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TUSARNAARNIQ SIVUMUT ASSOCIATION
MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE
HELP US TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES THROUGH MUSIC
TUSARNAARNIQ SIVUMUT ASSOCIATION
MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE
Promote music among youth in the North in order to increase self-esteem, teamwork, leadership, and a healthy and positive lifestyle
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Want to see what we are up to? We have four in-person workshops planned for this year and have been actively providing virtual lessons too.
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Want to help? Not only can you donate to help fund our programs, you can also help by becoming a volunteer, becoming a director and supporting our fundraising events.
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OUR IMPACT
Over the course of the 16 years that TSA has been supporting Nunavut youth, we were able to expand our fiddle workshops from visiting one community once per year, to visiting 5-6 communities three times per year and working with more than 300 students during each trip. In 2019, we facilitated our first-ever After School Music Club and in 2021 we started Qarasaujakkut Nijjausijariursaniq, offering music lessons virtually to students in remote communities in partnership with Connected North. Today, our program aims to not only provide Inuit youth with music instruction (especially in communities where music programs don't exist), as a positive, creative outlet, but our program continues to deliver valuable skills that translate into increased self-worth, joy, positive engagement with others, increased confidence and positive mental health, while also working to build capacity within the communities for years to come.
1,540 individual youth participated in music workshops (many returning year after year).
11
total communities
107
unique in-person workshops
131
fiddles
20
ukuleles
8
guitars
30
trips to Nunavut
As of September 29, 2025
UPDATES
Five reasons to support Music for the Future today
We are starting a new fiddle program in Kimmirut (145km from Iqaluit by air) in February 2026. We can't wait to share more with you on this exciting endeavour!
We have more planned for 2025, so stay tuned for details coming soon!
Five reasons to support Music for the Future today:
1. Empower Young Musicians: Your contributions provide access to instruments, lessons and mentorship for youth who might otherwise miss the opportunity to explore their music potential.
2. Tax Benefit: Your donations will help your 2024 tax filing, as its deductible as a donation to a registered charity.
3. Create Lasting Impact: Every dollar you give invests in a brighter future, where music builds confidence, fosters community and opens doors to lifelong opportunities.
4. The Perfect Gift: It's so hard to buy for so many people - why not make a donation on behalf of a special person in your life to give a gift that makes waves.
5. New Programs: TSA has been offering a number of new programs and opportunities to respond to the need and desires of youth in Nunavut with a deep commitment to building capacity in remote communities. Your funds make that all possible.
Thank you to RYOT and to David Darg & Bryn Mooser for traveling to Pond Inlet in 2014 to capture this video. We look forward to many more years to come and to being able to reach more youth in other communities across Nunavut.
THE IMPACT OF MUSIC IN POND INLET
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The Board of Directors of Tusarnaarniq Sivumut Association - Music for the Future acknowledges the Indigenous Peoples of all the lands and the importance of the lands, which we each call home. In particular, we want to acknowledge that the land on which
we do most of our work is in Nunavut, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Inuit. We do this to reaffirm our commitment and responsibility to improving relationships between nations and improving our own understanding of local Indigenous peoples
and their cultures, and to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities. From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral and unceded territory of all the Inuit,
Métis, and First Nations people that call this land home.
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