By Arty Sarkisian, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wants to work with the federal government to develop a “more effective” replacement for Nutrition North. This is one of 30 ideas included in a 48-page strategy the organization released Tuesday that aims to address the region’s “socioeconomic inequities.” “This strategy is a roadmap, but it is also an invitation – an invitation to invest in our vision and to co-create a future in which no Inuit are left behind,” ITK president Natan Obed said. Inuit have lower life expectancy, employment rate and median individual income than other Canadians, and “a basket of groceries can cost two or three times more in Inuit Nunangat than in southern Canada,” the report said. That leads to more than 70 per…
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