COVID-19 exposes risks of social and economic inequity

Inuit-specific and Inuit-determined COVID-19 responses will have the most beneficial impact on our population during this time of uncertainty.

Strict travel restrictions to Inuit regions have been effective at keeping COVID-19 out of most Inuit communities so far, writes Natan Obed, but as the pandemic extends into the short Arctic summer season, Inuit communities will be faced with hard choices. Flickr photograph by Fiona Paton

Opinion

BY NATAN OBED

June 10, 2020

The threat of COVID-19 and its potentially devastating impacts on Inuit Nunangat communities has put the daily vulnerabilities of Inuit families into focus for governments in a new way. Although sadly, it has taken a global pandemic to generate new attention and focus on long-overlooked challenges s...

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