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Kakivak reports $10.5M in employment programs and 646 training participants across Qikiqtani

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Kakivak Association says it spent $10.5 million on employment programs in 2025–26, up from $7.6 million the year before, and recorded 646 participants in employment-related training. Its new annual report also says it supported operations and maintenance at 25 Qikiqtani childcare centres. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

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Kakivak Association has posted its 2026 annual report, covering the 2025–26 fiscal year. The Iqaluit-based Qikiqtani economic-development organization reports $10,513,829 in employment-program spending, compared with $7,620,978 in 2024–25. It says $2,589,423 went to employment-related training involving 646 participants. The report lists training, wage subsidies and work-related supports among the work funded. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᒻᒪᖔᖅ

The figures give a new region-wide measure of how much money Kakivak directed to employment support and training for Qikiqtani Inuit during the last fiscal year. The report also says Kakivak supported the operations and maintenance of 25 childcare centres, a service that can affect whether parents and caregivers can take part in work or training. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

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The report is a look back at completed 2025–26 activities, not a new funding call or a notice of new application deadlines. Residents, employers and organizations seeking current support would still need to check Kakivak’s program and application pages for eligibility, available funding and intake details. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ

Kakivak reported total revenue of $24.9 million in 2025–26 and total expenses of $22.5 million. It recorded $3.73 million in childcare-program spending, $1.56 million in youth-program spending and about $492,000 in business-program spending. The report says 388 new post-secondary students received more than $4.6 million in support. These are organization-reported annual figures, not a new government budget or a commitment of future funding. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

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