Looking back at Qaujigiartiit’s 15 years and beyond – Nunavut News

June 15, 2021

Founded by Nunavummiut for Nunavummiut, the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre has been active for 15 years, after it’s start in 2006.

Helping enable community-based health research, Qaujigiartiit has been active all over Nunavut and continues to support communities with their questions and concerns.

It grew out of a climate of research that didn’t necessarily fit the health research need of Nunavut’s communities.

“The centre was really growing out of that, we needed research that came out of our communities that addresses our questions that can be used in a meaningful way to address some of the challenges faced by our community members,” said Gwen Healey Akearok, executive and scientific director for the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre.

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