Fact Sheet: Why do Inuit women move South?

Project Description
Project Details
Department Social and Economic Development
Year Published 2018
Each year, Inuit women leave their home community to move to urban centers in southern Canada. The pathway to a city life from Inuit Nunangat is diff erent for everyone, but there are many common reasons Inuit women move to the south. Here are some of the top reasons that we heard from Inuit women about why they move to big cities across Canada.
Department Social and Economic Development
Year Published 2018
Contact Information
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
1 Nicholas Street, Suite 520
Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7
T: 613-238-3977
Toll Free: 1-800-667-0749
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info@pauktuutit.ca
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Contact Information
Nadia Noor, Manager, Violence & Abuse Prevention, Justice
Contact Information
Lema Ijtemaye, Manager, Social and Economic Development
lijtemaye@pauktuutit.ca