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Youth – Nunavut
Culture and Recreation
- Arctic Youth Leadership Expeditions
- The AYL program was designed to provide Inuvialuit young people with an opportunity for personal growth and development through challenge and adventure in the form of expeditions.
- Community Programs
- The Community Programs branch is the community and organizational development arm of the department. The branch funds and provides hands-on support for the development of programs for Elders and youth.
Source: Government of Nunavut; Culture, Language, Elders and Youth- Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
- The Departments' mission is to preserve and enhance Nunavut's culture, heritage and languages, and to provide healthy active living opportunities for Nunavummiut.
- Source: Government of Nunavut; Culture, Language, Elders and Youth
- Makkuttukkuvik Youth Centre
- The aim of the Center is to provide activities and events in a safe, drug-free environment for young people aged 13 - 18 in the City of Iqaluit.
- Source: City of Iqaluit
Education and Training
- Inuit Education, An: Honouring a Past, Creating a Future – CBC Archives
- Series of articles from the CBC Archives pertaining to the Inuit education from 1960 to 2000.
Source: Government of Canada; Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)- Nunavut Sivuniksavut
- College program for Inuit youth from Nunavut who want to prepare for the educational, training, and career opportunities being created by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Government of Nunavut.
Employment
- Blueprint for the Future
- Project of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation that provides Aboriginal youth with a forum where they can be exposed to a variety of educational and employment-related information.
- Source: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF)
- Childcare, Youth and Disability Programs (see Programs for Youth)
- Source: Kakivak Association
- Inuit Youth Summer Work Experience Program (16 to 24 years old)
- The Ilisaqsivik Society in Clyde River, Nunavut, organizes this program, which offers students the opportunity to work for the Society full-time with a mentor.
- Source: Ilisaqsivik Family Resource Centre
- Northern Youth Abroad (16 to 21 years old)
- Northern Youth Abroad Program provides Inuit Youth with the opportunity to travel while gaining valuable work experience.
Health and Social Services
- I Respect Myself - Youth Sexual Health
- Youth – Ilisaqsivik Family Resource Centre
- Young people can learn important job skills through a mentoring program, and their peer helpers group gives a place to let off steam, with people their own age.
