Infrastructure Plan for Igloolik
2022 / 2023
Solid Waste
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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New
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Recycling Facility. The hamlet need a recycling plant to reduce and eliminate paper, metals, aluminum, and glass from the current landfill and ensure the least amount possible going into it. The bags may be stored on airport land.
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New
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New Incinerator for the dump
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Other
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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New
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Beautification - The town can be unappealing to the eye so there is a desire to not just clean up but beautify. Make the way the town looks a point of pride.
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Renovate
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Mini Mall - Work is underway to renovate the Old Hamlet Building into a mini-mall space for small businesses and a coffee shop.
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New
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The Development Corporation is about to be created and will begin operation early next year. Business Plans and work will need to begin on a fish plant, mini-mall, garment brand, and construction company.
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New
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Orientation for Newcomers - New people to the community (eg Teachers, police, nurses, researchers) need training on the culture, history and language of Igloolik to better serve Igloolik. Services are diminished in effectiveness by lack of knowledge.
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New
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Environmental Research - Given the mineral wealth around Igloolik, Igloolik needs baseline studies of the current state of the wildlife and environment in those areas so that it can be informed when mineral development occurs.
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Renovate
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Repurpose old community hall. The NHC required additional storage and office space. There has been discussion between the two parties as to the possibility of giving NHC the old community hall to renovate into a storage faculty for the community. (The NHC requires addition storage and office space. Other ideas are also open. This is in the works.)
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New
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Training - Give community members access to training in financial literacy, life skills, trades and professions.
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New
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Update Emergency Plans - Community emergency plans are decades out of date. Need to be updated.
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Housing
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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New
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Construct 7-10 new units per year. Just keeping up with the current growth rate of the community. AS the hamlet grows there are increased demand for housing This is also part of the Nunavut housing strategy by addressing the shortfalls. Today, Igloolik would need 180 houses to house everyone comfortably, 5 years from now that increases to 280. Consistent and increased house building is required.
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Renovate
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Renovate and retrofit 5-10 housing units per year. Just keeping up with the current growth rate of the community. AS the hamlet grows there are increased demand for housing. This is also part of the Nunavut housing strategy by addressing the shortfalls. Igloolik hopes that the federal Rapid Housing Initiative funding will be able to increase the number of abandoned houses that can be retrofitted.
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Shelters
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Action Required
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New
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Establish women's shelter/safe home, to address the current recommendation of the MMAW commission. Establish a safe place where women experiencing abuse can go.
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Municipal Infrastructure
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Action Required
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New
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New Mechanic garage. Current mechanic garage is closed due to infrastructure problems.We had to use one of our storage facilities to relocate our mechanic equipment and repair them at the storage facility, Some of our fleet are stored at the facility and we have to move them out on a daily basis in order for the mechanics to fix broken equipment.
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New
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An 8-bay parking garage to house all the Hamlet’s vehicles (which can’t all be housed with current infrastructure) is pending with CGS.
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Roads
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Action Required
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Renovate
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Increase and maintain community access roads so people can continue to access the land. To support and encourage the traditional way of life on the land. To promote the traditional way of hunting and harvesting from the camps and cabin development
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New
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Dust suppression on roads is a safety issue in Igloolik, New dust suppression would greatly reduce the dust in the community and too much dust is a health hazard
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Social Gathering Centers
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Action Required
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New
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Elder’s Cabin/iglu/qarmarq at Iqalulikuluk
Build a cabin where Elders can hang out in and go fishing from. This would be beneficial to Elders and to people who go visit.
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New
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Makuktukkuvik – Youth Centre
Igloolik is concerned that its young people do not have enough to do so are seeking a place youth can safely and productively be.
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Telecommunications
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Action Required
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New
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Currently hunters and campers use short range CBs. VHF Radio would vastly improve communication on the land, preventing many scary and sometimes fatal situations.
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New
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Internet response is degraded and often non-functional with the increase in web based applications.Broadband continues to be poor and expensive. We’re looking to partner with Nuvujaq to create a community network to free up bandwidth. In the near future, getting connected to low orbit satellites would be desirable.
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Health
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Action Required
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New
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Mamisarvik - Igloolik struggles from ongoing historical trauma and desires a place to go to in community to help deal with that. It would include programming for men and women and addictions treatment.
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Renovate
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An ambulance was acquired but it is not working properly. Needs to be looked into.
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Marine
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Action Required
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New
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Boat Ramp - It is a consistent struggle in the summer for boats to be put in and out of the water. A proper boat ramp would greatly increase access to the land.
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Adult Education
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Action Required
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Piqusilirivik Cultural Centre - A space has been acquired, but more funding and programming is required.
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Sports and Recreation
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Action Required
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New
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Build swimming pool. (People want a swimming pool)
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New
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Establish new park with sliding and igloo building area to provide facilities where community residents can participate in cultural, social and recreation programs. (A plan has been made and a quote acquired. Need to order, install, and build.)
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Schools/Daycare
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Renovate
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There currently is a building facility to house the day care. If we were to get the day care running it would free up some talented workers in the community that would be able to contribute economically to the community. Ideally the Hamlet would administer the finances as a third party and allow the day care committee to administer the day to day operations of the facility. The daycare can now apply for funding, it just needs support doing so and developing programming.
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Airports
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Renovate
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Major layover of taxiway and runway, increase the size of the runway to accommodate the larger aircraft as Dash 8's are phased out
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New
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Bigger Airport Terminal
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Water/Wastewater
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Renovate
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Was completed in 2018 but is not functioning properly. It needs to be revisited.
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Renovate
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Was completed in 2018 but is not functioning properly. It needs to be revisited.
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Petroleum
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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New
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Increase Jet Fuel Capacity
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Power
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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New
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Alternative source for power, current power source is expensive, installing power panels would decrease the cost of electricity.
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