Photo: Connecting today’s health practices to Inuit healing

The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse released a four-part series of booklets on Dec. 9 in Ottawa, which were created in partnership with Tungasuvvingat Inuit and healer Meeka Arnakaq of Pangnirtung. The four-part series was transcribed from Arnakaq’s original handwritten Inuktitut manuscripts and translated into English. “It was important to me to have my work translated into English as I wanted to provide opportunities for non-Inuit and Inuit health care workers and educators to learn about the cultural context of the people they are helping in Nunavut and other Inuit regions,” Arnakaq said. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CCSA)