Nunavut-wide protests planned for more mental health support – Nunatsiaq News

25 June 2020

“We need help now”

Alanna Copland is organizing a Nunavut-wide protest on Friday to call on the federal and territorial governments to provide permanent mental health resources for all Nunavummiut.

The protests are set to take place at 1 p.m. in the Kitikmeot, at 2 p.m. in the Kivalliq and at 3 p.m. in Qikiqtani.

“We have a suicide epidemic,” Copland said, over the phone in Iqaluit.

In addition to organizing the protest, she’s also working on a project to gather names of loved ones who have been lost to suicide.

“I know it’s a very sensitive topic, and it’s understandably so because we’ve lost so much,” Copland said.

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