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Here's the winning team for chili in the chili/bannock cook-off during the annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp. Please see story and photos inside.

Community Animal health team finds healthy pets ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔭᖅᑐᓲᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ "I'm excited about this because I'm hoping it will help us to re-energize our film society."

– Gord Billard, of the of the Arviat Film Society, on an upcoming visit by the Nunavut Film Development Corp., page 9.

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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) president Natan Obed presents Kukik Baker of Arviat with ITK's Advancement of Youth award for the community's Young Hunter's program during the ITK's annual general meeting in Rankin Inlet on Sept. 11.

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Awards presented Rankin Inlet Three Kivalliqmiut received an annual Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) award during the ITK's annual general meeting in Rankin Inlet this past week.

Kukik Baker accepted ITK's Advancement of Youth award for Arviat's Young Hunter's program.

The community-based project designed to develop sustainable harvesting practices in youth between the ages of eight and 18 first began in 2012.

Participants gain skills and knowledge through time spent with experienced elders and instructors.

Daisy Panika of the Kivalliq Inuit Association in Rankin Inlet was presented with the Advancement of Women award for her work running the Somebody's Daughter program for a number of years.

Somebody's Daughter supports all women, fosters traditional knowledge and healing and has become well-known throughout Nunavut.

Krista Zawadski of Rankin Inlet was presented with the Inuit Cultural Repatriation award for her efforts in demonstrating leadership in recognizing and respecting Inuit cultural rights and working to overcome the misappropriation of Inuit cultural heritage. Zawadski has devoted herself to Inuit art, archeology, curation, heritage centres and Inuit artifact repatriation.

A former curator of Inuit art for the Government of Nunavut, she is currently working full time to attain her PhD in Anthropology.

She plays an active role in the Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and has advocated for a museum in Nunavut, as well as heritage centres.

In and out of hot water Arviat/Whale Cove The hamlet of Whale Cove finally had its boil water advisory lifted on Aug. 30.

Whale had been under the advisory since Dec. 13, 2018.

While Whale was set free from the boil water advisory, another Kivalliq community quickly took its place holding the kettle when Arviat was placed under an advisory on Sept. 9.

Arviat residents are being told to boil their water for at least one full minute before drinking, brushing their teeth, cooking, washing fruit and vegetables, preparing baby formulas or making juice or ice cubes.

As of press time, the community was under the boil water advisory until further notice.

Derby winner Arviat John William Tugak proved himself the top fisher in this year's Arviat Trout and Pike Derby earlier this month, claiming the top prize of $5000 for his catch which measured out at 98 centimeters.

Stable condition Nunavut Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson was medevaced to Ottawa from Iqaluit this past Thursday, Sept. 12.

As of press time, Patterson remained in hospital and was listed as being in stable condition and in good spirits.

The reason for his medevac and hospital stay has not been released.

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German director Philipp Schaeffer, third from left, plans a virtual reality film with Arviat Film Society members, clockwise from Schaeffer, Edith Issakiark andy Evaloakjuk, Katy Suluk, Shayla Ikakhik, Lydia Kaviok and Keisha Owingayak in Arviat last winter.

The art of filmmaking Arviat Film Society may get shot in the arm from workshops to be delivered

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

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The Nunavut Film Development Corp.

(NFDC) will visit members of the Arviat Film Society to deliver a series of film industry training workshops from Oct. 4 to 7.

The society's Gord Billard said the NFDC has begun travelling around to Nunavut communities to deliver workshops and, also, to develop what it calls a strategic plan for the next five years, or so.

He said the film development corp. is looking at how to promote and train people in filmmaking across the territory and get some of the focus out of Iqaluit.

"I met the chief executive officer, Huw Eirug, at the Nunavut Skills competition in Iqaluit this past spring and he chatted to me about NFDC's plans for the next year, or so," said Billard.

"The workshops being hosted in Arviat will start at the beginner level; teaching every aspect of filmmaking from the idea to the final product and how to execute all the different steps and stages to get there.

"Before they actually deliver the workshops, Huw (Eirug) and a couple of his colleagues are travelling around to the communities to talk to people who are interested in filmmaking.

"They're finding out what they'd like to do with film, what they have on-hand to do it with and what extra they'd need to produce complete projects."

Billard said during their recent visit to Arviat, they met with him and Eric Anoee Jr. (a member of both NFDC and the Arviat Film Society) and he brought a group of people together for Eirug to meet at John Arnalukjuak High School that included former members of the Arviat Film Society and some people he thought would be interested in the workshops.

