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Pangnirtung weaving On April 1, 1999, history was made with the creation of Nunavut, a third Canadian territory. Nunavut, the eastern part of the former Northwest Territories, was given its name based on Inuit languages and could be translated as “Our Land�. It contains three regions determined by physical geography, history, flora and fauna, language and dialectal differences. The western section of Nunavut is known as the Kitikmeot, the central area as the Kivalliq, and the eastern area as the Qikiqtani (Baffin).
The creation of Nunavut led to the three regional health and social services boards being dissolved, and the services they provided being administrated through the government’s Department of Health and Social Services. The Department has administrative offices in each of the three main centres: Cambridge Bay (Kitikmeot), Rankin Inlet (Kivalliq), and Iqaluit (Baffin). In addition, a Practice Division has been set up in Kugluktuk (Coppermine).
Through 25 remote health centres, 2 public health clinics, a home care system, a birthing centre in Rankin Inlet and the Baffin Regional Hospital in Iqaluit, the department provides a wide range of services to the people of Nunavut.
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