Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association is currently seeking an Inuktut Translator (remote) to support our work. This is a remote position, open to individuals who can work from their own community.

Language is deeply connected to identity, culture, and community. We are looking for someone who can help ensure our communications are accessible, accurate, and grounded in Inuit knowledge and ways of knowing.

This role will support:

• Translation of materials, posters for post and resources
• Strengthening accessibility for Inuktitut speakers
• Honouring and uplifting Inuit language in our work
• Flexibility when immediate updates are needed to support our Facebook site
• Remote work

If you are fluent in Inuktut and passionate about supporting Inuit women and communities, we encourage you to connect with us.

Please email us at hello@amautiit.ca for inquiries.

“Our way of life will change, our culture will survive.”

Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association is honoured to invite Inuit women to take part in two upcoming virtual, Arctic Workshops.  These gatherings will focus on climate change, leadership, and Inuit knowledge — recognizing that Inuit women have invaluable insight into the land and water of the North.

📅 Workshop 1 – December 2, 2025
Culture, knowledge, and the environment – women’s lived experiences of climate change.

📅 Workshop 2 – December 9, 2025
Water, well-being, and Indigenous water governance.

⏰ Both sessions run from 10:00am to 3:30pm EST (with lunch break).
📍 Location: Google Meets link will be emailed out in advance

🌟 Special for participants:

• Participants must be able to attend both workshops
  
• Honorariums will be paid for each session (just in time for Christmas!)
  
• Gift bags will be mailed to all registrants (timing dependant on Canada Post strike resolving)
  
• All perspectives shared will contribute to a report Amautiit is preparing for the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
  

These workshops will be warm, welcoming spaces where Inuit women can share their stories, celebrate knowledge of the land and water, and ensure that while our way of life changes, our culture continues to survive and thrive.

These workshops will be hosted by Sarabeth Holden. Sarabeth is Inuit from the community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, she was born in Halifax and raised between New Brunswick and Nunavut.

👉 Register today: https://forms.gle/grR1sEqhs8n44CSt8

Amautiit invites you to join our virtual circle on Sisters in Spirit Day, a national day of remembrance and awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S). Each year on October 4, communities across Canada come together to honour the lives lost, support families, and call for justice and change.

This online gathering will offer space to share stories, support one another, and raise awareness for our families and communities. Indigenous women from anywhere are welcome.

• When: Friday, October 4 at 1:00 PM CST
• Where: Zoom (registration required)
• What to expect: gentle sharing space, community connection, and light games with prizes

📩 Register using the Zoom link below:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/5bb6BsleR2u3A0R_E6AyEQ

Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association is excited to announce that applications are now open for our Arnait in Leadership Conference! This gathering will bring together Inuit women and gender-diverse leaders from across Nunavut to share knowledge, strengthen confidence, and build skills for community and organizational leadership.

The conference is designed around Inuit values of pijitsirniq (service) and aajiiqatigiinniq (consensus), and offers a space to learn, reflect, and grow alongside peers and mentors. Participants will leave with tools, connections, and inspiration to continue their leadership journeys—whether in community organizations, governance, or everyday life.

Amautiit hopes to welcome at least one participant from every Nunavut community, ensuring voices and perspectives from across the territory are heard. ✈️ Flights and accommodations will be fully covered for all selected participants.

📅 Dates: November 18-20, 2025
📍 Location: Iqaluit, Nu
💡 Eligibility: Inuit women and gender-diverse people living in Nunavut who are ready to grow their leadership capacity.

Applications are open until September 30, 2025.
👉 Apply now: Arnait in Leadership

🌟 Why Apply?
The Arnait in Leadership Conference is more than an event—it’s a chance to grow your voice, your confidence, and your connections. Whether you’re just beginning your leadership journey or already guiding others in your community, this conference offers tools, mentorship, and inspiration rooted in Inuit values. With flights and accommodations covered, Amautiit hopes to welcome at least one participant from every community across Nunavut, ensuring that every voice has a place at the table.

As part of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+
People National Action Plan, funded by Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern
Affairs Canada, Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association reviewed legal protections
for women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ (two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,
questioning, intersex, asexual) people. See more on the whole project here.

Gender Markers on GN Identification
As of September 2025, the law allows changes to gender on GN-issued identification,
and also a non-binary gender options. LINK

However those changes will not take effect until Regulations and
application forms are developed, a process which the GN said might take up to 18
months. READ MORE

Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal
In March 2024 we published a report on the profound failures of the Nunavut Human
Rights Tribunal and our recommendations. To date we have received no
acknowledgement or reply from either that Tribunal or the Government of Nunavut,
despite our follow-up letter in July 2025. The Tribunal’s website reflects no material
changes. READ MORE

Income Assistance
We considered the Income Assistance Regulations – unchanged since before Nunavut
was a territory – and noted that an income assistance officer has broad and unfettered
powers to require a recipient to undergo treatment or counselling, or work for free or in
unsafe conditions, completely at the discretion of the income assistance officer.

READ MORE
Protection of Personal Information
We considered gaps in the legal protections for personal information in Nunavut – the
organizations that Nunavummiut interact with and depend upon, that have no obligation
to keep that information private.

READ MORE

Praise
In the course of other research into GN processes, we looked at many application
forms. We noted that one set of application forms, for Financial Assistance to Nunavut
Students, were admirably easy to use, and clearly drafted with privacy considerations in
mind. READ MORE

We shared this research, and potential strategies for improvement, with participants in
the Arnait in Leadership Conference in November 2025.