Ikur’raq cabin program expands with $500,000 in federal money
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The federal government has topped up a cabin program meant to reduce homelessness in Nunavut, Family Services Minister Gwen Healey Akearok announced Oct. 27.
Close to $514,000 will go towards the territory’s Ikur’raq Cabins Initiative, a project meant to give people a temporary place of respite from overcrowding, violence and addiction issues. The money will fund 15 cabins.
“Out-of-shelter homelessness is a major public health and safety issue,” Akearok said in her minister’s stateme
Close to $514,000 will go towards the territory’s Ikur’raq Cabins Initiative, a project meant to give people a temporary place of respite from overcrowding, violence and addiction issues. The money will fund 15 cabins.
“Out-of-shelter homelessness is a major public health and safety issue,” Akearok said in her minister’s stateme
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