Skip to main content

After a decade of waiting, Millie Kuliktana finally received the double lung transplant she desperately needed. Then, a global pandemic hit.

Now, Kuliktana is locked down in Edmonton, awaiting a time when it's safe for her to travel home to Kugluktuk, Nunavut.

Even though she's now among the Canadians most vulnerable to COVID-19, Kuliktana still speaks a message of strength.

"We didn't survive [the] transplant to give in to the virus," she told the host of CBC's Trailbreaker in an interview Wednesday morning.

"You don't know how scared I am, but I can't let fear control me."

Read more here.