How would you feel if you had to pay $17 for a box of Cheerios? 'Food insecurity is not just about food insecurity,' says Kyra Flaherty. 'It ties into so many other societal problems.'
I’ve done two virtual classroom visits after teachers came across my videos. One was in Connecticut, and the other was in Canada. During the visit, I spent about an hour with each class and talked about the North. The students had all watched my videos, so they were just asking me about misconceptions of the North, about the food prices, what life is like up here, and about our culture. They were blown away and shocked about the food prices, for sure.
Q: As someone who has lived in Nunavut for your entire life, when were you aware of the disparities your territory faces when it comes to the prices of food and essential items?More so when I was in high school. I did a project on food insecurity in the North, I wish I remembered more about that. When I was a young kid, my best friend’s household was not doing well financially, so she would come over to spend time with me a lot and we’d give her extra snacks.
Q: Amazon has been offering free shipping year-round to Nunavut with a Prime membership, which is a pretty big deal. How has this changed how people shop?It’s both good and bad. A lot of people don’t have the spare savings to spend on cereal and other non-perishables to come in a few weeks from now. Often they need their food right now, and [through Amazon] it can take a couple of weeks to get here.
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