Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre – Nunavik
Client: Isuarsivik Community Organization
Project description
This 32-bed treatment centre is designed to help the Nunavimmiut deal with all types of addiction. Traditional culture is at the heart of the centre’s organization. An enchanting site offering a peaceful, healing atmosphere, the ultramodern building overlooks the Nuuvuk Bay and Koksoak River. Round treatment rooms called qaggiq evoke the exchanges that took place in igloos. This is a unique centre in Nunavik.
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Characteristics and Impacts
- BPA made a significant contribution by concealing systems and services that are normally visible, such as the electrical service entrance and louvers.
- BPA also made it possible to integrate unique and dynamic works of art with cultural significance that are representative of Inuit identity.
- Award of Excellence 2020, Ministers’ Choice Distinction, Community Organizations Network from the MSSS
- Arctic Inspiration Prize (2021)
- Qmentum Global Accreditation (industry best practices for quality and safety)
Expertise
Location
Kuujjuaq, QC
