The Government of Nunavut and the federal government have jointly signed an agreement that will provide the territorial government with federal funding for French and Inuktut language services totalling $34.3 million from 2024-25 to 2027-28.

Under the four-year agreement, $20.4 million of the total is to support Inuktut language initiatives, while $13.9 million will go towards supporting French language services.

This funding will be added to the GNSA国际影视传媒檚 current $11.3 million annual investment in the Inuit Language Implementation Fund, which begins in 2025-2026.

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The financial support is intended to bolster the delivery of French language communications and services by GN departments, boards and agencies, as well as supporting essential Inuktut initiatives, such as the development of resources in Inuktut for kindergarten to Grade 12, the delivery of language training and the support of various community initiatives through the Official Languages Grants and Contributions program.

"Multi-year funding under the new agreement will play a vital role in ensuring the stability, support and delivery of services for Nunavut in all official languages," stated the March 24 GN news release.