Where do I go now?’ Program for intimate partner violence victims in Nunavut cancelled – CBC

Jul 07, 2025

“I had to look at these women and say, I can’t see you anymore,” program worker says

A medical program for victims of gender-based violence in Nunavut has ended, leaving those who attended it with few places to turn.

For the last few years, survivors in Nunavut have had the option to attend the Intimate Partner Violence Traumatic Brain Injury (IPV-TBI) program, run under the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and the Pan Am Concussion Program.

The pilot program started in 2020, where it was first delivered in Rankin Inlet and led by Dr. Michael Ellis, a neurosurgeon with expertise in concussion and brain injury with the Pan Am Clinic in Winnipeg. It was later brought to Winnipeg and Nunavut clients were flown down for treatment.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-intimate-partner-violence-program-shuts-down-1.7577837