He said they discussed their ideas for film with Eirug and talked about what they had, what they need and what they'd do if they had everything necessary for filmmaking in the community.

"We had seven or eight show up and I

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German cinematographer Fabian Klein, left, watches as Edith Issakiark tries out a state-of-the-art virtual reality viewer during an Arviat Film Society meeting in Arviat last winter. think most of them are interested in doing the workshops," said Billard.

"They're only looking at having 10-to12 people involved, but if more show up, they'll do their best to accommodate them.

"Industry professionals will deliver the workshops, teaching the participants how to do camera work, editing, the initial planning for a project and all that involves, as well as the rest of the steps necessary to complete a film project.

"The goal at the end of the workshop period is to have a two- or three-minute video based on whatever comes up in their training sessions and the interests of the group of people they're with."

Billard said the Arviat Film Society is looking forward to the upcoming workshops.

He said Eirug told him Arviat has a particularly special place in the filmmaking world in Nunavut because of its film society and the exposure it's generated over the years.

"Huw said we're pretty well known across the territory for having done some

things in film and, in his travels around the North, people talk to him about the film society here, ask him how it got started and indicate that it's what they want in their community," said Billard.

"We also spoke to him a lot about the people who came here to do film work with us like Philipp Schaeffer (director) and (cinematographer) Fabian Klein from Germany, the Australian people who came to do the polar bear story and several other filmmakers who have come and done work in Arviat over the years.

"I'm excited about this because I'm hoping it will help us to re-energize our film society because we've hit a bit of a slump during the past couple of years in terms of membership and activity.

"I'm not teaching video production at the school anymore, which used to be my source for encouraging people to become a member of the Arviat Film Society, so that's contributed in some part, I believe, to the drop in activity and membership and we don't seem to attract as many people from the community as we'd like."

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Camp fosters the love of science KSEC hosts 20th annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp in Baker Lake

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Baker Lake/Kivalliq

Students and teachers swooped into Baker Lake recently to participate in the annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp in Baker from.

The Sept. 4 to 9 event was sponsored by the Kivalliq Science Educators' Community (KSEC) and drew a total of 32 students, seven teachers and three elders (Jennifer Eeviuk, Susan Toolooktook and Timothy Eeviuk) – with every Kivalliq community being represented.

The theme to this year's camp was Rocks and Minerals.

Victor Sammurtok School teacher Glen Brocklebank of Chesterfield Inlet said a geologist from Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) visited the camp to support the teachers and sections in first aid and the Global Positioning System (GPS) were also presented to the students.

He said the camp was exciting this year, with only one of the 32 students having attended a previous camp.

"It started off on a Wednesday afternoon with a number of people saying they weren't sure if they wanted to be here and, by Monday, they were saying science camp should never end," said Brocklebank.

"The GPS section seemed to be a favourite of the students because it was really practical and hands-on, but some of them said geology was the best part and a few others preferred the section on the first-aid scenarios.

"It really helped that we had fantastic weather this year – a little bit of snow and bugs, but no rain – as I woke up every morning wearing my winter parka and snow pants but, by the end of the day, I was wearing a bug jacket and long-sleeve shirt."

Brocklebank said another highlight of the camp was the mine tour, during which everyone got to visit AEM's Meadowbank Gold Mine.

He said the students saw where a lot of their relatives are working and staying at the mine. They also got to eat a meal at Meadowbank, which a lot of the kids really enjoyed.

"The students get a nonrenewable resource credit (understanding mining and geology) for attending the annual Kivalliq Science/ Culture Camp, as well as a wilderness credit (being on the land and camp life)," said Brocklebank.

"For me, personally, the highlight for camp life this year was the chili/bannock bake-off. The teachers had five minutes to support their team of students and the students had 90 minutes to prepare bannock for elders and chili.

"We had more boys than girls this year – three tent groups of boys and two of girls – and they were all vying

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Victor Sammurtok School teacher Glen Brocklebank, right, of Chesterfield Inlet teaches a course on the Global Positioning System to a group of students attending the annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp in Baker Lake earlier this month. for the bragging rights for having the best bannock and/ or chili.

"This year, the best chili went to a girl's tent and the best bannock went to a boy's tent, so it was spread out fairly well and the judges had a tough time with their final call, which wasn't unanimous."

