• About
• The documentation center
  • Archival Centre
  • Library
  • Archival storage & donations
  • Consultation and reproduction
• Genealogy
  • About genealogy
  • Charts of kinship terms
  • Dictionary of names
  • Methodology
• The collections
• Place names
  • Nunatop : Inuit place names
  • Activities

Research, Library and Archives

The Inuttigut Pirusiit Documentation and Archival Centre’s mission is to make information on Nunavik’s culture and history available to the region’s people and its institutions.

In its role as Nunavik’s official archival centre, conservation is carried out in a professional manner in keeping with current archival standards. Historical documents, Inuit oral history recordings, Inuit manuscripts, anthropological archives, historical photographs and the most recent publications by regional organizations are all represented in our files.
With a mandate to promote dissemination of the archival information, first and foremost among the Nunavimmiut, the Documentation and Archival Centre also serves researchers, media and other interested parties. The Centre encourages the establishment of local libraries and other resource centres.

We are currently engaged in collecting material for archival fonds, in the form of recordings and donations from various organizations and households throughout the region. This undertaking is pressing, as much of the material we seek is under threat of total deterioration due to inadequate storage conditions and a lack of active preservation efforts.