DESCRIPTION
Peer Support Worker is a common position in southern shelters. This is a new concept in Nunavut. In Iqaluit, at least half the population is non-Inuit and the majority of shelter and transitional housing users are Inuit. Most of the frontline workers are non-Inuit and many are recent immigrants to Canada. This is due to the competition for workers with the City of Iqaluit, territorial and federal government for skilled Inuit workers. A Peer Support Worker in our context is Inuk and has successfully transitioned out of homelessness. This position is crucial for our work, providing our shelter guests with a role model who can support in their own language and cultural framework, understanding Inuit traditions, history and the Canadian northern history of colonization.
DETAILS
Affordability Framework
N/A
Target Completion Date
N/A
Populations Served
Indigenous
Total Project Cost
$90,025
Total Units
60
Affordable Units
60
Project Funding
Funding Required
Funding is for annual salary for a peer support worker for our shelter / transitional site.
Funds Raised
Annual salary costs $90,025 including training, benefits & pension, MERCs
In FY2026, we had specific project funding for the position. Our main funding from the Government of Nunavut for the shelter is the last year of a three year term and we cannot cover this new position in the current funding.
Use of funds
The funds will be used to hire a Peer Support Worker to support guests in their own language and cultural framework.
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