The Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre will receive $482,000 from the federal government for its project that aims to implement strengths-based community service delivery model to prevent and heal from violence. The health research centre is based in Iqaluit, shown here. (File photo)
Funding part of National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence
The Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in Iqaluit will receive $482,000 for a gender-based violence prevention project, the federal government announced Monday.
Author and educator Harry Sheldon Swain is invested as a Member of the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Nov. 3. As the former deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs (1987-92), Swain was “instrumental” in negotiating land transfers with Indigenous communities, including ones that led to the creation of Nunavut, the Governor General’s office said in a release. The Order of Canada is widely considered to be the highest civilian honour in the country. Simon invested 44 people into the Order of Canada at the ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Mathieu St-Amour/Office of the Secretary of the Governor General).