Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami today launched the Inuit Nunangat Poverty Reduction Strategy, an Inuit-led roadmap to reduce poverty, strengthen self-determination, and close longstanding socioeconomic gaps between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians.
The Strategy was informed by years of engagement with Inuit communities, and led by Inuit across Inuit Nunangat. It comes at a time when affordability has become one of the defining national issues facing Canadians. While households across the country are feeling the impacts of rising costs, Inuit Nunangat remains at the forefront of Canada’s affordability crisis, where high living costs, overcrowded housing, food insecurity, limited infrastructure, and barriers to economic opportunity continue to drive poverty rates far above the national average.
To inform this work, ITK developed the Inuit Nunangat Market Basket Measure, the first poverty indicator tailored specifically to Inuit Nunangat.
ITK has also released its Nutrition North Canada Framework, which offers Inuit-led recommendations on how to transform the federal program and make it more responsive to the needs of Inuit communities.