Rankin Inlet is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut,Canada. It is the largest hamlet and second-largest settlement in Nunavut,after the territorial capital,Iqaluit. On the northwestern Hudson Bay,between Chesterfield Inlet and Arviat,it is the regional centre for the Kivalliq Region.
The Kivalliq Region is an administrative region of Nunavut,Canada. It consists of the portion of the mainland to the west of Hudson Bay together with Southampton Island and Coats Island. The regional centre is Rankin Inlet. The population was 11,045 in the 2021 Canadian census,an increase of 6.1% from the 2016 Census.
Kitikmeot Region is an administrative region of Nunavut,Canada. It consists of the southern and eastern parts of Victoria Island with the adjacent part of the mainland as far as the Boothia Peninsula,together with King William Island and the southern portion of Prince of Wales Island. The regional centre is Cambridge Bay.
The District of Keewatin was a territory of Canada and later an administrative district of the Northwest Territories. It was created in 1876 by the Keewatin Act,and originally it covered a large area west of Hudson Bay. In 1905,it became a part of the Northwest Territories and in 1912,its southern parts were adjoined to the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario,leaving the remainder,now called the Keewatin Region,with a population of a few thousand people. On April 1,1999,the Keewatin Region was formally dissolved,as Nunavut was created from eastern parts of the Northwest Territories,including all of Keewatin.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada,is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 65,000 Inuit across Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. Their mission is to "serve as a national voice protecting and advancing the rights and interests of Inuit in Canada."
Calm Air International LP. is a full service airline,offering passenger,charter and freight services in northern Manitoba and the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. It is owned by Exchange Income Corporation with its main base in Winnipeg,Manitoba.
Coral Harbour is a small Inuit community that is located on Southampton Island,Kivalliq Region,in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Its name is derived from the fossilized coral that can be found around the waters of the community which is situated at the head of South Bay. The name of the settlement in Inuktitut is Salliq,sometimes used to refer to all of Southampton Island. The plural Salliit,means large flat island(s) in front of the mainland.
Naujaat,Anglicised and officially known until 2 July 2015 as Repulse Bay,is an Inuit hamlet situated on the Arctic Circle. It is located on the shores of Hudson Bay,at the south end of the Melville Peninsula,in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut,Canada.
Chesterfield Inlet is a hamlet located on the western shore of Hudson Bay,Kivalliq Region,in Nunavut,Canada,at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses",it is the oldest community in Nunavut. The community is served by air,Chesterfield Inlet Airport,and by an annual supply known as sealift.
Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown is a Canadian Inuk politician who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 2004 to 2008. She was elected as a MLA on February 16,2004,and further elected by other MLAs to serve on the Executive Council of Nunavut. Premier Paul Okalik named her as the Deputy Premier on March 9,2004. She also served as the territory's Minister of Community and Government Services.
Jose Kusugak was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay,Northwest Territories,Canada. He is an activist for Inuit rights,language and culture.
Nunavut is the largest,easternmost,and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1,1999,via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act,which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland was admitted in 1949.
The Keewatin Region was a district of the Northwest Territories,in use as an administrative and statistical division until the creation of Nunavut in 1999. The majority of Keewatin Region fell on the Nunavut side of the boundary and was reconstituted as Kivalliq Region within the new territory,while a strip on the region's west side remaining in the NWT was transferred to Fort Smith Region. Kivalliq continues to be referred to as "Keewatin Region,Nunavut" in some circumstances,such as by Statistics Canada.
Arctic Co-operatives Limited is a cooperative federation owned and controlled by 32 community-based cooperative business enterprises located in Nunavut,Northwest Territories,Yukon and northern Manitoba,Canada. Arctic Co-ops coordinates resources,consolidates the purchasing power and provides operational and technical support to the community-based co-operatives to enable them to provide a wide range of services to their local member-owners. Arctic Co-ops operates in both English and Inuktitut and provides patronage dividends to the local members.
Qamanirjuaq Lake formerly Kaminuriak Lake,pronunciation:ka-min-YOO-ree-ak;meaning:"huge lake adjoining a river at both ends",is a lake in the Kivalliq Region,Nunavut,Canada. It is the first of several named lakes on the eastward flow of the Ferguson River through the eastern barrenlands. The lake is located about 2 km (1 mi) downstream from Ferguson Lake,and adjacent upstream to Parker Lake South. The Ferguson River passes through a series of rapids before entering the western arm of Qamanirjuaq Lake.
Kivalliq,also known as Kivallirmiutut,Caribou Eskimo, or formerly as Keewatin,is a dialect of Eastern Canadian Inuktitut which is spoken along the northwestern shores of Hudson Bay in Nunavut.
Simonie Michael was a Canadian politician from the eastern Northwest Territories who was the first Inuk elected to a legislature in Canada. Before becoming involved in politics,Michael worked as a carpenter and business owner,and was one of very few translators between Inuktitut and English. He became a prominent member of the Inuit co-operative housing movement and a community activist in Iqaluit,and was appointed to a series of governing bodies,including the precursor to the Iqaluit City Council.
