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Northern Isolated Community Initiatives Fund

The food sector in Canada’s North has significant economic growth potential offering opportunities for increased local production, job creation, and sustainable development to the benefit of northern and Indigenous communities.

The Northern Isolated Community Initiatives (NICI) Fund supports current and new food-related initiatives that strengthen and diversify economic activity in the territories and throughout Inuit Nunangat, which includes Nunatsiavut (northern Labrador).

As part of the Food Policy for Canada, the NICI Fund has a $14.9 million budget over three years. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) will deliver $1.773 million to support a variety of projects that benefit Inuit Nunangat communities in the Nunatsiavut region of Labrador to help develop solutions to local and regional food security challenges.

Eligible clients

Eligible clients may include:

  • Businesses
  • Not-for-profit organizations
  • Industry associations
  • Local or Indigenous governments
  • Provincial government
  • Cooperatives
  • Social enterprises
  • Post-secondary education institutions
  • Economic development institutions

Emphasis will be placed on ensuring priority access to funding for Inuit Nunangat clients for projects that benefit their communities.

Eligible activities

The NICI Fund aims to support:

  1. businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand production, processing and distribution of food products using practical approaches
  2. projects that strengthen local and regional food supply chains
  3. Indigenous, community-led and other projects that deploy innovative technologies, techniques or approaches to improve local or regional food security

Eligible activities should focus on projects aimed at strengthening food systems in the North, improving local food production, reducing barriers to food access, providing skills training and capacity building for local and Inuit Nunangat food producers, or those that focus on innovation.

Questions?

If you have any questions about NICI, please contact:

Trevor Kennedy
Development Officer
Labrador region
1-709-897-7388
trevor.kennedy@acoa-apeca.gc.ca

Please note that information services will be provided in English and French only.

Nikitsaujuit kanataup Taggângani pitaKajuk anginimmit kenaujatsaliuligijanga unuttogijausongujuk pivitsatiKalluni pigiamut angilligiamit nunaliujunut sanautiKattajunit, suliatsaliugiamut, amma niKitsanit pisijausongugiamut atugatsagiamit taggânimiut amma nunaKakKâsimajiujunut nunaliujunit.

Tâkkua Northern Isolated Communities Initiatives, NI.C.I., Fund-iunigâttaujuk ikajujut mânnaulittumi amma nutât niKitsaujungit suliagijaugiatsangata pitsatujotigiamit amma angilligiamut kenaujatsaliugutinganit nunatsuami amma Inuit Nunangani, allât Nunatsiavummi (taggânga Labrador-iup).

Ilagijaujumit Food Policy for Canada-ujuit, tâkkua NICI Fund-iungâttaujut pitaKajut 14.9 miliun tâlanit atujausongugiamit pingasunit jârimut. Tâkkua Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency-uniujut, A.C.O.A., aittuiniattut 1.773 miliun tâlanit ikajutsigiamut Kanugalanit suliaKausijaminnit ikajugiamut Inuit Nunangaup nunaliujungit Nunatsiavummi Labrador-imettumi ikajugiamut sanautigiamit suliagigialingit pitjutigillugu nunaliujungit amma satjugiangataup niKitsangit akilejautsiagiamut ottotinganit.

Atusongugajattut

Atusongujuit ukuagajattut:

  • Kenaujaliujut
  • Kenaujaliungituit suliagijaujut
  • Sanautijuit katutjiKatigenniujut
  • Nunaliujuit upvalu nunaKakKâsimajiujuit kavamagijangit
  • Prâvinsiujuit kavamagijiujut
  • AtuKatigejunut suliagiajaujut
  • Kenaujaliugumangituit atugatsaligijiujut
  • Ilinniavialuit
  • Kenaujaliugutiligijet

Pigumatlagaluattut sulitigiamut kenaujatsangit Inuit Nunanganut atusongujunit suliaKausijagiamut atutsaugajattunit nunaliujunginut.

Atujausongujunut pivitsatiKattajunit

Tâkkua NICI Fund-iunigâttaujut pigumajogaluat ikajugiamit:

  1. Kenaujaliujut amma immininut kenaujaliujut pigumajunit pigiasigiamit upvalu angilligiamit sanautiKattanginnit, suliagigiangit amma aittuigiamut niKitsanit atullugu Kanuilingagialingannit
  2. SuliaKausijaujut songujotigillugununaliujungit amma satjugianganit niKitsaujungit aittuigalanningit
  3. NunaKakKâsimajiujuit, nunaligijiujutigut amma asianit suliaKausijanginnit pitiKattajumit piunitsanit atugajattanginnit, Kanuilingagianga upvalu suliagitlugu tamatumani piunippautigiamit nunaliujunut upvalu satjugianganut niKitsatâtsiagiamit

Atusongugajattut pivitsatiKattajunit pigumagiaKajut suliaKausijanginnit pigiamut songujotigiamit niKitsanit aittuigalanningit Taggânimi, piunitsautiKulluku nunaliujungit niKitsaliugiamit, asiugitKullugit pijaugunnangimanit niKitsatâgiamut, ikajugiamut suliagitsiagianga amma pivitsatigiallagiamut nunaliujunit amma Inuit Nunangaujunit niKitsaliugiamut, upvalu taikkua pigumajut suliaKagiamut.

Apitsotitsat?

ApitsotitsaKaguvit pitjutigillugu NICI-iujungit, nilliutigok:

Trevor Kennedy-mut
Development Officer
Labrador-imejumi
1‑709‑897‑7388 fonnikut
trevor.kennedy@acoa-apeca.gc.ca-mut Kagitaujakkut

Tukisitlusigok KaujititsiutiKattajunit piniattut Kallunâtitumi French-itullu kisimi.

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