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ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ Kivalliq residential ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ school survivors ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ invited to attend CFL game ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᑯᑦ

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Pike derby results

Arviat John Kuksuk won first place and $6,000 in Arviat’s fall pike fishing derby, netting a fish of 39 1/8”.

The derby took place from the 17 to 19 of September. The winners are listed below: 1st place: John Kuksuk, 39 1/8” - $6,000 2nd place: Lena Napayok, 38” - $5,000 3rd place: Alex Ishalook, 37 1/8” - $4,000 4th place: Jose Illnik, 36 1/2” - $2,500 5th place: Nick Karlak, 36 1/8” - $1,500 6th place: Norma Jean Kablutsiak, 36” - $900 7th place: Crystal Akammak, 35 3/4” - $800 8th place: TIED Katie Muckpah, 35 1/8” - $650 9th place: TIED Jose Illnik, 35 1/8” - $650 10th place: Joabie Ishalook, 34 3/4” - $500

Truth and Reconciliation T-shirt decorating contest

Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ Football-ᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᖁᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ Blue Bombers-ᑯᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑭᓂ ᓚᕐᓗ (89-ᒥᒃ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ) ᐊᖅᓴᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ Edmonton Elks-ᑯᑦ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ Hᐅᕙᒥ (28-ᒥᒃ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ) Football-ᖅᑐᐊᓘᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐ, ᐃᐅᐳᑕᒥ, ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 18, 2021-ᒥ. 70 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Football-ᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑖᑉᑯᐊᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᒋᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᕕᓂᐲᒃᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ.

Chesterfield Inlet Victor Sammurtok School is hosting a T-shirt decorating contest to mark the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.

The contest is open to anyone in the community.

Participants are asked to create designs that are specifically designed with a view to uniting the community.

Once the winning design has been chosen, every student at the school will receive their own t-shirt.

The deadline to submit a design is Sept. 30

Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Kenny Lawler (89) reaches for the ball as Edmonton Elks’ Jordan Hoover (28) defends during second half CFL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday September 18, 2021. Seventy Kivalliqmiut will have the opportunity to take in a game featuring these two teams in Winnipeg Oct. 8 to mark Canada’s first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson photo

John Main acclaimed as Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA

Kivalliq The one and only candidate for Arviat NorthWhale Cove, John Main, has been acclaimed to a second term as MLA in the upcoming territorial election.

This came as a surprise to Main according to a post to his social media on Sept. 27, “the acclamation was completely unexpected,” he wrote.

While the acclamation has changed his election plans, he said, he still plans on visiting his constituents in Arviat and Whale Cove and will announce details soon.

Anyone who would like to reach out to Main can find his contact information on the Elections Nunavut website.

On the acclamation Main says he is, “honoured to have been given another four years to work on your behalf.

“Not sure what else to say except, Matna!”

Hit and run kills 19-year-old; charges laid

Rankin Inlet A 19-year-old man in Rankin Inlet is dead as a result of an alleged Sept. 18 hit and run.

The RCMP responded to the incident during the early morning hours on Sept. 18. An ambulance transported the badly-hurt man to the health centre, but he later succumbed to his injuries, according to the police.

Ben Angoshadluk was subsequently charged with impaired operation causing death, dangerous operation causing death and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

Angoshadluk is scheduled to appear before the Nunavut Court of Justice on Nov. 1, 2021 in Rankin Inlet.

The driver of the vehicle is accused of fleeing the scene. The truck in question was later located abandoned outside of the community.

The identity of the victim was not released.

ᖁᓕᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ Football-ᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ ᐅᐱᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓱᓕᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ Northern News Services

70 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ Football-ᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔪᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᓱᓕᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ. ᓯᑎᐱᕆᒥ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ Blue Bombers-ᑯᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, Exchange Income Corporation-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Edmonton Elksᑯᓐᓂᒃ Football-ᖅᑎᓂᒃ, ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᔪᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓱᓕᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.

Blue Bombers-ᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓂᒃ football-ᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ ᐊᑭᕋᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ Edmonton Elksᑯᓐᓂᒃ, 1,000 ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ.

