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Title:

Saqijuq

Agreement Number:

37577659

Agreement Value:

$3,025,000.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 26, 2024 - Mar 1, 2029

Description:

The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding to create a new team of Inuit educators to offer On-The-Land services to residents in a new community in Nunavik, including justice-involved individuals who generally make up the majority of participants.

Organization:

Public Safety Canada

Expected Results:

To promote cultural healing in Nunavik through community actions rooted in Inuit values and traditions, the project aims to offer hunting, fishing, gathering, sewing, beading, camping, feasts and traditional jewellery and tool making. The project will allow participants to connect with nature and the land, while promoting the transmission of cultural and community knowledge

Location:

Kuujjuaq, Quebec, CA J0M 1C0

Reference Number:

088-2023-2024-Q4-00054

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Saqijuq

Program:

(NICPF) Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund

Program Purpose:

The program purpose is to provide support in the adaptation, development and implementation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce vulnerability to crime and promote community safety approaches in Indigenous communities both on and off-reserve and in the North. The NICPF also focuses on building capacity and knowledge to identify and promote Indigenous crime prevention and community safety best practices.