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.

Nunavut Heritage Sector Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan; (2004-2005) on behalf of the Nunavut Heritage Sector under the management of Inuit Heritage Trust and supported by Heritage Canada and the Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Government of Nunavut. A comprehensive needs assessment survey and consultation process, with over fifty heritage sector stakeholders in Nunavut to identify the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for the future of the sector. A facilitated three day work shop with twenty-five stakeholders to discuss the needs assessment findings with stakeholders and draft a strategic plan. Facilitation of the formation of the Nunavut Heritage Network, a volunteer board of sector stakeholders with a mandate to implement the strategic plan for the sector.

Work plan for National Parks IIBA Community Initiatives Fund; for Kivalliq Inuit Association (2004-2005). Undertake community consultations with the five Kivalliq communities neighbouring Ukkusiksalik National Park (Wager Bay), and prepare a detailed plan and recommendations for implementation and operation of a Community Initiatives Fund, required by the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement for National Parks negotiated under the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement. Work included an evaluation of economic opportunities for each community, options and recommendations on how the Fund's resources should be allocated and on a process for approval of proposals.

Flying Together, Wakenagun Community Futures Development Corporation and Mushkegowuk Council Employment and Training Services, 2003. This year-long community based planning project that undertaken in each of nine communities in the Mushkegowuk region of Ontario. Co-ordinated Community Economic Development and Human Resource Development Plans were prepared in each community, as well as Economic and Human Resource Development Plans for the region as a whole.

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. Consilium 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.

Operational Planning, for Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), 2000, an international organization representing Inuit in Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Designed and delivered a planning session that developed a one-year operating plan for ICC and each of ICC’s program departments, for presentation to the ICC Board of Directors.

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)

Regional Bilateral Agreements Phase II and III, Human Resources Development Canada, 1998. Developed a Community Strategic Planning Toolkit for Employment and Training emphasizing a community driven, flexible planning process that Aboriginal Human Resource Development Delivery Mechanisms could use in the implementation of AHDS. The planning tools were implemented in 4 sites across Canada.

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.