Grants and Contributions:
As a result of this project, the community of Kimmirut will have five community members with hands-on experience to maintain its equipment during normal operations or during an emergency until help arrives from outside the community. The project is expected to create five jobs.
Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth) makes foundational investments in economic infrastructure, sector development and capacity building to help position Northerners in the territories to take advantage of Canada's innovation economy. The IDEANorth program focuses on four priority areas: economic growth and sector development; business scale-up, productivity and innovation; small-scale economic infrastructure development; and foundational economic infrastructure.