Thank you
for caring about families in Nunavik!
This page is dedicated to professionals working in Nunavik’s public health and social services network. Its goal is to explain the key milestones in the evolution of child, youth, and family services initiated by Nunavingmi Ilagiit Papatauvinga.
Keeping Inuit culture and values at the heart of decisions about our children
After a decade of consultations and exchanges with families and numerous partners and collaborators, the time has come to reclaim decision-making over the well-being and future of our children.
Nunavik Inuit are calling for integrated services that support families in need at every stage of a child’s development and are delivered in Inuktitut, with respect for their traditions and cultural knowledge.
A short survey to help identify priorities
The Nunavingmi Ilagiit Papatauvinga team wants to better understand how its mission is perceived and understood by health and social services network staff. Your feedback will help guide the next steps of our development and communications.
The Pigiarviliutik Initiative
- Developing guides and tools to support Cultural Continuity Plans and family visits.
- Recruiting five non-Inuit foster families in Inukjuak to implement the new tools in collaboration with Youth Protection workers and the child’s biological family, whenever possible.
- Supporting the coordination of two Aquimaniq camps for Inuit children living outside the region, accompanied by their foster families, guides, and Elders.
“With full respect for the work and dedication of the many teams who have been in place for so many years, Nunavingmi Ilagiit Papatauvinga has been given the mandate to develop and deploy a new intervention model in Nunavik, one that will take into account the many recommendations put forward over the past 10 years.
This positive and necessary evolution will place Inuit values and culture at the heart of decision-making and of the approach chosen to ensure the well-being of our children and families.”
An essential step toward autonomy and
self-determination for Nunavimmiut in youth protection
Inuit have always known how to care for those in need. Nunavingmi Ilagiit Papatauvinga returns to the spirit of these practices and to a holistic vision of support for children and families: supporting vulnerable families, guiding young parents, expanding prevention services and recognizing the role of foster families. Compared to the rest of Quebec, children in Nunavik remain overrepresented in the youth protection system.
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