COVID-19 Pandemic
Nunavik Organizations Mobilize

COVID-19 Pandemic
Nunavik Organizations Mobilize

A Taqralik Web feature: Spring | 2020

Elder and seamstress Eva Sakiagak wears a handmade mask she sewed as part of a project organized in Salluit by the Inuulitsivik Health Center. A group of five seamstresses in the village were given materials and paid for their hours, sewing about 250 masks for essential workers and frontline workers. As of April 20, all passengers travelling by air in Canada are required to wear face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. A non-medical mask or face covering helps prevent any respiratory droplets from contaminating others and landing on surfaces. © Flore Deshayes