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‘I’ve lost about 8 people to suicide,’ youth delegate tells Inuit council in Nunavut
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Yukon News: yukon
From left, Gwen Natsiq is the youth delegate for Canada, Emma Lennert is the youth delegate for Greenland, Joshua Vo is Alaska's youth delegate, and Gulnara Rodionova is the youth delegate for Chukotka (Russia) at the Inuit Circumpolar Council's conference in Iqaluit in July.
Representing Canada as a youth delegate at the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s general assembly in Iqaluit, Natsiq spoke about how she’s been personally affected by Nunavut’s high rate of suicide.
Yet, for many Inuit youth, it has become a heartbreaking reality,” Natsiq said.
Specialized healthcare services are often thousands of kilometres away from the Inuit youth who need them the most, she told the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s executive committee.
The Inuit Circumpolar Council is a place where Inuit can come together, according to Natsiq.