‘The land’s my counselor’: $1M Arctic Inspiration Prize to help fund land-based healing in Nunavik – APTN News
Mar 10, 2022
At this year’s Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony, the Nunavik-based Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre received a $1 million prize for a new program, called “Family at the heart of the healing process.”
The program is set to run out of Isuarsivik’s new healing centre which is slated to be completed next year.
With 32 beds and childcare services, the new centre will allow partners and children of clients to stay at Isuarsivik as well, and accompany them along their healing journey.
“Often there’s a worry when an individual comes alone that when they go back to the family, they’ll get stuck in the substance abuse cycle again, but having them come, all of them at the same time, I think will give them a lot of support within the family and more understanding,” said Sarah May, one of the team leads of the project.
Since 1994, Isuarsivik has been providing addictions recovery care through clinical practices and Inuit teachings.
