title: Collaborating toward improving food security in Nunavut.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Community members, Aboriginal organizations, public servants and academics have long been describing a desperate situation of food insecurity in the Eastern Canadian Arctic.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The Nunavut Food Security Coalition, a partnership of Inuit Organizations and the Government of Nunavut, is collaborating to develop a territorial food security strategy to address pervasive food insecurity in the context of poverty reduction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Nunavut Food Security Coalition has carried out this work using a community consultation model. The research was collected through community visits, stakeholder consultation and member checking at the Nunavut Food Security Symposium.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this paper, we describe a continuous course of action, based on community engagement and collective action, that has led to sustained political interest in and public mobilization around the issue of food insecurity in Nunavut.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The process described in this article is a unique collaboration between multiple organizations that has led to the development of a sustainable partnership that will inform policy development while representing the voice of Nunavummiut.
authors.affiliation: Government of Nunavut Department of Health, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wakegijig
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Statham
authors.forename: Michelle Doucette
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Issaluk
mesh_terms: D005523:Food Supply / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D020957:Nunavut; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control; D058996:Quality Improvement
keywords: Inuit; Nunavut; Nunavut Food Security Coalition; food security; strategy