Media Centre - 2003 May

NTI proposes solution to off-shore fisheries crisis

Released | May 30, 2003 | No Comments | Print this article

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(May 30, 2003 — Iqaluit, Nunavut) In keeping with its commitment to Inuit economic well-being, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the Inuit land claims organization, today called for a positive approach to ensuring Nunavummiut have a fair share of their off-shore fishery - one which will require the federal and territorial governments [...]

NTI condemns federal giveaway of northern shrimp fishery

Released | May 28, 2003 | No Comments | Print this article

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(MAY 28, 2003 — Naujaat, Nunavut) The Board of Directors of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the Inuit land claims organization, today condemned the federal decision to deny Nunavummiut fair access to the shrimp fishery off Baffin Island.
Federal Fisheries Minister Robert Thibeault announced Monday that Nunavut fishers would get 51 [...]

10th Anniversary of Nunavut Land Claims Agreement recognized

Released | May 23, 2003 | No Comments | Print this article

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(May 23, 2003 - IQALUIT, NUNAVUT) - Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated President Cathy Towtongie today asked Nunavummiut to remember the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement this coming Sunday.
The signing of the land claims agreement a decade ago led to [...]

NTI delivers on its commitment to social well-being

Released | May 16, 2003 | No Comments | Print this article

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(May 16, 2003– Iqaluit, Nunavut) President Cathy Towtongie announced today that Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the Inuit land claims organization, has provided significant direct and indirect financial support to suicide prevention in Nunavut as part of its commitment to Inuit social well-being.
NTI is very concerned about the high rate of suicide [...]