Baker Lake Mining Research
Work With Pauktuutit to Research How Mining Changes Our Lives Pauktuutit is researching the experiences of Inuit women with mining and NEEDS YOUR HELP: To develop a community survey To provide feedback and recommendations To share your stories and experiences To...
Hepatitis C National Inuit Strategic Planning Session
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON (January 16, 2013) Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada will host a Hepatitis C National Inuit Strategic Planning Session in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, from January 20-21, 2013. The session will consist of panel presentations on national...
Pauktuutit Observes National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
View PDF here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 6, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada encourages everyone to observe the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6 as an important day to remember and honour those Inuit...
Tukisiviit?-Do You Understand? Inuit Sexual Health Glossary of Terms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, ON (November 27, 2012) Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and the Manitoba Urban Inuit Association will co-host the launch of Pauktuutit’s newest sexual health resource Tukisiviit?-Do you understand? a glossary of terms for sexual health,...
Communiqué – National Aboriginal Women’s Summit III
Communiqué National Aboriginal Women’s Summit (NAWS) III November 8, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) Pauktuutit was pleased to be a participant at the recent National Aboriginal Women’s Summit, co-chaired by the Province of Manitoba and the Native Women’s Association of Canada....
Inuit Women in Business – Inuvik Workshop
Interested in starting your own business? Join us to learn business skills! Business workshop for Inuit women No experience required Free Free childcare provided Learn what it takes to open your own business Meet other people Lunch and refreshments provided November...
Tukisiviit – Do You Understand? Launch
Tukisiviit - Do You Understand? Inuit Sexual Health Glossary of Terms FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Ottawa, ON (November 6, 2012) Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada launched a glossary of terms for sexual health, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C termininology titled Tukisiviit - Do...
A Community Story pilot project launches in Kugaaruk, NU
Ottawa, ON (October 11, 2012) Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and BluePrintForLife will deliver A Community Story from October 15-19 2012 in Kugaaruk, Nunavut. A Community Story is an intergenerational healing project with the goal to create a positive shared...
Pauktuutit Introduces Interim President
September 24, 2012 (Ottawa, ON) Elisapee Sheutiapik announced today that she will be resigning from the Pauktuutit Board of Directors and from the position of Pauktuutit President, effective immediately. “I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to contribute to the...
Funding Announcement for a GBA of Mining in Baker Lake
Pauktuutit is pleased to announce a partnership with the Canadian Women’s Foundation through their Violence Prevention Program. This year-long project is designed to collect and record Inuit women’s experiences in the mining community of Baker Lake, Nunavut. It will...
Funding for Pauktuutit’s National Inuit Health Projects Eliminated
Pauktuutit President Elisapee Sheutiapik expressed extreme concern and dismay over the recent decision by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of Health Canada to no longer work with the organization on Inuit-specific health projects. For nearly three...
Three Decades of Success: Pauktuutit Health Projects and Accomplishments
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada was incorporated in 1984 to act as the national representative organization of Inuit women in Canada, and to address the range of social and health issues being experienced in the 53 Inuit communities spread across the Canadian Arctic....