Brocklebank said special guest Jim Kreuger appeared at the camp and said in the 20 years of the KSEC Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp, this year was the hardest to pick the winners of the chili/bannock bake-off.

He said it's really something to see how far the camp has gone since its humble beginnings.

"KSEC has been around for 25 years and the camp for 20, so that's pretty impressive.

"The level of interaction with the students this year was just fantastic, which made it a very, very strong year for the camp.

"We had five or six teachers participate who are only in their first-or-second year of teaching in Nunavut and, sometimes, the teachers get just as much, or more, out of the camp as the students do.

"The chance for teachers to meet other teachers in the region, learn and see their students in their own environment is one of the most beneficial things the camp does for teachers and, this year, the schools had more student applicants than spots available so, after 20 years, the camp is still going strong.

The annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp returns to Baker Lake in 2020.

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The winning team for chili in the chili/bannock cook-off during the annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp are, from left, Tasha Ningeocheak (Coral Harbour), Shakira Pudlat (Coral Harbour), Jasmine Nagiyak (Arviat), Trinity Papak (Rankin Inlet), Leonie Netser (Coral Harbour), Emily Brown (Rankin Inlet) and Annie Kritaqliluk (Arviat) in Baker Lake earlier this month.

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Arctic framework same old, same old Northern News Services

Call me a skeptic if you must, but count me very much among those who think it would be nice to see exactly how the federal government plans to do all the great things it alludes to with its Arctic and Northern Policy Framework finally released on Sept. 10.

And, I'm sure it was mere coincidence the framework was released just as candidates were headingout on the campaign trail for the upcoming federal election.

I think we can all agree the top elements of addressing health, economic development and infrastructure, followed closely by ending poverty, homelessness and food insecurity, are all necessary initiatives, but they are also massive issues with big price tags. They also Sanikiluaq come with the need for collective thinking and planning from the ground up, which has often been an issue in its own right when dealing with federal governments of the past.

Look, I get it. It's campaign-andelection time, which means it's time to throw some money around and promise salvation at the cost of your vote.

But, really, instead of a road map of the voyage necessary to obtain these objectives, can we not at least see some sort of plan being put in place as to how we're going to traverse that road, which also serves to narrow the gap between we in the North and our fellow Canadians in the south.

Listing the issues and giving lip

And, well, we all know how that's service to addressing the problems turned out. has been going on with the federal Maybe the answer lies with a government for decades upon decround of information-gathering sesades with little progress (unless sions like town hall meetings (yes, one views Nutrition North Canada I'm being facetious). as progress, which is a topic for Or maybe the forming another day) to show for of a committee to look all the rhetoric. into food-and-price issues There is not one chalin Nunavut led by a former lenge listed that comes Bay Boy would help? Wait, as any surprise to those that's been done. who actually call Nunavut It's been a long wait home, nor is there much since Prime Minister Justin about the details (or lack Trudeau and his gang on thereof) contained in the the hill promised the new Arctic and Northern Policy Framework to make one DARRELL framework shortly after the previous federal elecfeel optimistic about com- GREER tion – and it is both deflating change and advanceing and disappointing. ment.

It's fine for outgoing Iqaluit Mayor Reading the framework reminded me of an evening at the Rankin Inlet Madeleine Redfern to say she's happy the framework acknowledges community hall years ago when, the need to include local, territorduring a presentation on Nutrition ial and indigenous governments in North, cries of "Inuktitut please!" rang out as unilingual elders tried to making decisions concerning the North, but if we haven't come to figure out what the heck was going accept that truism by now we are on, the presenter kept presenting definitely in a world of hurt in the in English and the interpreter sat in North, with no end in sight. silence staring at his feet and feelOf course, all this might prove ing mighty uncomfortable. itself to be nothing more than grist You can't help but feel like for the mill (minus the useful part) screaming, "Yes, but how are you should the Liberals lose the upcomgoing to do this?" at the pages, as ing election. objective after objective is listed Hopefully, the next framework with nary a clue on how it might be from the sitting federal government achieved. will contain a few hints as to how it One could almost go back 20 plans to accomplish its goals, rather years and read the same outline than just simply regurgitating the from a variety of former prime same list of well-known issues we ministers who were also morehave to overcome. than-a-little vague on the details of One can but hope... solving these issues.

