[:en]NTI has done the first-ever comprehensive study of infrastructure in Nunavut compared to the rest of Canada. In every one of the infrastructure sectors reviewed, Nunavut faces a significant gap when measured against national standards.
The report analyzes a range of infrastructure priority areas including housing, broadband, health care, power, and ports and harbours. The research shows that Nunavut’s infrastructure is commonly inadequate, in poor repair, or altogether absent when compared with the Canadian baseline.
Key facts from the report:
- Nunavut has the highest rate of housing overcrowding, and the largest proportion of housing in need of major repair (nearly six times the national average).
- Nunavut has the fewest staffed and operational hospital beds per capita in the country (1,095 persons per bed, compared to a national average of 409)
- The fastest possible internet speed available in Nunavut is eight times slower than the Canada-wide average.
- Nunavut is the only province or territory with no central museum or heritage centre.
- Approximately half of the children born to Nunavut Inuit are delivered in Southern hospitals, and most major health care treatments must take place out of territory.
Inuit organizations are doing innovative work to plan and build the infrastructure that Nunavut Inuit need to thrive. But without the meaningful partnership promised in the Nunavut Agreement, we risk falling even further behind.
To read the Executive Summary: https://www.tunngavik.com/files/2020/10/Nunavuts_Infrastructure_Gap_ExecSum_English.pdf
Information for media: https://www.tunngavik.com/files/2020/10/NR-2020-10-20-NTI-Release-NIG-Report-eng.pdf
To request the full report, please contact:
Karen Flaherty
Assistant Director of Communications
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Kflaherty@tunngavik.com[:iu]ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐹᑦᑎᐊᖑᔪᒥᒃ ᓈᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᖃᕐᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥ, ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᑐᒍᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᖃᑎᑦᑕ ᓴᓂᐊᓂᓕ. ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᑦ ᐊᖃᕐᕆᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᑭᒥᕐᕈᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓛᑯᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᓪᓗ ᒋᑦ.
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖃᕐᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐹᖑᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᓂᖅ, ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔾᔪᑎᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓴᐃᒍᑎᑦ, ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᓴᕐᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓚᑦᑕᕐᕖᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᕐᓯᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑲᕐᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᑦ ᓈᖕᒪᖏᒐᔪᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓇᑎᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᒃᑐᑎᒃ ᓴᓂᐊᓂᓕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒍᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᕈᑎᓂᒃ.
ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᑦ:
● ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐹᖑᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᓂᓐᓂᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓲᓛᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖏᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᖁᑎᓖᑦ ( 6-ᓰᕋᓪᓗᐊᐸᓗᑲᓴᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᓂᓕ).
● ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᖃᑦᑏᓐᓇᐅᓂᕐᐹᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᓂ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᕕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓕᖏᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᓐᓇᐅᓂᕐᐹᖑᓪᓗᑎ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒋᑦ (1,095 ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥᓕ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒐᔪᒃᑐᖅ 409 ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᖏᑦ)
● ᓱᑲᓕᓂᕐᐹᖅ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᒨᕈᑎ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥ 8−ᕋᓪᓗᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓂᕐᓴᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥᓕ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᓂᒃ.
● ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᕐᕕᑑᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᑦᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖃᕋᓂ.
● ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓃᒃᑐᑦ ᓇᑉᐸᖏᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓛᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᓯᒪᕗᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᕐᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓴᕐᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓅ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓴᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᖅᑐᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᑦ.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᓕᐅᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᖅᑮᓇᓱᐊᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖃᕐᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᕈᒪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ ᑐᑭᖃᑦᑎᐊᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᑕᖃᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᖕ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖏᑦᑎᒍᑦ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒦᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᖑᒻᒪᑎᒎᓐᓃᑲᓐᓂᓕᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂᒃ.
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