis the growing population of Inuit living outside the land claims regions remains unclear.
One aim of the organization is to preserve Inuit culture and the Inuit languages. To this end the ITK publishes the cultural magazine Inuktitut three times a year with content in Inuktitut (using Inuktitut syllabics), Inuinnaqtun (using the Latin alphabet,), English, and French.