Language Implementation Fund - Inuit Language Promotion and Protection (Schedule A-1)

1. Purpose

This program provides grants to individuals, non-profit organizations and municipal corporations that want to undertake activities that foster the use, teaching, development, promotion or preservation of Inuktut at the community level, and help increased public awareness and appreciation of the history, use, status, importance and diversity of Inuktut in Nunavut, such as during Uqausirmut Quviasuutiqarniq, Nunavut’s Celebration of Inuktut.

This program supports the objectives of the Inuit Language Protection Act to enhance and strengthen the use, development and revitalization of Inuktut in Nunavut.

2. Eligibility

Eligibility is restricted to individuals, non-profit organizations and municipal corporations.

3. Review

A Working Group reviews the funding proposals and makes recommendations to the Director of Official Languages. The Manager, Inuktut Language Promotion and Revitalization, or a designate, chairs the Working Group, which is comprised of up to four additional Inuktut-speaking members.

The Working Group meets once per year to review funding proposals. In cases where timelines require a proposed project to be assessed quickly and the Working Group has already met, the Manager, Inuktut Language Promotion and Revitalization may recommend to the Director of Official Languages to approve or reject the funding proposal subject to the evaluation criteria and available funding.

4. Supporting Data

A completed funding proposal is submitted to the department, which includes a description of the project, an outline of the project objectives, the proposed budget (including revenues and expenditures) and a timeline for completion.

5. Accountability Requirements

Recipients are required to submit a final achievement report when the project is completed, outlining the benefits achieved compared to the expectations indicated in the proposal. Eligibility for future grants is contingent upon receipt of this report within 90 days of the end of the project or the Government of Nunavut’s fiscal year.

6. Amount

The maximum amount that can be awarded is $15,000.

7. Payment Method

One lump-sum payment will be issued.

8. Term

Grants are awarded once per fiscal year, with a reporting period from April 1 to March 31 of each fiscal year.