Almost $500K will help Ulukhaktok women’s society protect Inuit – Cabin Radio

December 16, 2022

A women’s society formed in Ulukhaktok last year is set to receive almost half a million dollars in federal funding as it works to create a shelter and more supports for Inuit families.

Janine Harvey, executive director of the Tahiuqtiit Women’s Society, said the funding was a “massive accomplishment” for the community and could help to reshape how Inuit women and families are protected.

The society will receive up to $490,000, the federal government announced on Thursday.

Harvey told Cabin Radio the money will help her society draw up policies and procedures that help Inuit fleeing family violence, with the ultimate goal of creating a shelter for the fly-in Arctic coastal hamlet.

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