The $6.4 milllion network was announced Wednesday in Ottawa by the president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed, federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and the president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Dr. Michael Strong.
A national Inuit-led health survey is underway in the Inuvialuit region of northern N.W.T. “We are looking to really understand from an Inuit perspective, what are the gaps? And what are the strengths?”