With funding from Canadian Heritage, Aboriginal Languages Initiative, the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre is pleased to launch Uqausivut, a new project aimed at supporting and increasing Inuktitut speakers in Ottawa Inuit families. Activities aimed at the preservation of Inuktitut in an urban setting are particularly important, as Inuit in the south face many challenges in maintaining their mother tongue. Inuit children growing up in Ottawa are especially vulnerable to language loss when they attend English speaking schools and are surrounded by English and French in their urban community. The Uqausivut Project offers the following activities to assist families in retaining and reclaiming Inuktitut in Ottawa.