Nunavut to receive $5.75M from feds for school safety – Nunatsiaq News
“We know families are worried about sending their children back to school”
27 August 2020
Nunavut will receive $5.75 million in federal money to help make its schools safer places for children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of a $2-billion spending commitment, the federal government announced yesterday.
“Canada’s children have shown immense strength throughout this global pandemic. With a new school year about to begin, our government is committed to helping ensure that Canada’s students and teachers can safely return to their classrooms,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference, while acknowledging that education is a provincial and territorial jurisdiction.
Money from the Safe Return to Class Fund will help Nunavut and other territories and provinces by supporting adapted learning spaces, improved air ventilation, increased hand sanitation and hygiene, and purchases of personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, a news release on the fund said.
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