Ilagiisaq - FCNQ

Ilagiisaq is owned by its fourteen member co-ops in the Inuit communities of the Hudson and Ungava coasts of Northern-Quebec, or Nunavik, as this region is now called. Ilagiisaq was established in 1967 to provide the rapidly growing cooperative movement with more effective powers and services to help attain their vision Atautsikut/Together working to develop as a people, leaving none behind. The main objective of each co-op is to unite the community and to act as a spokesperson for their interests. Therefore the co-op is more than just a store, as is evident from their success in activities as diverse as operating retail stores, post offices, cable TV, management training, auditing services, operating hotels, a travel agency, bulk storage and distribution of oil & fuel supplies, construction projects in Nunavik and marketing Inuit art. ------------------------------------------------ Ilagiisaq appartient a un groupement de 14 cooperatives membres des communautes inuites situees...