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Around Nunavik
January
6, 2006
Montreal Inuit elect new board
Members of the Inuit community of Montreal held a special meeting Dec. 9 to
elect a new board of directors for the Association of Montreal Inuit.
The new board members are Lisa Koperqualuk, president; Jobie Weetaluktuk, vice-president;
Jennifer Hunter, secretary; Andy Pirti, treasurer; and directors Vickie Okpik,
Paulossie Mikpegak and Lydia Etok.
After several discussions, it was decided that an election procedure would
be followed in order to select a board that would be truly representative of
the Inuit living in Montreal, the organization said in a news release.
For the past six years, AMI has represented Inuit living in Montreal. Some
of its objectives include charitable services, as well as training services
to enable needy Inuit to become self-supporting.
The AMI organizes social, cultural and sports events for Canadian Inuit of
all ages.
January
6, 2006
Isuarsivik restructures for 2006
After closing down to clients in October following the firing of its director,
the Isuarsivik Treatment Centre in Kuujjuaq has embarked on a restructuring,
said board president Dave Forrest.
The new board of directors will receive training, while a task force and ad
hoc committees are carrying out a complete review of the centre’s internal
operations. The search for a new centre director continues.
“We decided to take a negative and turn it into a positive,” Forrest
said.
A new treatment cycle will begin early next year.
Until then, Forrest said the centre will assist Nunavimmiut who want addiction
treatment to find other treatment programs in Ottawa or Goose Bay.
“If people are serious, they will be looked after,” Forrest said.
AA programs are offered twice weekly at the Catholic Mission in Kuujjuaq, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 8 p.m
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