Nunavik intervention teams keep more than 90% of crises calls out of jail, hospital – Nunatsiaq News
Feb 13, 2026
Saqijuq launched in Puvirnituq in 2019, Kuujjuaq in 2025
Mobile intervention teams in Puvirnituq and Kuujjuaq kept most crisis situations out of the justice system in 2025 with more than 90 per cent of cases requiring no judicial action, new data shows.
Saqijuq, a Nunavik-based organization that promotes community safety, launched the mobile intervention program in Puvirnituq in 2019, then in Kuujjuaq in 2025.
The organization shared last year’s data with Nunatsiaq News on Jan. 29.
