Gjoa Haven food bank initiative gains community support – Nunatsiaq

Mar 10, 2026

Resident hopes to co-ordinate supply of canned goods, baby supplies, and country foods

When Gjoa Haven resident Veronica Ullulaq posted on Facebook, calling for a new food bank committee last month, she did not expect the wave of community support that followed.

Ullulaq, a community justice outreach worker with Nunavut’s Justice Department, said the idea grew out of first-hand experience with the high cost of living in the hamlet of about 1,400 people.