Gov’t survey highlights hidden homelessness in Nunavut, Canada
Data from 4 Nunavut communities underscores long-standing housing crisis A survey of more than 320 homes across four Nunavut communities paints
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UN sustainable development goals translated into North Saami
The United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) have now been translated into the North Saami language, the most widely spoken
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Wealth inequality rising in Sweden
The gap between the rich and the poor in 275 of Sweden’s 290 municipalities has widened according to research carried
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Homeless northerners in Montreal stay connected with outreach worker’s photography
Ten years ago, Ammisee Papialuk travelled to Montreal from Kuujjuarapik, a village at the mouth of the Great Whale River
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Inuk woman sheds light on dramatic impact of poor services in Arctic Quebec
Lucy Kumarluk breaks down when she thinks about her son, his life on the streets in Montreal and the brother
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Report highlights Finland’s top 5 housing problems
Parliament’s audit committee issued a report on Tuesday outlining five major problems with housing policy in Finland. The committee concluded
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One in 10 Finnish families with young children dealing with food insecurity: survey
More than a tenth of new parents responding to a pilot survey by Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare
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Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless
About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan
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OECD: Basic income would increase poverty in Finland
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has taken aim at Finland’s basic income experiment, saying that rather than helping
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Blog: #SavetheArctic… from Greenpeace
I take a deep and annoyed breathe every time I see a Greenpeace #SavetheArctic tweet, video, or article. Not because
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Sweden: social workers say they cannot cope
A rising number of people survive on the most basic state benefit, with the number currently at 400,000. Despite social
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BLOG: The elephant in the room – Mental health in Arctic communities
It probably won’t surprise many readers to learn that northern Canada has one of the highest rates of suicide in
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