70 ᐃᑎᕈᑏᑦ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐃᑎᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓂᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓄᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᓗ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑉᓗᖅ ᓱᓕᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 30-ᒧᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ. ᐱᙳᐊᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒋᑦ Blue Bombers-ᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Elksᑯᑦ ᐊᑎᒋᓯᒪᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᖅᓱᐊᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᔪᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᖁᖅᓱᐊᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑎᒋᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ. ᐊᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑭᓖᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᑕ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

Bombers-ᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖠᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖓᓂᒃ, ᑖᑉᑯᐊ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓲᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ 1000-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ. Elks-ᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐊᒥᓂᒃ Spirit North-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᖏᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓪᓗ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑕᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐆᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑎᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᒍᑦ.

70 ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑎᕈᑎᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᑎᒥᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᒧᓪᓗ, ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᓂᒃ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᓕᑦᑕᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ.

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Candidates declared for territorial election

By Derek Neary Northern News Services

On the closing day of the final session of the fifth legislative assembly, the remaining MLAs took turns reflecting on their terms in office and stating their intentions to run in the Oct. 25 territorial election.

Not seeking another term will be Pauloosie Keyootak of Uqqummiut, Elisapee Sheutiapik of Iqaluit-Sinaa and Allan Rumbolt of Hudson Bay. Rumbolt was first elected in 2008, Keyootak has been serving as MLA since a 2015 byelection and Sheutiapik completed a single term. Two members had already announced their resignations prior to the final legislative session: Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu’s Pat Angnakak and Aggu’s Paul Quassa.

Of the remaining MLAs, 16 said they plan to stand for re-election. They are Cathy Towtongie, Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield

Inlet; Patterk Netser, Aivilik; Joelie Kaernerk, Amittuq; Adam Arreak Lightstone, Iqaluit Manirajak; Calvin Pedersen, Kugluktuk; Tony Akoak, Gjoa Haven; David Qamaniq, Tununiq; John Main, Arviat North-Whale Cove; Craig Simailak, Baker Lake; Emiliano Qirngnuq, Netsilik; Jeannie Ehaloak, Cambridge Bay; Lorne Kusugak, Rankin Inlet South; Joe Savikataaq, Arviat South; David Akeeagok, Quttiktuq; George Hickes, Iqaluit-Tasiluk; and David Joanasie, South Baffin.

While discussing the ups and downs of life as a politician, Kaernerk had this to offer: “As a member of the legislative assembly, it’s not easy, especially when we try to represent all of our constituents; it is challenging and difficult, and in some cases, you feel like resigning and giving up. However, I think about all of my constituents and they gave me the strength to carry on.”

The deadline for nominations for the upcoming territorial election was Friday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m.

fact file Declared candidates for 2021 Nunavut territorial election: Sept. 24 Aggu: Methusalah Kunuk Aivilik: Solomon Malliki; Johnny Ningeongan Amittuq: Joelie Kaernerk; Solomon Allurut Arviat North-Whale Cove: John Main Arviat South: Joe Savikataaq Baker Lake: Craig Simailak Cambridge Bay: Jeannie Ehaloak; Pamela Gross; Peter Ohokak Gjoa Haven: Paul Puqiqnak; Allen Aglukkaq; Tony Akoak Hudson Bay: Daniel Qavvik; Mick Appaqaq Iqaluit-Manirajak: Adam Lightstone Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu: P.J. Akeeagok Iqaluit-Sinaa: Janet Brewster; Christa Kunuk;

Jeff Maurice Iqaluit-Tasiluk: George Hickes; Jonathan Park; Michael Salomonie; James Arreak Kugluktuk: Bobby Anavilok; Calvin Pedersen Netsilik: Simon Qingnaqtuq; Emiliano Qirngnuq; Inagayuk Joseph Quqqiaq Pangnirtung: Margaret Nakashuk Quttiktuq: David Akeeagok Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet: Cathy Towtongie; Alexander Sammurtok Rankin Inlet South: Lorne Kusugak South Baffin: David Joanasie Tununiq: David Qamaniq; Joshua Arreak Uqqummiut: Mary Killiktee Source: Elections Nunavut

