Pangnirtung study suggests food program’s end will increase child food insecurity – Nunatsiaq News

May 8, 2025

University of Saskatchewan researcher finds hamlet residents reverting to dependence on school food programs as voucher program ends

The federal government’s decision to end the hamlets’ universal food-voucher program is “baffling,” says the author of a report on its impact in Pangnirtung.

The program, which was used by 24 of Nunavut’s 25 communities, gave $500 a month for every Inuit child age 18 and under, plus an additional $250 for children age four and under.

Last month, the federal government announced the funding would no longer be universal, but instead would be provided child-by-child based on their needs.

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