About
Ilisaqsivik is an organization of Inuit who are rebuilding their community and their future.
Ilisaqsivik has been operating as an Inuit-led not-for-profit for 25 years
Our Inuit-led programs are wide-ranging and often unprecedented
Purpose
Why do we exist?
We want Inuit culture and human potential to survive and thrive in our communities, on-the-land and in our language for all future generations and through every phase of life.
Mission
Where are we headed?
With our programs, services and space steeped in Inuit culture, we realize full life potential by supporting the physical, emotional, spiritual and mental wellbeing of individuals through every stage of life to create thriving, sustainable communities.
Vision
What do we want for the future?
Self-created, self-determined Inuit societies that enable full life potential by linking traditional knowledge, with the ingenuity and innovation of Inuit to build thriving communities.
Board of Directors
2023-2024
We are an Inuit-driven community organization.
Annie Iqalukjuak
Eena Qillaq
Thomas Panniluk
Jamie Ootoovak
Kathy Iqalukjuak
Tapitia Apak
Annie Iqalukjuak
Eena Qillaq
Thomas Panniluk
Jamie Ootoovak
Kathy Iqalukjuak
Tapitia Apak
Celebrating 25 years!
As of 2022, the Ilisaqsivik Society has been operating as a registered Canadian charity and not-for-profit in Clyde River on Baffin Island for 25 years. Governed by a local Inuit volunteer community board of directors, all programs and services are led and delivered by Inuit, in Inuktitut. It is the largest employer in the community — employing approximately 200 people out of the local population of 1200 residents.
videos
Ilisaqsivik Documentary
In the news
'The only way to go forward': The home-grown addictions treatment program that works
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
