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The first-of-its-kind Indigenous-led community safety program will use the $500,000 it won from the Arctic Inspiration Prize to develop more training for its programs and host the first Indigenous safety summit in Whitehorse this August.
The awards, broadcast Friday evening on CBC and APTN, are Canada’s largest annual prize. It provides seed funding to new and innovative projects that improve the lives of people in the North.