ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᖓ · The beginning of the path
ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᐊᑕᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒡᓗ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᒃᑕᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑕᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ−ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ. ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᒍᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑕ ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᓪᓗ.
In English: A place to recognize oneself. Where we can know ourselves and connect with each other, determine the path and travel it together. A place of Inuit community-building, starting with each person. In helping each other, we are finding ourselves, and reconciling the past, present and future.
One place, a whole life
Ilisaqsivik exists to support people through every phase of life. So this page is built the same way: one path, six stations, from before a child is born to the Elders, and to the people trained to carry others. Follow it down. Every station is a real program, with its real days and hours.
Station 1 · Before birth
The Canadian Prenatal Nutrition Program supports pre and post-natal nutrition, with healthy food pickup for pregnant women each week.
Station 2 · Children
A preschool drop-in for parents and tots, breakfast and lunch at Quluaq School, and tutoring and after school time every weekday.
Station 3 · Young people
The library opens late for the Youth Drop-in, and the gym at Quluaq School runs Evening Recreation six nights a week.
Station 4 · Adults and families
Counselling in person in Clyde River and by phone across the Qikiqtani region, recognised across Nunavut and by the federal government. To reach a counsellor Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm, call 1-867-924-6565.
Station 5 · Elders
Inuit Societal Values sessions, a drop-in at the shack, and the Elders' gathering every Friday afternoon.
Station 6 · Those who carry others
The only Inuktitut-language counsellor training and mentorship program in Nunavut, running for 15 years: five modules, ten courses, and graduates accredited through the Indigenous Certification Board of Canada.
ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᑦ · The training, module by moduleᑐᓐᖓᕕᕗᑦ · Our pillars
Ilisaqsivik is at the centre and acts as the catalyst. Its work stands in three pillars, and every program and service is led and delivered by Inuit, in Inuktitut.
ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᒧᓪᓗ ᐅᐸᑲᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ
Inuit-led, culturally and linguistically relevant community programs and counselling services for residents of Clyde River and elsewhere in Nunavut.
Enter the wellness roomsᐃᑦᑕᖅ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᒃ
A centre of specialty for research, multimedia, land-programming, and heritage, founded in 2005, working with Elders, youth, and local experts.
Enter the heritage roomsᑐᑯᒫᖅ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᖅ
The social enterprise, incorporated in 2008. It runs Clyde River's two hotels, and all excess funds are donated to Ilisaqsivik's charitable operations.
Enter the working roomsThe record so far
Founded in 1997 and governed by a local Inuit volunteer community Board of Directors, Ilisaqsivik has grown from the ground up: whatever the community's need, it works to meet it, in a way that works for Inuit.
