Indigenous Peoples in Canada, including the Inuit, are disproportionately affected by housing inequities.What effect can construction and remediation of public housing in the Arctic have on the health and wellbeing outcomes of Inuit?
In 2014-2015, over 400 social housing units were constructed in selected communities in Nunavik and Nunavut, two Inuit regions in northern Canada where housing shortages and poor quality housing undermine population health. This seminar will present results from a before-and-after study examining the effects of rehousing, i.e. relocating to a newly constructed or preexisting social housing unit, on health and well-being. The study was developed according to an integrated knowledge translation approach, in partnership with Nunavut and Nunavik-based organizations.
Speaker
Karine Perreault is a PhD candidate in Public Health at University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. Her thesis focuses on the mental health impacts of recent public investments in social housing in 12 Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic. It also explores how the experience of being rehoused affected the lives of Inuit families and how could housing be further improved to better fit Inuit aspirations and ways of living.
Karine holds a 3-year Doctoral Research Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Priority Announcement: Research in First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit. She is co-supervised by Prof. Mylène Riva (McGill University), and Prof. Louise Potvin (Université de Montréal). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karine-perreault-13b724a3/
Karine was based at the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities for 3 months in 2019 and presented some results from her research in a seminar while she was with us.