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2018-2019PROGRAMS AND FUNDING

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗDepartment of Economic Development and Transportation

Pivalliayuliqiyikkut IngilrayuliqiyitkulluMinistère du Développement économique et des Transports

2018-2019 Programs and Funding Economic Development and Transportation1

Community Tourism and Cultural Industries

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTGetting Started, Arts Creation and Training (Schedule A)

• Purchase of raw materials• Artist-in-residence• Arts training, mentoring and workshops• Innovation in tourism and arts• Tourism planning and coordination• Business skills training opportunities

• Tourism outfitters, municipalities, artists or artist groups, arts organizations and societies

• $1,000 to $35,000 per application.

Product Development and Marketing (Schedule B)

• Recording• Exhibition, shows, touring presentations• Developing marketing strategies• Marketing tourism activities• Community engagement and development

• Communities, tourism establishments, tourism outfitters, artists or artists groups and societies

• $5,000 to $100,000 per application

Infrastructure Improvement (Schedule C)

• Develop new and repair/upgrade existing arts, culture and tourism infrastructure

• Improving visitor centres and visitor welcome displays at Nunavut airports

• Develop new and repair/upgrade shared arts studio space• Community beautification• Producing art for public spaces

• Tourist accommodations, municipalities, societies and artist groups with shared studio space or intending to establish shared studio space

• $25,000 to $100,000 per application

CONTACTYour local Community Economic Development Officer (CEDO) or the administrative assistant in your region.

North Qikiqtaaluk1-888-899-7338

South Qikiqtaaluk1-844-737-8628

Kivalliq1-844-737-8627

Kitikmeot1-844-475-1166

For more information go to gov.nu.ca/edt and click on the Programs/Funding tab.

Aviation Scholarship

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNT• Up to six scholarships for residents of Nunavut who want to

pursue aviation-related training• Nunavut Inuit or residents of Nunavut (living in Nunavut for the last

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

• Up to $7,500 per successful applicant

CONTACTDirector’s secretaryNunavut Airports867-645-8200

Toll Free: 1-888-975-5999 For more information go to gov.nu.ca/edt and click on the Programs/Funding tab.


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 • Other organizations with a letter of support from the municipality or

hunters and trappers organization

• $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

• $400,000 per year up to $800,000

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 • $300,000 per projectSmall Craft Harbour Capital Contributions (Schedule B)

• Developing small craft harbours

CONTACTCapital Planning Officer1-888-975-5999



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]

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 867-857-3164

Toll Free: 1-888-975-5999


Strategic Investments

SCHEDULE ACTIVITY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MAXIMUM AMOUNTNunavut Business 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

• Education and training

• 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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