Kivalliq Inuit Association and the Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Joint Water Sampling Program

The water quality data was collected by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) and the Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) through a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) from 2012 to 2023 during their joint field program. The purpose of the MoA is to adapt and sustain the water quality monitoring program, with specific goals to document baseline conditions, determine natural variability, support the analysis of cumulative impacts, and identify changes in water flowing through Inuit-owned lands in areas of the Kivalliq Region where there is mineral development or potential for such development. The MoA sampling program allows CIRNAC to build upon its role as a federal manager of water resources and work with the KIA in their assessment of water resources, as per Article 20 of the Nunavut Agreement, while sharing the costs of this program.