Community wellness programs play an inherent part of a community's overall well-being. Over the past three years, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) has been leading the Nunavut Community Wellness Project (NCWP), a community wellness planning pilot project in six Nunavut communities: Arviat, Clyde River, Coral Harbour, Igloolik, Kugaaruk and Kugluktuk.
An interesting feature of the evaluation was the participatory nature of the research; the project team included Steering Committee members from the Government of Nunavut and Health Canada, as well as community development specialists. James Arreak was the Project Coordinator for NTI, and Credentialed Evaluator Greg Smith led the Aarluk evaluation team, with assistance from Alex Ker.
Greg and Alex provided initial advice on project planning for the evaluation component, including development of a logic model, and data collection and reporting tools, and sat in on most Steering Committee meetings as observers. As part of her research for the evaluation, Alex also travelled to four of the six pilot communities involved in the project, and both Greg and Alex attended a meeting in Iqaluit last October where the communities presented their wellness plans. Aarluk has now submitted its final report on the NCWP to NTI.
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