Project aimed towards Inuit youth mental health gets funding boost – Nunatsiaq News
May 2, 2022
A project that aims to improve the mental health of Inuit youth has received about $1.7 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Its title is a lengthy one — Inuit Youth Develop a Virtual Qaqqiq: Using Technology and Cultural Knowledge to Support Resilience Outside the (Digital) Box.
The goal is to build virtual resources and tools that will improve the mental wellness of Inuit youth across Nunavut.
The funding will be allocated over four years.
The project leaders will work with youth leaders and community elders in Pond Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Pangnirtung, Arctic Bay and other hamlets to design digital activities, e-games and immersive virtual reality based on Inuit traditional knowledge and Qaggiq philosophy, which is a theory of Inuktut knowledge renewal.
