The Leonard Putulik Cultural Visitor’s Centre

The KIA Cultural Visitor’s Centre

The Cultural Visitor’s Centre provides programs & services to preserve significant part of History for exhibit space of Visitors Centre/ display traditions, or cultural exhibit gallery, and employments. The Cultural tourism products link to develop business, or Publications through research sources of back-in-time chronicles.

The Cultural Centre objective is to develop Tourism & Socio-Economic Development, resource network, market partnership business/ education, the heritage buildings history, and archaeological sites, or arts & crafts intern studio.


The Arts & Crafts/ Workshop/ Canteen

The programs provides arts & crafts, carving, seamstresses, embroidery/ sewing seminar, or pre-employment training. This include the archival collections, woodworking/ intern carpentry, metal/ ornament arts studio, cultural program, or traditional bannock baking.

The KIA Cultural Centre Programs & Services, or Training contact KIA Liaison Officer 1-(867) 898-9159.


The Arts/ Exhibit Display

The Introduction of Exhibit/ Arts display, oral History, piece of tune Inuit traditional drum, throat singing, or accordion introduce by the early Whalers, and History of the community.


The Cultural Centre Programs

The Kivalliq Inuit Association – Cultural Visitors Centre consist of programs & services, or resources on recreational trail, eco-tourism/ guide training, or safety program, wildlife/ marine mammal, or coastal, and plants/ berries, or migratory birds, and outdoor recreation. The elders/ youth/ students & training/ Ilitaqsiniq programs, or info on College/ University research, the research/ vessel, heath nutrition, or food bank/ food prep, and canteen bakery.

The KIA Cultural Visitor’s Centre comprise of local merchandise to market products/ retail, kitchen/ canteen, arts & crafts/ exhibit, or wood industrial shop, and lobby/ conference centre. The Visitor’s Centre building projected $6 million, open July 21, 2021.


The Kivalliq Inuit Association Programs & Services, Conference/ Workshop, Kitchen/ Canteen, Artisans/ Seamstresses, or Training contact KIA Liaison Officer 1-(867) 898-9159.