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(Photo Credit: William Tagoona - Makivik Corporation)

The Quebec government designated March 11, 2021, as a day to remember those who have passed on from COVID-19. Pita Aatami
along with Makivik staff from the Kuujjuaq Office stood outside for a moment of silence to commemorate the day.

GRASSROOTS Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Center’s facility in

Kuujjuaq is supported both politically and financially

by Makivik. This center will greatly increase the
“Grassroots initiatives that look to address the
capacity to provide inpatient addictions services
needs of Nunavimmiut by developing services that
that are not only within Nunavik, but that are based
are based on Inuit Culture, Values and Traditions are
on Inuit culture, practices, and pride.
broadly the initiatives that we want to see succeed,”

says Aatami.
The Nunavimmi llagiit Papatauvinga is another
priority for Makivik. This group is focused on the
Makivik plays a wide role when it comes to
restructuration of youth protection services, as
grassroots initiatives within Nunavik—the
well as youth and family services, and is looking
Piruursiivik greenhouse project, for instance, which
to develop culturally adapted care for all youth and
has been exploring ways to achieve year-round
families of Nunavik.
vegetable farming in Nunavik. There is also Nunavik
Furs in Kuujjuaq which provides fur tanning services
For more information on this and other Makivik
to Inuit across Nunavik. These social economic
initiatives, please visit https://www.makivik.org
initiatives provide employment opportunities
to some Nunavimmiut while exploring exciting

opportunities that could be expanded in the future.
Makivik also believes in and support other

initiatives within the region. The building of the new

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