NunatuKavut

06/17/2026

Join us for a Community Engagement Day with the crew of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Captain Molly Kool!

On June 27, the vessel will be docked in Port Hope Simpson, providing an opportunity to meet crew members, learn about the important work of the Canadian Coast Guard, and tour the ship.

The event will also include a BBQ, activities, and opportunities to connect with Coast Guard personnel!

📅 June 27, 2026
🕚 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
📍 Port Hope Simpson Wharf

Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you there!

06/16/2026

This week’s FireSmart Minute features:

🔥Wildfire Prevention and Management🔥

Did you know? 🤔

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Lands recently launched their new Wildfire Prevention and Management website, which is a one-stop resource for forest fire season information that includes:

• Daily Wildfire Risk
• Forestry Regulations
• Preventing Wildfires
• Fire Bans
• Restrictions on Outdoor Burning
• Penalties
• Fighting Wildfires
• Forest Fire Season

You can find the Wildfire Prevention and Management website here:

👉 www.gov.nl.ca/fal/wildfiremanagement

Have questions? 📝

Contact NCC’s FireSmart Ambassador at [email protected] or at (709) 702-8115.

06/16/2026

ullukut | good day

❗Reminder for NunatuKavut Elders❗

Elders aged 65 and over are welcome to visit their local Community Freezer each month to receive local foods donated or procured through the NunatuKavut Food Security Office.

Pickup days and times vary by community so please contact the Food Security Office or check your community's page for freezer opening dates and times. Please bring your NunatuKavut membership card when picking up food.

The Mary's Harbour Community Freezer will be open this week for pick-up:

📅 Wednesday, June 17
⏰ 2:00pm - 4:00pm

The next scheduled opening will be July 15.

We also welcome your feedback! Let us know what local foods you would like to see made available through the program.

For more information, reach out to:

Roxanne Notley, Food Security Coordinator
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
[email protected]
1-709-702-8105

Nakummesuak to our community volunteers and town councils that support the Community Freezer Program! 🙏

06/16/2026

What is NunatuKavut?

It is knowledge passed down through generations.
It is connections carried forward across time.
It is a way of life shaped by land, water, and community.

NunatuKavut is home to the Southern Inuit of Labrador.

This is not only history.
This is living, breathing identity.
This is now.

06/15/2026

June 15–21 is Men’s Health Week!

Men’s Health Week highlights the importance of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being for men and boys while encouraging open and honest conversations about health.

Men often face pressure to stay silent about stress, mental health, illness, or personal struggles. This week serves as a reminder that taking care of your health, asking for support, and checking in on others are important and encouraged.

Whether it’s making time for physical activity, spending time on the land, connecting with culture and community, attending regular checkups, or reaching out for mental health support, small steps can make a meaningful difference.

For resources and more information, visit:

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/healthy-living/improving-health-men-canada.html

https://mentell.ca/mens-mental-health-week/

06/15/2026

Acknowledged by Canada as an Indigenous collective capable of holding Section 35 rights, NunatuKavut Inuit are building a unified North founded on evidence, inclusion, and self-determination.

06/14/2026

With Northern Cod returning, our responsibility to protect this resource has not changed. We're calling for tighter conservation measures and a fairer approach to allocations that recognizes our adjacency, Indigenous rights and the cultural and economic importance to our people.

06/13/2026

Long before borders, NunatuKavut Inuit lived, harvested, and travelled along the Churchill River. As a Treaty people, we remain protectors and stewards of our lands and waters.

06/12/2026

📣 President Todd Russell issued a statement today in response to the recent management decision made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on the commercial Northern cod fishery.

“We appreciate that NCC’s cod quota allocation remains stable at 3.33 per cent and that, from a conservation perspective, DFO Minister Joanne Thompson has taken a moderate approach in this latest decision. We are, however, deeply disappointed that there is not a greater share for Labrador overall given the stock biomass is currently and historically greatest off Labrador in NAFO Division 2J. NCC is seeking an explanation from the Minister as to why the allocation principles of adjacency, reconciliation and economic need were not applied given they are the basic precepts to fisheries management elsewhere in Atlantic Canada and internationally..."

Click on the image below to read the remainder of the statement. ⬇️

HAPPY VALLEY–GOOSE BAY, LABRADOR – NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) President Todd Russell issued the following statement on the recent management decision made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on […]

06/12/2026

In August 1765, our ancestors entered into a Treaty of peace and friendship with the British Crown in the presence of over 500 NunatuKavut Inuit. This historic agreement respected our autonomy, identity, and longstanding relationship with the land and waters.