A unique twenty-year collaboration has allowed the Inuit community of Clyde River to realize a long-standing dream – the creation of Agguttinni Uumajunut Pimmariuninginnut (Territorial Park), protecting 1,646,500 hectares of east-central Baffin Island north of Clyde River. An Inuit homeland with thousands of years of rich cultural heritage, Agguttinni incorporates spectacular fiord and glacial landscape, and critical Arctic wildlife habitats. Between 2002 and 2021, landscape architects Chris Grosset and John Laird, working closely with a Community Joint Planning and Management Committee and Nunavut Parks, led the team through a culturally-sensitive Development Study, Feasibility Study, Inventories, Master Plan, and the final result - a comprehensive, long-term Management Plan. Reflecting at every stage the principles of meaningful engagement, consensus decision-making, and respect for Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit knowledge), Agguttinni’s joint planning and design approach has been formalized and adopted as the standard for Kajjausarviit, the new territorial Park Program.
Inuktitut translation:
ᐊᒡᒍᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ (ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒧᖓᔪᖅ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᒃ)
ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ
ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᓯᒪᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 20ᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒻᒥ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓯᓐᓇᑦᑐᐊᖅᑕᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒪᑦ − ᓴᖅᑮᓂᖅ ᐊᒡᒍᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ (ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒧᖓᔪᖅ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᒃ), ᓴᐳᒻᒦᓂᓕᒃ 1,646,500 ᐃᓂᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᐊᓐᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᑕᑉ−ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᑉ ᐊᒡᒍᖔᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᐅᑉ. ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 1000ᒦᓗᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂᓗᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᑐᖃᓂᑦ, ᐊᒡᒍᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑯᔪᒥᓇᖅᑑᑎᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖃᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓗᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᖏᑕᑉ ᐃᓂᖃᕐᕕᖓᓃᑦᑐᑕᓂᑦ. ᑐᖔᒍᑦ 2002 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 2021, ᓄᓇᒦᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᑯᕇᔅ ᒍᕌᓯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔮᓐ ᓕᐋᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᖅᑐᑏᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᔩᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓂᑦ, ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᔪᔪᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ−ᐃᓗᓕᖃᒻᒪᕆᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓖᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑲᔪᓯᒍᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓗᓕᖃᕐᒃᑕᖏᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓃᑦ, ᐊᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᑲᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ − ᑕᑭᔪᑎᒻᒪᕆᓂᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᓕᒃ, ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ−ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓈᖅ. ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᐅᒃᐱᕆᔮᓕᒫᓪᓗ ᑐᑭᖃᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒋᐊᖃᕐᓃᑦ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᓪᓗᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᖃᑎᒌᓐᓃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓲᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ), ᐊᒡᒍᑦᑎᓐᓂᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑏᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᒃᑰᖓᓃᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑕᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᓗᑏᑦ ᑲᔾᔭᐅᓴᕐᕖᑦ, ᓄᑖᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒧᖓᔪᖅ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᕐᒃᓯᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ.
