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Nunavut MLAs are preparing to move forward bills dealing with education, justice and mental health during the spring sitting of the legislative assembly, which begins Thursday.
Posted: May 07, 2021 2:59 PM CT | Last Updated: May 7
Clients from the low barrier shelter in Iqaluit have been moved to the Frobisher Inn to isolate from the Aqsarniit Hotel. (David Gunn/CBC)
The executive director of the Uquutaq Society, which runs Iqaluit s 30-bed men s shelter, said a client of the shelter has tested positive for COVID-19.
The positive test lead to more testing of staff and residents Thursday.
Laurel McCorriston, Uquutaq s executive director, is worried more people could test positive. She s hoping for a comprehensive plan to make sure everyone is safe and housed if that s the case. The homeless people in Iqaluit don t belong to Uquutaq, they belong to the whole community, she said.
Nunavut Update on COVID-19 – May 6, 2021
In Iqaluit, Joe Savikataaq, premier of Nunavut, Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief medical officer of health, Elisapee Sheutiapik, government house leader and minister of family services, and David Joanasie, minister of education, provide an update on the territory’s response to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). Nunavut is reporting twelve new cases and eight recoveries in Iqaluit. Eighty percent of Iqaluit residents have received at least one vaccine dose. (no interpretation)
Guided by an advisory committee of Nunavut-based representatives from different sectors and backgrounds, our project s team members travelled to seven communities in the territory to speak to women with lived experiences of family violence. They also talked to service providers, like justice and health workers, who serve them and community members.
We wanted to better understand how Inuit women experience family violence, and the legal system, in Nunavut.
Many courageous women, service providers and community members shared their stories with us.
Their stories reveal how abuse takes many forms. It is not just punching and hitting. Abuse can also be shouting or threatening. It can be cutting someone off financially, or forcing them to do something sexual that they don t want to do.