Regional school board serving 14 Nunavik communities with Inuit-centered curriculum
Kativik Ilisarniliriniq operates 17 schools and 5 adult education centers across Nunavik, with a dual mandate to deliver academic services and preserve Inuit language and culture. The org is mid-level heavy (27 of 30 hires) focused on education roles, currently scaling a digital learning platform while juggling curriculum adaptation for remote delivery and workforce integration programs—a hiring velocity pattern that suggests tension between maintaining in-person teaching capacity and modernizing learning infrastructure.
Notable leadership hires: Director
Kativik Ilisarniliriniq is the exclusive school board for Nunavik, a region of 14 communities in northern Quebec. Established under the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement in 1975, it serves as both a regional school board and a protected Inuit institution with unique jurisdiction over language and cultural preservation. The board operates 17 primary and secondary schools plus 5 adult education centers, delivering instruction in Inuktitut as the primary language with French and English as second languages. Current operational focus spans K–12 academics, vocational training (plumbing, heating, electrical), and adult education programs targeting employment readiness and social integration.
Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, and Google Classroom. The board also deploys Microsoft 365 ecosystem (Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive) and Zoom for synchronous delivery.
17 primary and secondary schools plus 5 adult education centers across the 14 Nunavik communities.
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