The Manitoba Inuit Association (MIA) has appointed an interim CEO, it announced late Friday afternoon.

It comes as a petition with more than 1,200 signatures circulates calling on the non-profit to look into allegations of sexual and physical abuse against its CEO, Nastania Mullin.

On Friday, the Manitoba Inuit Association announced it had replaced CEO Nastania Mullin with an interim CEO. He is pictured here in 2019, when he was acting director for policy and consumer affairs for the Nunavut government. (Travis Burke/CBC)

It’s part of a larger movement online that some are calling an #InuitMeToo grassroots campaign, with Inuit women and gender-diverse people across Canada sharing stories of alleged abuse by Mullin and other male Inuit leaders.

“The petition was a scream for justice

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