Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP)

Overview of the Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) program:

Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) is a funding opportunity which aims to relieve poverty among the Inuit of Nunavut and to preserve and advance Inuit harvesting culture, heritage and traditional ways of life, in accordance with the Nunavut Harvesters Support Program Policy. NHSP Harvesting Equipment Program is to carry out the above objective by providing Inuit in need with funding assistance to purchase harvesting equipment.

Benefits of the Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) program:

• The Program provides funding assistance for equipment required to carry out hunting, fishing, gathering and/or trapping activities.

Eligibility criteria of the Nunavut Harvesters Support Program (NHSP) program:

• To qualify for this program, the following criteria must be met:
• An Inuk 16 years of age or older and enrolled in the Nunavut Agreement;
• A harvester who engages in traditional harvesting activity;
• Where applicable, the applicants household has not exceeded the annual funding limit in the applicable fiscal year.