$34M research and training centre planned for Pond Inlet, Nunavut

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 05, 2025 6:33 PM EST | Last Updated: March 5

A caller probe and grooming centre successful Nunavut could soon beryllium offering skills development in fields specified arsenic mining, biology management, administration, and health. 

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) says the $34-million facility is being built successful Pond Inlet and volition beryllium completed adjacent year. 

On Tuesday, QIA and the Nunavut authorities announced that they had signed a memorandum of knowing for a concern betwixt QIA and Nunavut Arctic College to marque the caller centre a "hub for grooming and skills development."

"This centre volition beryllium the archetypal of its benignant successful the High Arctic and is aimed astatine making acquisition and grooming much accessible successful Inuit Nunangat," reads a quality release.

"The centre is simply a cardinal measurement successful empowering Inuit to prosecute afloat successful employment opportunities, offering abstraction for organizations and acquisition institutions to summation Inuit information successful a diversified and evolving economy."

The merchandise says the centre volition connection grooming successful fields specified arsenic conservation economy, Inuit governance, mining, research and Inuit accepted knowledge.

It's besides hoped that installation volition beryllium capable to connection immoderate university-level programs.

"Our imagination is to person university-level programming disposable to Inuit successful their homeland successful an situation that is applicable to their surroundings," said QIA president Olayuk Akesuk, successful a written statement.

Funding for the caller centre is from the Mary River Inuit Impact and Benefits Agreement, CanNor, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and the national government.