YEEHAW! Gabe Alagalak gives Matthew Issumatardjuak a speedy ride back to work recently on his souped-up mini ATV in Arviat earlier this month. photo courtesy of Romeo Ikakhik

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Clean bill of health for pets ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᑉ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᖓ ᐃᐅᕆᒃ ᑖᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᔨ ᑯᐊᑦ ᕗᕆᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᔫᒃ ᐱᓚᒃᑕᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒥᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ.

Veterinarian receptionist Eric Dack and registered veterinary technologist Court Frenette tend to a furry patient fresh out of surgery during the annual vet's recent visit to Rankin Inlet.

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Rankin furbabies appear healthy and content during health team's visit

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

The animal health team from the Winnipeg-based Tuxedo Animal Hospital just travelled to Rankin Inlet for its annual pet clinic in the community.

While all was reported well with the health of the Rankin pet population by veterinarian Dr. Jonas Watson, the team did have to set up a hospital zone when one furry patient arrived with a menace known well to dog lovers.

Watson said the team comes to Rankin and does a lot of vaccination to prevent diseases like parvo virus.

In fact, he said, this is the first trip during which they actually had to treat a case of parvo virus.

"An owned puppy was presented to us very ill with vomiting and diarrhea," said Watson.

"A test confirmed the dog had parvo virus, so we immediately hospitalized it, placed it on intravenous fluids and began

administering medications.

"Slowly, but surely, through the week she got better and we were happy to send her home with her very grateful family."

Watson said the team did about 30 surgeries while in Rankin and had about 50 medical appointments booked.

He said the vast majority of the surgeries were spays and neuters, but they also did a couple of eyelid surgeries on some dogs that had problems with eyelids rolling-in against their corneas.

"With most of the vaccinations we did the animals had already been spayed or neutered, in most cases by us in previous years.

"I'm always impressed with how fit and inshape the dogs are up here.

"They have fairly active outdoor lifestyles and, as such, they tend to be leaner than their counterparts down south.

"Similarly, a lot of dogs up here have very clean teeth, which is probably due to some nutritional differences in the way dogs are fed

up here versus in the city. down south, so we're very happy and feel very "I was impressed this trip by generally how fortunate, that Page and John are able to afford healthy most of the animals were that we saw us that space." and, in those ways, it was a fairly typical visit."

When it comes to possible pet owners, During the year before the Watson said they need to be next clinic in Rankin, Watson committed to a dog or cat for 10 reminds owners to keep feedor 15 years.

He said they need to undering their pets well, make sure "It's comparable they get plenty of exercise, destand medical issues could arise to many vet worm appropriately and make that may require veterinarian sure they're booked every year attention, which could mean an clinics I've the animal health team comes unscheduled trip down south. worked at to visit.

"The basic needs for a pet He said the facility in Randown south." include vaccination, de-wormkin provided by John Hicks and ing, basic grooming and good Dr. Jonas Watson Page Burt meets every need the food and there are costs associteam has. ated with pet ownership in order "It's extremely convenient, to ensure that they lead good, there's lots of space and we're able to set-up a healthy lives. full surgical suite on one side and a full exam "It's not something to enter into lightly. room on the other," said Watson.

Puppies are not toys. They become dogs "It meets our needs as well as any. It's and dogs require years and years of love and comparable to many vet clinics I've worked at attention."

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖏᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑑᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥᐅᑕᑦ Tuxedo Animal Hospital-ᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᖃᑦᑕᕋᒥᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒦᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓵᕈᓯᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐃᔪᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔨ ᔪᐊᓇᔅ ᕚᑦᓴᓐᒧᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᖅ ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐸᒡᕕᒋᔭᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᒥᒃ ᕿᒻᒥᓕᖕᓄᑦ. ᕚᑦᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑎᑭᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕᒎᖅ ᑲᐱᓯᔭᖅᑐᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑏᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ parvo ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒎᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ parvo-ᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ. "ᕿᒻᒥᐊᕐᔪᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓪᓚᕆᒃᖢᓂ ᒥᕆᐅᓂᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓇᓛᕿᑉᓗᓂᓗ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᕚᑦᓴᓐ. "ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᕿᒻᒥᖅ parvo-ᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᑲᒪᒋᒋᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ, ᐃᒻᒥᖅᑐᓕᖅᖢᑎᒍᑦ

ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᓕᖅᖢᑎᒍᓪᓗ. "ᓱᑲᐃᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑉᓗᓂ. ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᕿᒻᒥᖁᑎᓖᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓐᓃᕐᒪᑦ ᕿᒻᒥᖓ." ᕚᑦᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᒡᒎᖅ 30-ᖏᖅᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓚᒃᑐᐃᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 50-ᖃᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐊᒥᓲᓕᖅᓴᒡᒎᖅ ᓄᑕᖅᑭᓱᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓚᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᕿᒻᒥᕆᔭᐅᔫᒃ ᕿᒥᕆᐊᖃᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᐃᒧᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᕐᒪᑕ. "ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑭᓱᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᖅᑲᔭᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑭᓱᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᑰᔪᑦ. "ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᖃᓄᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᑎᒥᑦᑎᐊᕆᒃᑐᐊᓘᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓃᕋᔪᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓵᓘᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓂᐅᖓᓂᒃ. "ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᕿᒻᒥᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᑭᒍᑎᑦᑎᐊᕆᒃᑐᐊᓘᓲᑦ,

ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓅᔪᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. "ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖓ ᑕᒪᐅᙵᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑑᔭᕐᒪᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᑦ." ᐅᑭᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᔩᑦ ᑎᑭᖅᑳᖅᑎᓪᓇᒋᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ, ᕚᑦᓴᓐ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ, ᖁᐱᕐᕈᖅᑖᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒫᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓴᐃᕝᕕᒎᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᑎᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᔮᒃ Hᐃᒃᔅᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᐃᔾ ᐴᕐᑦᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑐᓲᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ. "ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐱᓚᒃᑐᐃᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᖃᑖᒍᑦ."

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ITK launches national Inuit health survey Effort will be a mammoth undertaking

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) launched Qanuippitaa? a national Inuit health survey that will include Inuit of all ages from every community in Inuit Nunangat, while holding its annual general meeting in Rankin Inlet on Sept. 11 and 12.

Qanuippitaa? echoes the names of the health surveys that operated in Nunavik in 2004 and 2017 and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut and Nunatsiavut in 2007-2008, with the logo containing four distinct elements to reflect the collaboration between the four Inuit regions.

Qanuippitaa? is the only health survey controlled and led by Inuit, stated information from the ITK. It's being developed and carried out in partnership with the four Inuit regional organizations, Inuvialuit Regional Corp., Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., Makivik Corp.

Nunatsiavut Government, Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and the National Inuit Youth Council.

The Government of the Northwest Territories, Government of Nunavut, Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services and Labrador Grenfell Health are also survey partners.

Qanuippitaa? is a permanent health survey, with federal funding being announced in 2018 of $82 million over 10 years, with $6 million a year ongoing.

Data collection is expected to begin in 2021 and take place every five years.

Another goal of this project is to provide Inuit with training and resources to conduct their own surveys on an ongoing basis to help ensure Inuit have greater control over research.

It will also provide survey- and research-related expertise and jobs that will stay in Inuit communities.

ITK president Natan Obed said Inuit are going to own the data produced by the project and make the decisions on how the survey takes place, how the data is summarized and how it's communicated back to Inuit communities.

He said in the past, Inuit have often had to partner with southern-based academic institutions and go through southern-based processes to find out about their own health – but this Inuit-led initiative will, hopefully, lead to greater capacity for Inuit in working with academia and owning and controlling their own research interests.

"I've spent my career as someone who works on behalf of Inuit and often the way in which we make headway with the federal government, provinces and territories is by using information (data)," said Obed.

"Often the data is collected by the federal government or independent researchers and gets summarized through their lens and then we'd have to use that information to talk about the Inuit condition – whether it's the rate of cancer or our mental health – so we've often relied on other institutions to be able to tell our story.

"For me, personally, to be a part of creating a sustainable national Inuit health survey where we can rely on the summary data that comes out about our physical health, mental health, contaminants, diet and food security – and to know we've worked together across the four Inuit regions to come-up with the questions, then do the surveys in the language of choice to the Inuit who are participating and then to be able to have control of that data and summarize it – gives me a huge hope that we are going to be able to talk more definitively about our social conditions than we ever have been before.

"That will allow us to work on policy change in a much more specific way, because it gives us more information we can rely on when we go to whoever we need to advocate or partner with to be able to improve conditions for Inuit."

Obed said the survey is a large undertaking and the partners have taken a cautious approach.

He said the established working group has gone through a whole host of different scenarios on when they want to do the national project.

"2021 was a cautious marker right

from the beginning. We got the money in 2018 so, for a lot of people, waiting three years to start a survey might be too long.

"But, for us, we had to start this from scratch and we want to do this right.

"In 2007/2008, the International Polar Year health survey went to three different regions. There have been two iterations of a Nunavik survey and the name Qanuippitaa? comes from that particular survey – so we have some expertise and some experience in all the different challenges and barriers to undertaking these surveys.

"We're structuring this survey in a way that will give us the best possible success and we're partnering with public governments to ensure the data that we're trying to collect is something that is a shared hope of both government and Inuit."

Obed said ITK wants the survey data to be utilized by governments and respected by all, including academics.

He said they're very cognizant of the sample size and all the different methodology they're going to undertake to ensure the health survey data and summary data are both defensible and respected.

"In the previous iterations of the survey, especially the International Polar Year survey, the random sample size was about 15 to 18 per cent of the Inuit adult population over 18.

"Because we're hoping to have this survey span the entirety of the Inuit population, we have other considerations, especially around consent and how to identify possible participants because there's ethical concerns in using land claim enrollment lists in some regions because of the limitations on what Inuit have said the lists can be used for.

"So, we have a number of challenges to work through on how to get a random sample size of an Inuit population within each one of our 51 communities, but we're sure we can get to an amicable solution through all this.

"We will ensure the proper ethics and respect for Inuit and privacy are paramount throughout the undertaking of this exercise.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓇᑕᓐ ᐅᐱᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑐᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 13-ᒥ.

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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed addresses the media during the launch of the national Inuit health survey in Rankin Inlet on Sept. 13.

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ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑖ?-ᒥᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 11-ᒥ 12-ᒥᓗ. ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑖ? ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥ 2004-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 2017-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᖕᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦᒥ 2007-2008-ᒥ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᖓ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑖ? ᑖᒻᓇᑐᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᖓ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓ, ᒪᑭᕕᒃ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ. ᓄᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓚᐸᑐᐊᕆᒥᐅᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᖕᒥᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑉᐱᑖ? ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 2018-ᒥ $82 ᒥᓕᔭᓐ ᖁᓕᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ, $6 ᒥᓕᔭᓐ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2021-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑳᖓᑕ. ᐊᓯᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒡᕘᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ

ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᓯᕝᕕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᔭᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᖏᓐᓃᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓇᑕᓐ ᐅᐱᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᒡᒎᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓇᐃᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᒎᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ - ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᖁᔭᒥᓂᒃ. "ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᒃᑲ ᑐᕌᖓᑏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕋᑉᑭᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑕᐅᒐᔪᒃᑐᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ (ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ)," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᐱᑦ. "ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᒪᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᒃᑰᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᐃᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᕐᓗᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ - ᐊᔪᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᐸᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑐᒃᑰᖓᒃᐸᑦ - ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑐᙵᑎᖃᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑕ ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᑉᑕ."

DARREN IKAKHIK AND YVONNE MAMGARK Nunavut's Award-Winning Voice of Kivalliq

Community: Rankin Inlet Sport: Softball Team: New Era Darren, shown left and Yvonne are this edition's players of the week for helping to lead their team to both the Calm Air Cup tourney championship and the local league softball title this year.

Great season, you two.

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What did you like most about the Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp in Baker Lake?

Bryce Putulik (Naujaat): "New experiences on the land and learning about first aid."

Emily Brown (Rankin Inlet): "Taking a trip to the mine (Meadowbank) and learning about how it operates."

Myles Kolit (Arviat): "Making new friends and having new, fun experiences."

Joanne Putulik (Chester): "Going on a mine tour and seeing where my uncle works and making new friends."

Leonie Netser (Coral Harbour): "Learning about the GPS and experiencing new types of science."

Jasmine Nagiyak (Arviat): "Gathering with other youth, learning about rocks and the GPS and talking with the elders.

Ä¿∏≤ÖÒé≤ ÖÀ∏Ú≤ÒãÇÀÒ á∂ªÖÊπÍ´ JASMINE NAGIYAK

Community: Arviat School: John Arnalukjuak High School Activity: Science/culture camp Jasmine, pictured with Kivalliq Science Educators' Community member Katelyn Proulx, left, is this edition's student of the week for earning the Agnico Eagle Leadership Award while participating at the annual Kivalliq Science/Culture Camp in Baker Lake earlier this month.

The award is in recognition of her hard work, dedication and leadership skills.

Totally awesome job, Jasmine!

Student of the week