‘This is our home, so we need to be part of the solution’: Inuit-led university to strengthen Canada’s Arctic, say Senators

Education in the North not only keeps people in their communities and takes advantage of local and traditional knowledge, but also drives investment in infrastructure.
Jennifer Brennan, Mastercard Foundation's senior director of Canada programs, left, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed on Nov. 27, 2024. Inuit Nunangat University is slated to open in Arviat, Nvt., in 2030.

The country’s first Inuit-led university is a key step towards ensuring Canadian and Arctic sovereignty amid threats from the United States and other global actors by keeping people in the North and growing a strong presence of healthy communities, say parliamentarians.

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