Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre

In May 1998, ICRC opened as a regional centre in Tuktoyaktuk with the following mandate:

• Preserve the Inuvialuktun language with the assistance of elders.
• Provide support and a language curriculum for Inuvialuktun teachers.
• Promote the on-going development of the Inuvialuktun language.

In April 2000, ICRC was relocated to Inuvik to better serve the region with easier access to the governments and other Inuvialuit communities.

Funding for ICRC comes from DIAND, GNWT (Education, Culture and Employment), Heritage Canada and the Beaufort-Delta Divisional Board of Education. In the past year, projects undertaken with this funding included:

• Indigenous Language Conference.
• Summer Language and Cultural Camps.
• Community Language Programs.
• Elder Database Development with translations and recordings.
• Language Teacher Training and Language Program Development.
• Production of classroom materials for language teachers.
• Development of an Inuvialuit Culture and History Program, Grades 1 to 6; and a teaching kit with books, videos and traditional tools.
• Publishing of the new Siglit Dictionaries.
• Publishing of "Reindeer Days Remembered".