Addressing the Inuit Nunangat infrastructure gap : vimarsana

Arctic Journal
Most of the runways in Inuit Nunangat are gravel strips, including this one in Grise Fiord, Nunavut. © ITK/Jake Hanna
I spend a lot of my time talking with government about the infrastructure gap in Inuit Nunangat. The infrastructure gap is the incredible deficit of critical social and economic infrastructure in Inuit Nunangat in relation to southern Canada. For example, COVID‐19 responses that many people in southern Canada have benefitted from are generally not available to the same degree in our communities – think of public health care responses such as rapid access testing, educational responses such as online learning with broadband Internet access, transportation responses such as swift and inexpensive transport of goods to meet urgent needs, and housing responses such as space at home to work and study or isolate when sick. 

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Grise Fiord , Nunavut , Canada , Jake Hanna , Natan Obed , Tapiriit Kanatami , Centre For The Study Of Living Standards , Inuit Crown Partnership Committee , Inuit Nunangat , Living Standards , Census Metropolitan Areas , Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami , க்ரைஸ் ஃபிர்ட் , ந்யூநேவட் , கனடா , ஜேக் ஹன்னா , நடான் கீழ்ப்படிந்தது , மையம் க்கு தி படிப்பு ஆஃப் வாழும் தரநிலைகள் , இநுட் கிரீடம் கூட்டு குழு , வாழும் தரநிலைகள் , மக்கள் தொகை கணக்கெடுப்பு பெருநகர பகுதிகள் ,