Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

🎉Happy Inuvialuit Day! 🎉
Today, we celebrate Inuvialuit and their culture. On June 5, 1984, the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA) was signed, recognizing the rights and land claims of Inuvialuit and establishing the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR).
Join us by learning about Inuvialuit culture, history, and contributions. Let’s celebrate the ongoing efforts to improve the economic, social, and cultural well-being across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

🎉ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑕ! 🎉
ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦ. ᔫᓂ 5, 1984ᒥ, ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦᐊᒻᒪᓗᓄᓇᑖᕈᑎᖓᐊᒻᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅᐋᖅᑮᓪᓗᑎᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦᐊᕕᒃᑐᓯᒪᔪᑎᒍᑦᓄᓇᖓᓂ (ISR).
ᐃᓚᐅᒋᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂ, ᐱᐅᓯᕆᕙᓚᐅᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᕗᑦᒪᑭᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᒐᓱᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᖏᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ.
https://irc.inuvialuit.com/

#ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦᐅᓪᓗᖓ

📣📣There is much more to be done!
June 3 marks the 5th anniversary of the National Action Plan and the Inuit Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People.
Developed in response to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG, these plans were created in 2021 to drive transformative change, providing a clear road map to address systemic racism and violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. The Inuit Action Plan, released by Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), reflects Inuit-specific priorities and outlines a distinctions-based path forward through the 46 Inuit-specific Calls for Justice.

Pauktuutit calls for the implementation of all Action Plan recommendations. These commitments are critical to closing the social, economic, political, and cultural gaps that continue to impact Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit within Inuit Nunangat and in urban settings.

While progress has been initiated or is underway in some areas, few have been fully completed. Five years later, the urgency remains, and so does the responsibility of all levels of government and partners to move beyond commitments to concrete results.

Pauktuutit continues to call for:
• Governmental responses to MMIWG2S+ and gender-based violence that guarantee meaningful leadership roles and decision-making power for Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit.
• The incorporation of Inuit-Specific Gender-Based Analysis+ (ISGBA+) into all responses to the Inuit Action Plan on MMIWG.
• The establishment of clear and transparent accountability mechanisms to track implementation of the 231 Calls for Justice outlined in the Final Report of the National Inquiry into MMIWG and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People, with regular, publicly accessible progress reports.
• All levels of government to recognize and respond to MMIWG2S+ as an ongoing crisis, not a historical one.
• The federal government to fund new distinctions-based, gendered research on violence against Inuit women, girls, and gender-diverse Inuit, that is conducted by Indigenous Women's Organizations, to support and inform evidence-based prevention efforts.
Our recommendations are here
https://pauktuutit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PAUKTUUTIT-Brief-05-MMIWG-Policy-Brief-EN-FINAL_web-1.pdf

Today, alongside the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, we released research showing that progress on the Calls for Justice for + is at serious risk.

Nearly half of all federal initiatives launched in direct response to the Calls for Justice have already ended or are at risk of expiring in the coming years.

Read our press release and see the full report: https://familysurvivorscircle.ca/2026/06/03/new-report-warns-progress-on-mmiwg2s-at-serious-risk/

🎉Happy Pride Month! 🌈🌈
This June and every month, Pauktuutit proudly stands with gender-diverse Inuit in our communities.
🎉ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᖓᓂ! 🌈🌈
ᑕᒫᓂ ᔫᓂᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᖅ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑐᑎ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᕐᕈᓂ-ᐊᖑᑕᐅᒐᓗᐊᕈᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ.

ITK Board meets in Ottawa to discuss TB elimination funding and security conference ITK will host a two-day, Inuit-led sovereignty, defence and security conference in June

Pauktuutit Interim Board Chair Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko was pleased to appear at the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women to testify as part of its study on - ROLE AND CAPACITY OF WOMEN'S SHELTERS AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING On May 28.

