Whether on the land, on stage, or in the hospital, Inuit well-being is always central at the Nunavut NEIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research

“Inuit are the experts in Arctic science and research,” says Gwen Healey Akearok when asked about the knowledge—Inuit science—that has existed in the North for thousands of years and is shared and taught by Elders today.

“We need the land and antibiotics, seal meat and X-rays,” says Healey, the Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, which conducts health research by, for, and with Inuit in Nunavut.

The Nunavut Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR) Centre takes a systems approach to Inuit health. Rather than focusing exclusively on the hospital, healthcare is viewed holistically, and takes place on the land, on the stage, and in the counsellor’s office.

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