About Us

Kakivak Association is a community and economic development organization serving Inuit, by providing business, employment and training services to enhance the strengths of communities in the Baffin region.

From our office in Iqaluit, Kakivak Association serves Inuit in the thirteen communities that make up the Qikiqtani Region of Nunavut. Our region is large, stretching 2,200 kilometres from Sanikiluaq in south-east Hudson Bay to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island. Our communities are diverse, ranging from Iqaluit, the territorial capital with a population close to 8,000, to Grise Fiord in the high Arctic with a population of 150.

Our priorities at Kakivak include:

• Providing financial support for Inuit pursuing training and postsecondary education.
• Supporting Inuit in achieving employment objectives through job search and employment assistance services. – Assisting Inuit in achieving greater participation in business through the establishment, management and operation of viable, successful businesses.
• Offering support for work experience and skills development for Inuit youth, leading to advancement in education and employment.
• Supporting adequate and affordable access to childcare as a basis for increased participation of Inuit, and particularly Inuit women, in education, training and employment.
• Delivering high-quality, professional services to clients.
• Strengthening partnerships with a wide range of individuals, businesses and organizations.
• Developing Kakivak Association as an effective and efficient organization for the delivery of community economic development programs and services.

In addition to working to constantly improve our service delivery, Kakivak staff and board are active in promoting the interests of Inuit in forums which address the policies, programs and future needs of beneficiaries in their program areas.

Kakivak also negotiates funding arrangements with key federal departments. Our board and staff actively advocate and lobby to ensure that Nunavut is factored into national program funding allocation models. This funding forms the foundation upon which all our other program delivery capacity is built.