Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq, Author at Yellowhead Institute

Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq

Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq is newly self-employed. She previously served as the Director of self-government at Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI), studying self-government for Nunavut. Before that, she was the Chief Negotiator for the Qikiqtani Inuit Association for the Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area’s Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement. She has also worked as a Senior Associate for Inuit Nunangat at the Tides Canada Foundation (now known as MakeWay). Inutiq received her law degree from Akitsiraq Law School in 2005, and in 2006, she became the first Inuk woman in Nunavut to pass the bar exam (headshot by Niore Iqalukjuak).

Devolution in Nunavut: Is this Really Namminiqsurniq (Self-Determination)?

By Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq / February 15, 2024

The long-discussed Nunavut devolution was suddenly finalized. What can this devolution mean for Nunaviummiut?

Hungry Days in Nunavut: The Façade of Inuit Self-Determination

By Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq / May 17, 2022

On the surface, Inuit in Nunavut are portrayed to have successfully achieved self-determination. However, Kunuk Inutiq argues the assumption that the public government is a form of self-determination is a facade. In this brief scrutinizes this facade and who it benefits in Nunavut.

Nuna: Dispossession & Reclamation in Inuit Nunangat

By Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq / January 21, 2020

Amid the ongoing conflict between Western and Indigenous philosophies of relating to and with the land, the reflections here engage with Yellowhead’s Red Paper and offer an Inuk perspective on the challenges and hope of “Land Back” in Inuit Nunangat.

Dear Qallunaat: Racism, Public Government and Inuit Nunangat

By Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq / February 7, 2019

In the era of Inuit self-government, non-Inuit seem to talk up a lot of space and racism remains an issue. In this Yellowhead Brief, Sandra Inutiq offers advice in the form of 21 tips how true allyship and how non-Inuit can improve the relationship

Kunuk (Sandra) Inutiq

Devolution in Nunavut: Is this Really Namminiqsurniq (Self-Determination)?

Hungry Days in Nunavut: The Façade of Inuit Self-Determination

Nuna: Dispossession & Reclamation in Inuit Nunangat

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