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Cabinet to discuss Kitikmeot Inuit employment pilot project
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The current Inuit employment rate in the Kitikmeot is 57 per cent, slightly above the territorial average of approximately 50 per cent.
“It is evident that this government has had issues meeting a Nunavut Inuit hiring target of around 85 per cent,” Pedersen said.
When the policy went into effect, Indigenous employees made up about 30 per cent of the NWT government’s workforce, while Indigenous residents made up close to half of the NWT population.
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NEWS NOV 2, 2026 – 5:23 PM EST
Cabinet to discuss Kitikmeot Inuit employment pilot project
Cambridge Bay MLA proposes broadening definition of Inuit for hiring purposes
Cambridge Bay MLA Fred Pedersen suggests the territorial government launch an Inuit-only hiring strategy in the Kitikmeot as a five-year pilot project.
By Daron Letts
Nunavut’s cabinet ministers will discuss a proposed pilot project that would see only Inuit hired for territorial government positions in the Kitikmeot Region.…
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