Feeding Nunavut https://www.feedingnunavut.com Advocating For A Food Secure Canadian North Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 https://www.feedingnunavut.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cropped-ineedmilk-32x32.png Feeding Nunavut https://www.feedingnunavut.com 32 32 Igloolik Food Bank Struggling To Meet Surge of Requests for Emergency Food Assistance https://www.feedingnunavut.com/igloolik-food-bank/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:51:35 +0000 https://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=27389 The post Igloolik Food Bank Struggling To Meet Surge of Requests for Emergency Food Assistance appeared first on Feeding Nunavut.

]]> Emergency Food Hampers https://www.feedingnunavut.com/emergency-food-hampers/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:40:47 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=26674 Since early 2017, Feeding Nunavut has provided funding for a pilot Emergency Voucher program in Igloolik. The purpose of the program is to service households that find themselves in emergency, "no food" situations within the community. This program does not provide on-going support (such as a food bank) but instead, provides one-off immediate food relief.

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]]> “There is a TB crisis in Nunavut at this very moment” – Stephen Lewis https://www.feedingnunavut.com/tb-crisis-in-nunavut/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:36:14 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=26041 I have just completed a four-day intensive fact-finding mission to Nunavut with my colleague Georgia White. The object of our fact-finding was Tuberculosis. We spent two days in Iqaluit meeting with the Minister of Health and senior officials, the NTI President and senior staff, the Public Health Centre, the Hospital, the wellness centre, the boarding home and many Elders. The trip was capped-off by a community feast.

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]]> Harvester Support Program – Final Activity Report https://www.feedingnunavut.com/harvester-support-program-activity-report/ Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:51:30 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25973 Feeding Nunavut received contribution funding from the Nunavut Food Security Coalition to implement a Harvester Support program in one remote community in the high Arctic. This is our final Activity Report. High Five to all hunters and fishers that participated and to the community members that worked hard to make the program a success. You guys rock!

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]]> UPDATE: Feeding Nunavut Harvester Support Program https://www.feedingnunavut.com/feeding-nunavut-harvester-support-program/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:06:59 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25938 The Feeding Nunavut Harvester Support Program has recently benefited from grant funding provided by the Government of Nunavut. These much needed dollars has allowed us to expand the program within our test community.

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]]> A Message of Appreciation from George Qulaut, MLA https://www.feedingnunavut.com/message-appreciation-george-qulaut-mla/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 17:25:11 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25741 "As the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut representing the constituency of Amittuq, I am very honoured to be able to express appreciation on behalf of the community of Igloolik to Feeding Nunavut for the successful 2016 Christmas Hampers initiative..."

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]]> Community Feast – a time of sharing and celebration https://www.feedingnunavut.com/community-feast-a-time-of-sharing-and-celebration/ Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:35:47 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25617 A culture of sharing has helped Inuit survive since time immemorial. To this day, Inuit still share many things including food. Country food, or the traditional food of Inuit is acquired from the land and sea and has been identified as foundational food for Nunavummiut.

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]]> Igloolik Christmas Hampers – knocked it out of the park! https://www.feedingnunavut.com/igloolik-christmas-hampers/ Sat, 31 Dec 2016 22:42:58 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25527 When the team in Igloolik started planning for community Christmas Hampers they were hopeful, but worried. The goal seemed daunting - to provide 300 Christmas Hampers, all stuffed with the fixin's needed to prepare Christmas dinner and at least one toy for each child in Igloolik.

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]]> Making the Case to Stop Donating Food to Nunavut https://www.feedingnunavut.com/making-case-stop-donating-food-nunavut/ Sat, 24 Dec 2016 00:08:26 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25504 We Canadians believe ourselves to be quite the generous lot. We dig deep into our pockets to donate to international disaster relief for epidemics in Africa and devastating hurricanes in Haiti. In fact, 82% of us donated money in 2013 to charities and non-profits to the tune of $12.8 billion dollars.

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]]> Sakku School Breakfast Program Needs $5K To Make It To End of The School Year https://www.feedingnunavut.com/sakku-school-breakfast-program-needs-funds/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 15:29:53 +0000 http://www.feedingnunavut.com/?p=25453 Coral Harbour’s Sakku School Breakfast Program Needs $5K To Make It To End of School Year. The school has over 350 students from K-12 who are offered breakfast to each and every morning. Nutrition is expensive. Please support this important program.

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