Nunavummiut organize protests around the shocking price of food

Protests were organized across Nunavut on June 9 to call attention to the shocking price of food in the Territory and across Canada's North.  Frustrated with food costs and high levels of food insecurity in Northern communities, people from across Nunavut have been posting pictures of food prices on a Facebook group called Feeding My Family.

Learn more: 

• Inuit continue protest of high cost of food [June 25, Canadian Press]
• Ottawa Inuit women hope to ship food north [June 15, CBC News]
• Nunavut food prices: $104 for 24 bottles of water, $18 for peanut butter [June 11, APTN]
• Facebook group plans food price protests [June 9, CBC News]
• Nunavut Food Protest: Inuit Organize Widespread Protest Over Hunger and Food Costs [June 8, The Canadian Press, The Huffington Post Canada]