(Westmount, QC)
Email: avataq@avataq.qc.ca / avataq-inukjuak@avataq.qc.ca
Website: www.avataq.qc.ca
Description: Founded in 1980, Avataq Cultural Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the language and culture of Inuit in Nunavik (Northern Quebec). The organization has its head office in Inukjuak, Nunavik, and an administrative office in Westmount, Quebec. Avataq receives its mandate directly from Nunavik Inuit at the biennial Nunavik Inuit Elders' Conferences. Avataq has a board of directors comprising five Inuit members elected for two-year terms. The programs and services of the Avataq Cultural Institute include: an Inuktitut promotion and preservation program, a genealogy program, a Nunavik museums program, a Nunavik Inuit art collection, an archaeology department, an artists' support program, a documentation and archives centre, local cultural committees, traditional skills courses, as well as a research and publications service. Through its language, heritage and cultural programs, the Avataq Cultural Institute is striving to support and preserve Inuit culture for present and future generations.