She highlighted the need for solutions to address the housing and shelter crisis such as permanent funding for Inuit women's shelters, funding to expand shelter strategies to serve the growing urban Inuit population, and creating accountability systems to ensure Canada's housing commitments are actually met.

https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/00010101/-1/45429?Embedded=true&globalstreamId=20&viewMode=3

On behalf of the board and staff members at Pauktuutit, Congratulations to Gloria Uluqsi, the newly elected NTI President.
We look forward to working with you in the future.

https://ow.ly/OAOO50Z4ZTR

ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ (NTI) ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᔫ ᑯᓄᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᖅᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐊᑦᑕᓄᐊᖅ ᐅᓗᖅᓯ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᑦᑕ 19.6%−ᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.
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Ublumi, Nunavut Tunngavik Nanminilgit (NTI) Ataniq Niruaqtuliqiyi Havakti Joe Kunuk tuhaqhityutigiya tamna Gloria Uluqsi niruaqtauyuq Angayuqaq tapkununga NTI-kut piplugu 19.6% niruaqtaunit.
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Today, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) Chief Returning Officer Joe Kunuk announced that Gloria Uluqsi was elected President of NTI with 19.6% of votes.

Day of Dialogue – Forum of Ministers on Human Rights | May 20, 2026 – Regina, SK
On May 20, Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko, Interim Board Chair of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, was pleased to advocate on behalf of Inuit women at the Day of Dialogue held prior to the Forum of Ministers on Human Rights in Regina, Saskatchewan. She delivered her remarks at the Roundtable alongside other Indigenous Representatives.
Canada has been reviewed by five United Nations (UN) human rights bodies in the past few years, and the same issues continue to be highlighted: violence against Indigenous women and girls, inadequate housing, racism in healthcare, and poverty as a rights failure.
Bringing together Federal-Provincial-Territorial ministers, Indigenous representatives, human rights commissions, and others, the session explored ways that Canada can strengthen the implementation of its international human rights obligations, with a particular focus on Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.

ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓇᖅ - ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ | ᒪᐃ 20, 2026 - ᐅᓕᔾᔭᐃᓇ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐ
ᒪᐃ 20, ᓚᐃᓴ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓗᒃ-ᒍᐊᔅᑯ, ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓴᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᐃᒡᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕋᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓇᖅ ᓵᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐃ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓕᔾᔭᐃᓇᒥ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐ. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦ.
ᑲᓇᑕ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒫᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᔪᑦ ᓴᕿᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ: ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᑦᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᓗᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᐅᕕᓂᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᓂᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᖅᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᑲᑕᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ.
ᑲᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ-ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ- ᑎᐅᓕᑐᐊᓕᔅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦ, ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓐ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᓇᑕ ᓴᖕᖏᒃᑎᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐸ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᑎᒃ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᒡᒐᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓯᓇᑰᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ.

Day of Dialogue – Forum of Ministers on Human Rights | May 20, 2026 – Regina, SK

On May 20, Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko, Interim Board Chair of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, was pleased to advocate on behalf of Inuit women at the Day of Dialogue held prior to the Forum of Ministers on Human Rights in Regina, Saskatchewan. She delivered her remarks at the Roundtable alongside other Indigenous Representatives.

Canada has been reviewed by five United Nations (UN) human rights bodies in the past few years, and the same issues continue to be highlighted: violence against Indigenous women and girls, inadequate housing, racism in healthcare, and poverty as a rights failure.

Bringing together Federal-Provincial-Territorial ministers, Indigenous representatives, human rights commissions, and others, the session explored ways that Canada can strengthen the implementation of its international human rights obligations, with a particular focus on Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.

ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓇᖅ - ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ | ᒪᐃ 20, 2026 - ᐅᓕᔾᔭᐃᓇ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐ

ᒪᐃ 20, ᓚᐃᓴ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓗᒃ-ᒍᐊᔅᑯ, ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓴᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᐃᒡᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕋᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᓱᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓇᖅ ᓵᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐃ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓕᔾᔭᐃᓇᒥ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐ. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᖃᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦ.

ᑲᓇᑕ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒫᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᔪᑦ ᓴᕿᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ: ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᑦᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᓗᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᐅᕕᓂᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᓂᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖕᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᖅᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᑲᑕᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ.

ᑲᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ-ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ- ᑎᐅᓕᑐᐊᓕᔅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦ, ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓐ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ, ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᓇᑕ ᓴᖕᖏᒃᑎᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐸ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᑎᒃ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᒡᒐᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒡᓯᓇᑰᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ.