Inuit women and gender-diverse people say a grassroots social media movement publicizing allegations of sexual and physical assault against the former CEO of the Manitoba Inuit Association is giving them the courage to come forward with their own accusations against him.

“I was a young teenager and I was so confused and totally caught off-guard,” said Ruth Gustaw, 36, who is originally from Iqaluit but is now living in Ottawa.

Gustaw alleges Nastania Mullin sexually assaulted her in his mother’s Iqaluit home 20 years ago, while she was visiting his younger sister, her best friend. She says she wishes she’d gone to the police right away, but that her mother told her not to at the time.

“That could have just saved so many other people,” she said. “When I found out that he was finally bein

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