Photo: GN, NTI sign MOU

Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak signs a memorandum of understanding on the Makimaniq anti-poverty plan with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Cathy Towtongie Oct. 24 at the NTI annual general meeting in Iqaluit. The two organizations agreed to hold a series of roundtables on poverty reduction in the fall and a food security symposium in January 2013 to develop a Nunavut food security strategy by spring 2013. “We now share a common action plan to reduce poverty — the Makimaniq Plan,” Aariak said. “It is essential now that we extend this collaboration to include the implementation of the plan. This is the purpose of the MOU we are signing.” (PHOTO BY DAVID MURPHY)