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2016-2017PROGRAMS AND FUNDING

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗDepartment of Economic Development and Transportation

Pivalliayuliqiyikkut IngilrayuliqiyitkulluMinistère du Développement économique et des Transports

2016-2017 Programs and Funding Economic Development and Transportation1

Arts Development

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTInvesting in Artists Fund (Schedule A) • A-1 Purchase of materials, supplies and equipment • Artists 16 or older who are Nunavut residents • $5,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

• Program funding can only cover 50% of project costs over $2,777.77

• A-2 Marketing and promotion of artists and their artwork • $5,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

• A-3 Artist travel assistance • $10,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

• A-4 Artistic innovation • $5,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

Investing in Artists’ Organizations Fund (Schedule B)

• B-1 Shared studios • Nunavut artists’ organizations, including societies, cooperatives, not-for-profit corporations, municipal corporations and for-profit organizations

• $25,000

• B-2 Arts training in Nunavut • $15,000

• B-3 Marketing support • $15,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

• B-4 Arts education opportunities for young people • Nunavut schools and artists’ organizations, including societies, cooperatives, not-for-profit corporations, municipal corporations and for-profit organizations

• $10,000

Investing in Nunavut’s Music Industry (Schedule C)

• C-1 Assistance for the recording and production of music • Professional musicians 16 or older who are Nunavut residents. Preference will be given to recordings in the Inuit language

• $25,000, applicant pays 10% of project costs

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or the arts and traditional economy advisor in your region.

North Qikiqtaaluk1-888-899-7338

South Qikiqtaaluk1-844-737-8628

Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166


Community Tourism and Cultural Industries

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTCommunity Tourism Projects (Schedule A)

• Improving planning and coordination• Marketing and advertising• Creating tourist packages (including for cruise ships)• Developing tourism products and improvements

• Nunavut tourism societies or establishments, not-for-profits, outfitters, hunters and trappers organizations, and municipalities

• $150,000, large and medium Nunavut businesses must match department contribution, all other applicants contribute 20% of project costs

Cultural Tourism Projects (Schedule B)

• Improving arts and culture infrastructure• Marketing and advertising• Developing creative cultural products• Packaging artist offerings from multiple communities for

cultural tourists

• Nunavut tourism societies or establishments, not-for-profits, outfitters, municipalities, artists organizations and businesses dealing in artists’ products

• $150,000, large and medium Nunavut businesses must match department contribution, all other applicants contribute 20% of project costs

Cultural Industries Projects (Schedule C)

• Improving strategic and organizational support• Supporting innovation and risk taking• Youth engagement in learning how to participate as artists• Artists residencies, mentoring and touring

• Nunavut artist studios or artist cooperatives with at least three participating artists in any of the creative disciplines, individual artists

• $35,000, applicants contribute 10% of project costs

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or the administrative assistant in your region.



Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166

Community Transportation Initiatives

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTAccess Roads and Community Marine Infrastructure (Schedule A)

• Developing access roads and community marine infrastructure

• Nunavut municipalities • $300,000Small Craft Harbour Capital Contributions (Schedule B)

• Developing small craft harbours

CONTACTCapital planning officer1-888-975-5999


Country Food Distribution

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTCommunity Harvesting Transfer Fund (Schedule A)

• Community-identified initiatives that will improve the local harvesting economy

• Nunavut municipalities• Nunavut hunters and trappers organizations with a letter of support

from the municipality

• $30,000 per community per year• $10,000 per year for utilities and maintenance

of a community freezer and/or other country food infrastructure

Community Harvesting Infrastructure Fund (Schedule B)

• Repair and upgrade of community freezer, community market or cut and wrap facilities

• Design, purchase and installation of new community freezer, community market or cut and wrap components and infrastructure

• Nunavut municipalities• Nunavut hunters and trappers organizations with a letter of support

from the municipality

• $300,000

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or the advisor, business and promotion, in your region.



Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166

Independent Science Programs for Youth (I-SPY) Fund

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTIndependent Science Programs for Youth (I-SPY) Fund (Schedule B)

• Costs associated with holding or attending science-related events and the purchase of equipment or supplies required for the operation of an extracurricular science program

• Not-for-profit organizations, qualifying science programs for Nunavut youth

• $5,000 per recipient

CONTACTMining awareness coordinator 867-857-3166

Toll Free: 1-888-975-5999


Nunavut Prospectors Program

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNT• Provides financial assistance to prospectors in support of

creating a better information base of Nunavut’s mineral deposits

• Be a Nunavut resident • 18 years of age or older• Demonstrate a working knowledge of prospecting • Have a prospector’s licence

• $8,000 plus additional $8,000 transportation bonus if required for special logistical challenges

CONTACTRegional geologists Cambridge Bay 867-983-4224

Arviat 867-857-3165Toll-free [email protected]

Northern Aviation Scholarship

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNT• 15 scholarships for residents of Nunavut or NWT who want

to pursue aviation-related training• Residents of Nunavut (living in Nunavut or Northwest Territories for

the last two years)• Pursuing full-time training for an aviation-related career• Planning to work in Nunavut/NWT after completion of the training

• $5,000 per successful applicant

CONTACTDirector’s secretary Nunavut Airports 867-645-8200 Toll Free: 1-888-975-5999


Policy on Program Partnerships

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTBusiness Development Programs (Schedule A)

• Stimulate and support business development• Improve and increase training to businesses and

entrepreneurs• Improve access to business development programs

• Nunavut societies and not-for-profit corporations. Funding normally goes to business development centres, regional Inuit organizations and chambers of commerce

• This depends on the contribution agreement

Organizational Development Programs (Schedule B)

• Provide funding and support to organizations to boost the territory’s economy

• Nunavut societies and not-for-profit corporations. Funding normally goes to Nunavut Tourism, Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association, Nunavut Film, Nunavut Economic Developers Association, Nunavut Economic Forum and the Nunavut Broadband Development Corporation

Community Capacity Building (Schedule C)

• This supports the funding for a community economic development officer, plans and initiatives

• Nunavut municipalities

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or advisor, community development in your region.



Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166


Strategic Investments

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTNunavut Equity Investment Fund (Schedule A)

• Helps a business complete a major financing package for expansion or start-up

• Nunavut-owned and based business, corporation, co-operative association, partnership or sole proprietorship

• Project dependent

Nunavut Economic Foundations Fund (Schedule B)

• Helps build community economies and support regional economic development in key sectors of the Nunavut economy

• Provides contributions for physical community assets and feasibility studies

• Nunavut societies, not-for-profits and municipalities • Project dependent

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or the advisor, business promotion, or program officer in your region



Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166

Small Business Support

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTSmall Business Opportunities Fund (Schedule A)

• Aims to help business start-ups and expansions• Includes support for developing business and marketing plans• Also supports new pilot projects and business “wind-down”

• Nunavut small businesses owned at minimum 51% by Nunavut residents

• Nunavut residents

• Funding varies, see the program policy

Entrepreneur Development Fund (Schedule B)

• Assists business through training and skill development• Eligible training includes accounting, bookkeeping,

business start-up, and tourism safety and risk management• Also assists in the establishment of business

aftercare programs

• Nunavut small businesses owned at minimum 51% by Nunavut residents

• Nunavut residents• Nunavut organizations

Sustainable Livelihood Fund (Schedule C)

• Supports activity in the tourism, arts and crafts, and harvesting sectors

• Assistance to overcome immediate legal or bookkeeping problems

• Supports the purchase of tools and other minor capital items• Helps pay for tourism operators’ liability insurance

• Nunavut small businesses• Nunavut self-employed entrepreneurs• Nunavut outfitters, guides, adventure tour operators, arts and crafts

productions, or commercial renewable resource harvesters

• $10,000 lifetime max per applicant

CONTACTYour local community economic development officer (CEDO) or the advisor, business promotion, or program officer in your region



Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166

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