From the 1940s through the 1960s, Inuit were separated from their family members and taken to southern Canada for tuberculosis treatment. Former patients and immediate family members of people who died in southern Canada will be among the people on hand to hear the prime minister deliver the apology. "During the apology, there will an acknowledgement of former patients, about the mistreatment, about not keeping proper records. The Nanilavut initiative is a database that will make records available to Inuit to facilitate finding family members' gravesites. She said she is also working with the Inuit organizations on how to address the current tuberculosis epidemic, which includes discussions on Nunavut's crippling housing shortage.

Source: CBC News March 07, 2019 09:00 UTC