Photo: Inuit groups meet with UN rapporteur

Nunatsiavut President Sarah Leo, left led an Inuit delegation representing Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) Oct. 7 in an Ottawa meeting with James Anaya, right, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Leo delivered a message on a challenge facing all Inuit regions in Canada: housing. “There are many pressing issues we could have brought to the attention of the UN Rapporteur, but housing is an issue that cuts across an incredible array of social policy areas, from the spread of communicable disease to physical abuse to school attendance to the ability of individuals to participate in the developing economy,” said Leo. (PHOTO COURTESY OF ITK)