Nunavut non-profit receives $5.5 million from Australian mining company's charitable arm

Nunavut non-profit receives $5.5 million from Australian mining company's charitable arm

By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News A non-profit organization that funds Inuit-led initiatives in Nunavut, called Annauma Community Foundation, received $5.5 million from Australian group BHP Foundation. Annauma will give out 40 per cent of that money in community grants over the next three years, attendees of the Nunavut Trade Show were told at Iqaluit’s Aqsarniit Hotel on Sept. 15. “We would be doing…