<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">The Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre (NIHC) will be
built in Iqaluit and will </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">honour the Government of Canada’s commitment to the
Nunavut Agreement and Bill C-15, the UNDRIP Act. The need for a heritage
facility was identified in the Nunavut Agreement as 'urgent' - 30 years ago. The 55,000 sq ft
facility will allow the return of the Nunavut Collection from storage at the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Qaumaujuq and the Canadian Museum of Nature; provide a venue for
exhibitions, performances, workshops, and other programs; and support healing and
reconciliation. The NIHC will p</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">rovide
training and support the development of heritage facilities in other
communities throughout Nunavut.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> A Steering Comm<i>ittee </i>with
members from the Designated Inuit Organizations, Inuit Heritage Trust (IHT), Nunavut </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(77,81,86)">Tunngavik Incorporated (</span><em style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-style:normal">NTI),</span></em><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> the </span><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(77,81,86)">Qikiqtani </span><em style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-style:normal">Inuit</span></em><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Association (QIA), the Kitikmeot Inuit
Association (KitIA), and the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KivIA), is overseeing
the project. This project is only possible with the generous support of NTI and
QIA who have each committed $5M. </span><em style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(95,99,104);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-style:normal">IHT has dedicated
staff and financial resources. We are in negotiations with the federal and territorial governments to secure their commitments.</span></em><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">We are very excited to announce </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:black">the winning team</span></b><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:black"> of the international architectural competition, </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">comprised of: </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dorte Mandrup Architects,</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">
Lead Architect, Denmark; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Guy Architects Ltd.</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">,
Architect of Record, Yellowknife/ Iqaluit; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Limited,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">
Structural Engineer </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Pageau Morel et Associés,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> Mechanical
& Electrical Engineering; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">E Lees & Associates, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Landscape
Architecture; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">EXP Services Inc., </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Civil
Engineering; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Polar Outfitting,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> Inuit
Consulting; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Arctic UAV & Panaq Design,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">
Inuit Consulting and Model Building; </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Altus Group Limited,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> Cost
control.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">As IHT
Executive Director </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">William Beveridge</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> says,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">"<i style="font-weight:bold">We have
waited many years for this opportunity and have never been this close to
realizing our dream</i></span><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">. The need for a territorial heritage centre
was first identified in the Nunavut Agreement and thirty years later we are
still without a place of our own. As a result, many items made by our ancestors
are stored in southern facilities. With few opportunities for Inuit to engage
with these items, we continue to be disconnected from this important part of
our cultural heritage</i><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">. </span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">But there is growing momentum for an
Inuit-owned and operated facility</span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><i>."</i></b></div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Jury
Statement</b></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The
winning proposal convinced the jury with their beautiful and poetic response to
the requirements outlined in the Feasibility Study and during the March Design
Week in Iqaluit. Jury members felt that Mandrup heard and understood community
perspectives</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> regarding Inuit
Traditional Knowledge and the healing potential for the NIHC. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The reference to kalutoqaniq
resonated with the jury, the prevailing wind causing shapes and patterns
in the snowdrifts. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">They appreciated the reference
to Inuit wayfinding and integration into the landscape. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">They liked the idea of the
building growing from the land, and the glowing lights in the landscape, for
the eyes of the people of Nunavut. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">They</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black"> liked </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">the living green roof
and the idea of having the more protected functional spaces set deeper into the
hill. They thought the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black">design and shape were
interesting and that the building had an efficient footprint.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The Inuit-majority jury was composed of: Eva Aariak,
Leena Evic, Piita Irniq, Nicole Luke, Moshe Safdie, Sakiasie Sowdlooapik, and Desiree
Valadares. Their bios are on the NIHC website at </span><a href="http://www.nunavutheritage.ca" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">www.nunavutheritage.ca</a></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Winning architect </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Dorte
Mandrup</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> explains her vision: </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">"</span><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The design of the Nunavut Inuit
Heritage Centre is inspired by the landscape and the movement of the snow and
the wind. Following the topographic curves and distinct longitudinal features
of the terrain, the building sits parallel to the prevailing north-western
winds. It carves into the rocky hillside overlooking Iqaluit with the large
roof continuing the lines of the landscape and forming a new public space and a
viewing platform from which visitors can enjoy the uninterrupted views towards
Frobisher Bay and Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park. By taking advantage of the
protective rock, the building naturally creates a shelter over the sensitive
collections and exhibitions while the expansive window gesture offers a space
filled with daylight and generous views towards the south-west for future
gathering and activities." </i></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Mandrup is excited to have been chosen for
this important commission.</span></div><div><i style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">"The Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre is an
extraordinary project that we are very proud and humble to have been selected
to be part of<b>.  Working within this
context requires both extreme sensitivity and consideration of landscape and
its cultural significance. </b>The community has been working tirelessly for a
long time to establish a place for Inuit to collect precious heritage and share
unique, specialised knowledge that remains imperative for future generations
and is in severe risk of vanishing. <b>We are looking very much forward to
listening, learning, and being the link between thought and form."</b></i></div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">For more
information about the project,</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> or photographs for media use, please
go to the NIHC website at </span><a href="http://www.nunavutheritage.ca" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">www.nunavutheritage.ca</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> or contact: <a href="mailto:cccole@ihti.ca" target="_blank">cccole@ihti.ca</a>. Check it out on your favourite social media platform: </span></div><div>

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