Aarluk and Consilium Planning Projects: Highlights

Strategic Planning, Avataq Cultural Institute, 2005. For 25 years Avataq has represented and promoted the cultural interests of Nunavik, and provided an important resource for Inuit culture in Canada and beyond. Consilium worked with Avataq to develop a long-term strategic plan for the organization and the region, helping to link Avataq to both community and regional cultural needs and to the wide range of emerging opportunities in Nunavik, Quebec and Canada.

Northwest Passage Park Interpretive Signage Redevelopment , Gjoa Haven, Nunavut; (2005) Aarluk Consulting, in association with Marla Limousin, has undertaked a comprehensive consultation and redevelopment of visitor interpretation signage along the Northwest Passage Park historic walking trail for the Hamlet of Gjoa Haven and Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut. Celebrating the successful completion of the Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen one hundred years ago, the interpretive signage has been redesigned and written to capture the Inuit perspective on this event.

Fossil Creek Interpretive Signage Program and Educational Poster, Coral Harbour, Nunavut; (2005) Aarluk Consulting, in association with Marla Limousin and Geological Survey of Canada, designed an interpretive education program for this significant fossil bed laid down in the Ordovician period. Working in collaboration with the Hamlet of Coral Harbour, Department of Environment, Parks and Conservation Areas Division, and Department of Education, this project will result in an onsite interpretative walking trail and an educational poster on the fossils of Nunavut.

Interpretive Signage Program and Brochure for Sylvia Grinnell Park, Iqaluit, Nunavut; (2004-2005) Aarluk Consulting, in association with Uqsiq Communications, researched and designed a comprehensive informational and interpretive program for Sylvia Grinnell Park, Iqaluit. Working in collaboration with the Department of Environment, Parks and Conservation Areas Division, and in keeping with the Nunavut Parks Program, and Standards and Criteria for Nunavut Parks Signage, our team successfully developed a signage program and park brochure.

Kivalliq Regional Visitor Centre Interpretation Plan and Resource File; in association with Lord Cultural Resources for Department of Sustainable Development (DSD), Government of Nunavut, (2003-2004). Extensive consultations with tourism, culture and economic development stakeholders in the Kivalliq Region to identify an interpretive program development strategy for the proposed regional tourism centre.

Strategic Planning, Nunavut Implementation Training Committee, 2003. Prepared a five-year strategic Plan, working with the Board and staff mandated to support training within more than thirty organizations implementing the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.

Kitikmeot Regional Training Plan, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, 2001. The regional Inuit association mandated to address the economic, social, cultural and political needs of Inuit in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. Designed and implemented a strategic planning process to develop a long term, comprehensive strategy and plan to address training needs in mining, tourism, hamlet employment and DEW Line cleanup and reclamation.

Implementation Planning for Land Claims, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.1994-97. Prepared and helped to implement long-term strategic and short-term operational plans for the implementation of Inuit responsibilities under the 1.4 billion dollar Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.

Boards of Directors Planning Workshop, Boards of Kitikmeot Inuit Association and Kitikmeot Corporation, 1999, the Inuit political organization and Inuit development corporation for the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. Designed and delivered a planning workshop to examine the respective mandates, roles, structures, relationships, and strategic directions of the organizations, resulting in a plan that clarified organizational roles, provided proposals for restructuring, and identified future directions and priorities for the organizations.

Kitikmeot Community Mobilization Strategy, Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission, 1998. Assisted KEDC and Kitikmeot Corporation in organizing a planning session to facilitate dialogue on utilization and co-ordination of existing resources to ensure that benefits derived from these developments go to those people living in the Kitikmeot region.

Nunavut Strategic Planning; Nunavut Community Economic Development Organizations; Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories, 1995. Preparation of a strategic planning session for organisations in Nunavut with responsibility for economic development.

Workshop for Lands Managers, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, 1999, - the organization responsible for implementing Inuit responsibilities under the 1.3 billion dollar Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Designed and delivered a three-day workshop reviewing NTI and regional responsibilities under the Claim, and preparing a plan for their implementation.

Community Strategic Planning Toolkit for Employment and Training, HRDC, 1999. Designed and developed a planning toolkit and facilitated planning sessions across Canada for Aboriginal organisations involved with the implementation of 5-year Aboriginal Human Resource Development Strategy (AHRDS). (Project Profile)

Board of Directors Strategic Planning Session Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), 2000, the political organization for Inuit in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. Designed and delivered a strategic planning session for the Board of KIA, resulting in the preparation of a strategic plan for the organizations including longer-term goals and strategies, shorter-term objectives and activities for pursuing these goals, and a detailed action plan.