By Shilpashree Jagannathan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, New Canadian Media Unlike every other jurisdiction in Canada, the northern territory of Nunavut does not have its own immigration pathway to recruit newcomers, despite persistent labour shortages and a skills mismatch between available talent and job vacancies. Foreign nationals who want to live and work in Nunavut must rely instead on federal pathways like Express Entry or a temporary work permit tied to a specific job offer, according to the Government of Nunavut\u2019s own website. NCM began looking into this gap after noticing a footnote in the Premiers\u2019 joint communiqu\u00e9 from their July 22 Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown \u2014 a document otherwise focused on pushing Ottawa for more control over economic immigration \u2014 revealing that Nunavut has no nominee… <\/p>\n
By Shilpashree Jagannathan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, New Canadian Media Unlike every other jurisdiction in Canada, the northern territory of Nunavut does not have its own immigration pathway to recruit newcomers, despite persistent labour shortages and a skills mismatch between available talent and job vacancies. Foreign nationals who want to live and work in Nunavut must rely instead on federal pathways like Express Entry or a temporary work permit tied to a specific job offer, according to the Government of Nunavut\u2019s own website. NCM began looking into this gap after noticing a footnote in the Premiers\u2019 joint communiqu\u00e9 from their July 22 Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown \u2014 a document otherwise focused on pushing Ottawa for more control over economic immigration \u2014 revealing that Nunavut has no nominee... <\/p>\n