Three Nunavut projects will receive a total of $1.8 million in federal funding to help abused children and women and to help fight sexual harassment, writes Nunatsiaq News.

The federal justice minister, David Lametti, announced the funding at a news conference at Nunavut Arctic College’s Nunatta Campus in Iqaluit on Monday.

One of the three projects is the Umingmak Child and Youth Support Centre, a new service, started by the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation, aimed at helping children who have been victims of abuse.

Justice Canada will provide $875,526 over five years to support the center, which is set to open in September 2019.