My 73 year old mum was medivac’d to Ottawa today in order to have a diagnostic procedure that is normally available in Iqaluit.

(I’m on leave from Director, Travel Programs, Health. Sharing info that’s public knowledge)

The cost of a single medivac can be upwards of $40,000 In 2019 the Health department forecasted 2,400 medevacs for coming year, based on that growth.

That’s compared to about 33,000 planned medical travel trips planned for the year.

The territory’s proposed budget overall Medical Travel budget was $92.3 million.

The current..

15 y/o in grade 11 missed his bus again.
Teens in Iqaluit start school earliest, which makes no sense bc Teens=sleep and bc of their role as caregivers to younger family. How many are late bc they can’t leave younger sibs & how many just don’t show up bc it’s too cold to walk? Breakfast is available to everyone every day, lunch on Tuesday and Thursdays.
Hunger is the reason why many kids are motivated to attend school.

For some, school is the only place they can access food every day.

77.6 of Inuit over 15 are food insecure

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TW: Gun Violence

As a mother who has raised hunters, a main gun safety rule has always been ‘never, ever point a gun at a person.’

Yesterday the RCMP pointed four high powered weapons at one of my sons who had left our home to go hunting with his gun and gear slung on his back. The Nunavut Agreement recognizes that Inuit are traditional and current users of wildlife and the legal rights of Inuit to harvest wildlife flow from our traditional and current use.

This means that people are going to move through the community with guns on their backs