Canada Goose teams up with Nunavut, Nunavik Inuit – Nunatsiaq News

What do Canada Goose and the Inuit have in common? Here’s the answer: they both make warm clothing.

And now they’ve found a way to spread that warmth.

It started in 2010, when the company invited two Pond Inlet seamstresses to its Toronto production facility to share parka-making ideas.

As the women were leaving, they noticed scraps of unused fabric, zippers and Velcro that were destined for the garbage.

The women asked if they could take the materials home, recalls Kevein Spreekmeester, the senior vice-president of marketing at Canada Goose.

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