The new series brings attention to health care in remote Canadian communities.
Innuksuk said that, alongside bringing attention to Nunavut as a filming location, she wanted to bring light to the issues those in the community face.Sci-fi thriller Slash/Back unlocks new generation of Indigenous acting talentSlash/Back is one of a new wave of Indigenous-led projects on the big and small screen creating new opportunities for young creators and performers.
Wajuntah, who was born in Thompson, Manitoba, and grew up in northern Saskatchewan, said those are the biggest issues many northern residents want dealt with. With staff shortages common and the community chronically under-resourced, it can be difficult for medical workers to keep going. In Garden Hill, Goulet said, that helpless feeling manifests in multiple ways — not having a pharmacy, for example, means that even urgent medication orders can take days to arrive, as they have to be faxed, confirmed and shipped from Winnipeg while patients wait.
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