13th Annual Arctic Inspiration Prize Finalists

Check out this year's AIP finalists!

Join us in celebrating Northern innovation!

The13th Annual Awards Ceremony will be in Ottawa May 13, 2025.

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Impact Visualization

Telling the impact stories of Laureates

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Winners for the 12th Annual Arctic Inspiration Prize

Ten teams won a share of over $3.2 million

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The Arctic Inspiration Prize

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The AIP is the largest annual prize in Canada. By celebrating and providing seed-funding to Northern teams with innovative project ideas, the AIP supports Northerners in bringing initiatives to life that bring about the changes they want to see in their communities.

The Arctic Inspiration Prize is by the North and for the North and is a community of people and groups, including Indigenous organizations, academia, governments, non-governmental organizations, industry, philanthropy, media and arts and culture organizations, who share a common goal: to recognize northern innovation and excellence and encourage teamwork for the betterment of life in Canada’s North.

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Featured Laureates

Learn more about the AIP’s outstanding Laureates, their projects and the difference they are making in their communities.

Inotsiavik Centre

2019 |

Laureate

AIP

Resilience Training and Healing Program

2023 |

Laureate

Youth

L.O.V.E. Inuktut

How it works

The AIP is a prize for diverse teams who have come together to get an innovative and creative idea off the ground. Unlike a traditional prize, the AIP offers seed-money and the ability to start something new. To apply, you need an idea, a team and the support of your community or region. Projects can be in the fields of education, sustainable housing, health, performing arts, traditional knowledge, language, and science. The AIP is also about celebrating innovation and the teams that lead the way. Every year the AIP community comes together to recognize the new Laureates and honour the amazing creativity, talent ingenuity and resilience of the North and Northerners.

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