‘Clearly inadequate’: Nunavut child advocate reports on mental health
Nunavut’s Representative for Children and Youth says mental health services available to the territory’s young…
Mental Health
How to tackle Nunavut suicide? Respect the input from youth say advocates
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says she doesn’t speak for all Inuit, or all northerners for that matter…
Kativik Regional Police, Corrections System under fire at Quebec inquiry
The third day of the Quebec inquiry hearings in Kuujjuaraapik, Nunavik continued on with a…
APTN Investigates 10: Local control plus adequate funding equals progress in Pikangikum
Life in Pikangikum First Nation is a mixed bag of joys and challenges. Poor…
Yukon government vows to improve jail conditions for inmates struggling with mental health issues
Almost four years after a group of inmates launched human rights complaints against a…
Educators and experts join forces to deal with mental health issues in B.C.
More than 300 educators and experts are brainstorming ideas on how to improve the lives…
Yukon hopes “mental hubs” will keep people nearer to home when the need help
Yukon communities are expecting to have better access to mental health after the opening of four mental health hubs. Previously, people had to go to Whitehorse, or out of the territory for help.
APTN Investigates: North of Hope
Melissa Pasqua-Matte died by suicide after returning to the tiny northern community of Fort Simpson,…
Family wants inquest into Attawapiskat girl’s suicide
(Sheridan Hookimaw, 13. APTN/File) Jorge Barrera APTN News The family of Sheridan Hookimaw, a 13-year-old…