Nunavik community opts to build new childcare centre after mould closure – Nunatsiaq News
December 07, 2015
Kangirsuk’s new childcare centre will run $3.2 million, open in late 2016
Officials with Nunavik’s regional government have opted to build a new childcare centre in the community of Kangirsuk, after mould was discovered at the current centre last winter.
The Amaartauvik childcare centre, the only centre in the Ungava coast community, closed its doors last January after inspections showed that the centre’s indoor plumbing had allowed moisture to enter the structure, forming mould between its windows and walls.
But rather than decontaminate the current centre, the Kativik Regional Government decided to build a new 30-space centre in the community of about 550 people.
“We decided that it would cost more to actually renovate it — more than it would cost to actually build a new children centre,” said Julie-Ann Berthe, assistant director of the KRG’s sustainable employment department, which oversees Nunavik’s 19 childcare centres and 1,009 childcare spaces.
