ᑐᓐᖓᕕᕗᑦ · Our pillars
Three pillars, Ilisaqsivik at the centre
Ilisaqsivik has three distinct pillars or divisions. It stands at the centre and acts as the catalyst, and each pillar keeps the other two standing.
ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᒧᓪᓗ ᐅᐸᑲᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ
Health and Wellness Centre
Ilisaqsivik offers Inuit-led, culturally and linguistically relevant community programs and counselling services for residents of Clyde River and elsewhere in Nunavut. Programs and services are based on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, traditional knowledge, and Inuuqatigiittiarniq, the healthy inter-connection of mind, body, spirit, and the environment.
Nine core community programs run all year round, from prenatal nutrition to Elders' programs, and the counselling service is recognised across Nunavut and by the federal government.
ᐃᑦᑕᖅ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᒃ
Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre
Ittaq is a centre of specialty at Ilisaqsivik for research, multimedia, land-programming, and heritage, founded in 2005. It works with Elders, youth, local experts, and visiting professionals to mobilize knowledge, monitor the environment, and promote Inuit culture and language through research and media-based storytelling.
Ittaq has received national and international recognition and awards for photography, documentary filmmaking, and research. Named productions include "Tony: Back from the Brink" (2013), "The Meaning of Ice" (2013), and "Wounded Healers" (2020).
- Angunasuktiit, a full-time hunting and land program
- Clyde River Knowledge Atlas, an online platform for documenting and sharing knowledge
- Environmental Monitoring: the Kangiqtugaapik Weather Station Network, acoustic monitoring, and sea ice monitoring
- Multimedia and Aerial Imaging: photography, videography, aerial imaging and drone mapping
- Inuit knowledge and oral history research
ᑐᑯᒫᖅ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᖅ
Tukumaaq Inc.
Tukumaaq is the social enterprise division of Ilisaqsivik. Incorporated in 2008, it is a for-profit subsidiary established to create long-term self-sustaining income for Ilisaqsivik's non-profit programming.
Tukumaaq owns and operates Naujaaraaluit, Clyde River's new 8-room hotel, and the Sigjaq Hotel, a 6-room hotel. Plans are in the works to redevelop the Sigjaq into a hotel and training centre. All excess funds are donated to Ilisaqsivik's charitable operations: that is Ilisaqsivik's stated goal for Tukumaaq.