Canada announces $1.8 million to help abused women, children in Nunavut – Nunatsiaq News
29 July, 2019
Projects aimed at increasing access to justice, combat sexual harassment, helping kids
Three Nunavut projects will receive a total of $1.8 million in federal funding to help abused children and women and to help fight sexual harassment.
The federal justice minister, David Lametti, announced the funding at a news conference at Nunavut Arctic College’s Nunatta Campus in Iqaluit on Monday.
One of the three projects is the Umingmak Child and Youth Support Centre, a new service, started by the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation, aimed at helping children who have been victims of abuse.
