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 Inuit of Nunavik resumed the subsistence bowhead whale hunt in 2008.Learn more about this event through a photo essay.
“Toponyms known and used by Inuit within living memory must be recognized by the government and used on official maps in order to reaffirm their permanent cultural value.” Resolution of the Inuit Elders Conference, 1983.
