Kitikmeot Inuit Association

Purpose

The Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement provides a one-time grant in year one of the ten-year Agreement to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) for the establishment of the following three KIA programs: Inuit Scholarship Fund; Inuit Business Opportunities Fund; and Inuit Culture and Heritage Fund. These three funding programs are direct benefits to Inuit as laid out in Nunavut Agreement Schedule 8-3 Matters Appropriate for Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreements in Relations to Parks, specifically: 1) Inuit Training at all levels; 4) Scholarships; and 6)(a) Business opportunities including provision of seed capital.