Inuit youth programs get federal cash injection

Select communities in the Kivalliq region can expect a boost in local youth-oriented activities, thanks to a recent cash injection from the federal government.

As part of a series of funding announcements, Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Liberal MP for Nunavut, said this month that a number of existing programs and groups would split a pot of almost $220,000 in added funding.

The Kivalliq Inuit Association will portion out the funds to youth groups in Arviat, Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet toward helping programs such as summer hardball, drama workshops and winter survival camp.

The funding comes through the government’s Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centres Initiative, which was earmarked for the money in the last federal budget.