Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 21

Exploring Theme: "Investments in Indigenous Healing Centres"

Updates on this page: 5 (Filtered by Stakeholder "Nunavut")
 

November 21, 2023


Nunavut’s Health minister expresses optimism over Aqqusariaq treatment centre

The Aqqusariaq recovery centre in Iqaluit “will serve as a hub for Inuit-led treatment opportunities that are trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and closer to home,” says Health Minister John Main. NNSL file photo NationTalk: Nunavut News: “Mental health and addictions pose huge challenges to many Nunavummiut throughout their lives,” Health Minister John Main said during the...

August 14, 2023


Tundra Turning Celebrates Historic $83.7M Investment to Build Aqqusariaq (formerly the Nunavut Recovery Centre) in Iqaluit

NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Colonial trauma is deep-rooted and complex, affecting many generations. By bringing treatment closer to home with a centre that is founded on Inuit traditions and practices, healing can begin amongst community, families, friends and loved ones. Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut, Minister of Indigenous Services Patty...

February 15, 2023


Nunavut Recovery Centre expected to be completed 2025

Nunavut News: The Nunavut Recovery Centre, to be built in Iqaluit is expected to be completed in two years, by Jan. 2025, and expects to have occupancy by the following spring, according to Nunavut’s department of health. The federal government announced funding for the Nunavut Recovery Centre in August 2021, with construction expected to start...

November 16, 2022


Canada invests in new Inuit-led community wellness hub in Iqaluit

Infrastructure Canada: Iqaluit, Nunavut, November 16, 2022—Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and Gwen Healey Akearok, Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, announced more than $7.2 million in joint funding to support the construction of a new community wellness hub in...

September 8, 2021


New health centre in Kinngait

Nunatsiaq News – The health centre in Kinngait opened at the beginning of August and around 40 people came through each day during its first week. The building features a mental health unit, eight clinician rooms, and a dentistry. The building was made with Inuit traditional knowledge in mind, said Kinngait Mayor Timoon Toonoo, in front of...

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