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NISHI — Nunavut Inuit Sustainable Housing Index

Introducing NISHI

Understanding Housing in Nunavut, Together

NISHI is a community-led project that helps people better understand housing in Nunavut. Through clear data and interactive dashboards, it brings important housing information together in one place for communities, researchers, and decision-makers.

Explore NISHI's Four Dimensions

NISHI explores housing in four connected areas. Together, these areas help paint a fuller picture of what home means in Nunavut.

Housing

Learn about housing conditions across the 25 hamlets in Nunavut, including crowding, housing quality, and the need for public housing.

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Housing

Economic

See how work, income, and financial well-being affect housing and shape people's housing experiences.

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Economic

Health and Wellbeing

Explore the connection between housing, health, and overall wellbeing in communities across Nunavut.

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Health and Wellbeing

Social and Cultural Life

Discover how housing connects to language, culture, community connection, and participation in everyday life.

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Social and Cultural Life

Building a Better Nunavut, Together

NISHI is a research tool that brings together data and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, or Inuit traditional knowledge. Its goal is to create one central place where Inuit communities, policymakers, and researchers can find and use housing information more easily.

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A collaborative effort by NTI, the Association for Canadian Studies & Metropolis Institute