The Nunavut Planning Commission is developing a land use plan to guide how land and water is used in Nunavut. The Commission will be holding Information Sessions under rule 17 of the Commission’s new Rules for Public Proceedings. Join the Commission’s Chairperson Andrew Nakashuk and staff to discuss land use in Nunavut.

Locations and Dates:

1. Kugaaruk Community Hall,                     Monday November 18, 2019
2. Taloyoak Community Hall,                      Wednesday November 20, 2019
3. Gjoa Haven Community Hall,                 Thursday November 21, 2019
4. Cambridge Bay Community Hall,           Monday November 25, 2019
5. Kugluktuk Community Hall,                    Wednesday November 27, 2019

(Additional dates are being scheduled for the Kivalliq Region in early 2020)

Time:             Afternoon sessions are from 1:30pm to 4:30pm;

                       Evening sessions are from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.

Purpose:       The purpose of the Information Sessions is to hear the views of community residents on the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016. Commission staff will give a presentation and information on the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016, answer questions, and will solicit comments, evidence, Traditional Knowledge and technical information relating to priority issues in the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016. Under rule 15(5) of the Rules for Public Proceedings, the Commission will prepare summaries of oral comments received in the Information Sessions to be included in the public record and considered in revising the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016.

Participants in the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016 Proceeding, and the public, are welcome to attend, and may file additional material to include in the Commission’s public record by February 28, 2020.

The Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016, the Schedule of Upcoming Community Visits, the Rules for Public Proceedings, and the Commission’s record of consultations and comments on the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016 and past versions of the plan are available at www.nunavut.ca . Also see our Facebook Page.

Contact us at (867) 979-3444 or by Email at jsavoy@nunavut.ca .

Please see the attached schedule of upcoming community visits in the Kitikmeot region to engage communities on the 2016 Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan (DNLUP).

The Nunavut Planning Commission released the 2016 DNLUP in June 2016 to encourage discussion on land use planning in the Nunavut Settlement Area. The Commission has received a significant amount of written feedback on the 2016 DNLUP and held an in-person public hearing in Iqaluit in March 2017 for communities in the Qikiqtani region as well as transboundary Nunavik communities.  The Commission has now received funding to complete consultations on the 2016 DNLUP by conducting community visits in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions, rather than further public hearings. Community visits in the Kivalliq Region are being scheduled for early 2020.

Please see the attached press release and notice regarding next steps in the land use planning process.

A Notice of Reopening of Record for Written Submissions on the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan, 2016 and additional materials can be found on the NPC's Public Registry under Notices and Correspondence.

Please see the attached Notice and letter regarding the Public Hearing on the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan amendment application by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation.

Related materials are avaiable on the NPC's Public Registry here. 

Please see the attached notice of a public hearing and opportunities to comment on a draft agenda.

Related materials are avaialble on the NPC's Public Registry here.

Please see the attached notice of a proposed amendment to the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation.

The proposed amendment and additional materials, including a template for written submissions are available on the NPC's Public Registry here.

Oral comments can be made in Inuktitut by contacting Tommy Owlijoot at (867) 857-2242 and can be made in English or French by contacting Goump Djalogue at (867) 979-3444.

Please see the attached notice of a proposed amendment to the North Baffin Regional Land Use Plan by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation.

The proposed amendment and additional materials, including a template for written submissions are available on the NPC's Public Registry here.

Oral comments can be made in Inuktitut by contacting Tommy Owlijoot at (867) 857-2242 and can be made in English or French by contacting Goump Djalogue at (867) 979-3444.

Please see the attached notice regarding the Kivalliq Regional Hearing on the Draft Nunavut Land Use Plan.

Please see the attached notice and press release regarding the delay of the Qikiqtani Public Hearing by one day due to weather.