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Government Commitments to Truth and Reconciliation

Inuit – Crown Partnership Priorities

May 18, 2017

Inuit leaders met with federal ministers to discuss work-plans on each of these priority item including short, medium and long-term objectives and goals that will be finalized in the coming monthsMay 18, 2017 – Inuit leaders met with federal ministers to discuss work-plans on each of these priority item including short, medium and long-term objectives and goals that will be finalized in the coming months:

  • Inuit Land Claims Agreements Implementation
  • Inuit Nunangat Policy Space
  • Housing
  • Inuktuk Revitalization, Maintenance and Promotion
  • Reconciliation Measures
  • Health and Wellness
  • Education, Early Learning and Skills Development
  • Work with Environment and Climate Change Canada to implement a joint working plan, called the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change through Inuit Nunangat. The plan will define Inuit involvement on issues like wildlife management, Indigenous guardians programming and participation in the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties