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Food in Nunavut

Food Insecurity in the North

ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ, ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑭᑭᑦᑐᑦ, ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᐃᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᓯᐊᙱᓗᐊᖅᑐᐊᓘᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖓᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᔭᐅᓲᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᑎᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕆᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᑦ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᓕᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᕙᐃᔅᕗᒃ−ᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓐᔅᑕᒍᕌᒻ−ᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖁᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ.


ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐊᖅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐊᑭᑐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓲᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ ᐊᑭᖏᑕ

ᐃᒪᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᑯᓗᐃᑦ 1/6 ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᓂᕆᒋᐊᖃᓲᖏᑦ ᑎᒥᑦᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᙶᓲᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᖓᓂ

ᐊᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕝᕙᖏᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᑦᑐᐊᓘᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ


2023−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᖏᑦ QCFC ᓵᖓᓅᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐃᓕᒌᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑐᓂᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᑦᑐᐊᓘᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦᑎᐊᖅ; ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓲᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᓕᒻᒪᕆᒻᒥᒃ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᓲᖑᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐊᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᐊᖅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᒻᒪᕆᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᐅᓲᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᖓᑕ ᐊᑭᒋᓲᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓕᒫᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐊᓂᒎᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓇᕐᔨᕐᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᖔᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᖅᑐᐊᓗᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᓲᑦ, ᐃᒻᒥᓃᓲᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᓯᒪᐅᕐᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖃᕈᓐᓂᖅᓯᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᑐᑎᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕗᑦ, ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑯᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒃ, ᐋᖅᑭᒍᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᒋᕗᖅ: ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᑉᐸᑕ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕿᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅᓱᐊᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ.

ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ

ᓂᕿᖃᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖃᑦᑕᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑭᒃᓴᓗᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᕌᓘᕗᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᕙᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑯᒥᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᑦ

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᖅ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ.

ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ

ᐃᓄᓕᖅᑕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᖃᓪᓗᓇᕐᔨᕐᖓᑦ ᑕᒪᐅᙵᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᑯᑐᖄᓗᑉᐳᑦ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᓕᒃ, ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᓲᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᓕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖐᖏᓐᓂ, ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ.

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