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Inuit group calls for overhaul of Nutrition North, poverty reduction frameworks

OTTAWA — The organization representing Inuit in Canada says the federal government program meant to subsidize the high cost ...

Two Nunavut communities strengthen access to traditional foods with new processing facilities

The Government of Canada is taking action to address local food accessibility and high prices in Nunavut. That means advancing reconciliation with Inuit by investing in food systems to strengthen ...

Nat'l Inuit organization looks to tackle inequality with new poverty reduction strategy

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) is looking to minimize socieconomic gaps between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians with a new poverty reduction strategy. The plan was unveiled Tuesday at the ...

Inuit group calls for overhaul of food subsidy, poverty reduction frameworks

Nutrition North is a federal government program meant to subsidize high food prices in northern communities. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Inuit people in Canada, says the program isn't ...

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami releases new poverty reduction strategy

The strategy is really grounded in an Inuit-defined whole person approach that considers culture, well-being, family, community, livelihoods, leadership, and self-determination,” said Lauren Goodman ...
Medical Xpress

First snapshot of Inuit gut microbiome shows similarities to Western microbiome

Researchers at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have characterized the gut microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit for the first time. Reporting this week in mSphere, an open-access journal of ...