Introduction to the Northern Co-operative Galleria Project
In the late 1950s to early 1970s, then-titled Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) pursued a policy of co-operative development in the newly settled, predominantly Inuit and First Nation communities of the Northwest Territories. Today, the majority of these community-based co-operatives are thriving, through the continued support of Arctic Co-operatives Limited (ACL), the main umbrella co-operative providing a number of financial services...