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Coast Guard’s search and rescue teams wraps up fourth season in Rankin Inlet

A group photo of the crew in the Rosborough boat with community liaison, Wesley Innukshuk. From left: Coxswain Stuart Thibert, Wesley Innukshuk, Koonoo Arreak-Mackey, Lane Weislein, and Carilia Horning. Photo courtesy of Koonoo Arreak-Mackey

This summer’s crew, which included six Indigenous students including two Inuit, responded to three calls to service

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

The Canadian Coast Guard’s inshore rescue boat station has wrapped up another successful season in Rankin Inlet.

The program was started four years ago as a way to serve communities as far North as Chesterfield Inlet and as far south as Whale Cove, while encouraging Indigenous students from across Canada to get experience working for the Coast Guard.

The Rankin Inlet team is made up of two crews of four, a total of eight students, six of whom are Indigenous including two Inuit.

“Those students have been very important in teaching Inuktitut,” said Emma Moore, senior officer with the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue program.

This summer the station was operational from June 16 to Sept.

7. The students completed pre-season training in Perry Sound from May 3 to May 30 before relocating to Rankin Inlet where they received electronic navigational training, medical training, and courses on local knowledge.

Most of their training is based on being prepared for any situation which might arise, according to Moore. The students also spent a great deal of time learning about popular hunting places and safe havens where they can go in the case of an emergency.

“A lot of the areas are uncharted, so they’ll go in their and mark them themselves. We mark them for ourselves because we obviously don’t have the ability to say there’s a shoal here,” said Moore.

“We have a partnership with the Canadian hydrographic services.

They have had chips into our vessels. They track all of our data

on the vessel. Basically we’re doing a sounding for them. They use that data to update the charts for the area.”

Koonoo Arreak-Mackey was one of the two Inuit students to be a part of the team this summer. The 21-year-old from Kuujjuaq was returning for her second year after taking part in the program last summer.

“I enjoy being out on the land and the water and helping people.

It’s a pretty fun summer job,” she said.

Arreak-Mackey said that COVID-19 restrictions made it more difficult to work with the community last summer.

“It was still really interesting to get on the water and go on all these adventures and see all this land around Rankin,” she said.

“This summer the restrictions weren’t as harsh so it was really nice to be able to get know people in the community and get involved.”

In total the crew carried out carried out a total of four training exercises, one of which was a joint exercise with the Rankin Inlet Fire Department.

“We would task them to search for a an overdue vessel, then they would come across the person in the water and then they would do a person in water recovery, then they would treat them, then package them for transport then do a hand-off on shore for EMS.” The crews also had to respond to three real life search and rescue scenarios this summer.

“They have responded to calls every year. So they work together as a team to make sure the outcome is as beneficial as possible,” said Moore.

Although the details of the calls are confidential, Arreak-Mackey said having to perform actual rescues comes with the territory.

Practicing person in-water (PIW) recoveries while the sun sets over tent city, Rankin Inlet.The students also spent a great deal of time learning about popular hunting places and safe havens where they can go in the case of an emergency. Photo courtesy of Koonoo Arreak-Mackey

Crew “A” participate in a Search and Rescue exercise, pulling a volunteer casualty out of the water and preparing for transportation to shore to meet Rankin Inlet Fire/Rescue/EMS. From left: Carilia Horning, Angel Innukshuk, and Lane Weislein. Photo courtesy of Koonoo Arreak-Mackey “It’s stressful but it’s also an adrenaline rush when you get on the water. And it’s really rewarding to help people and they’re really grateful for you and the program,” she said.

Moore said the Coast Guard is hoping it can recruit some students from the Kivalliq to get involved in the program for next summer.

As someone who has done it twice Arreak-Mackey said it’s worth it to put your name forward.

“It will take a little bit of time to get through all the application forms but it’s totally worth it in the end. It’s fun to meet new people and cultures from across Canada.”

The crew took out their Zodiac south of Puijaaqtuqsiurvik (Panorama island) to test out the engines after doing maintenance. Photo courtesy of Koonoo Arreak-Mackey

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There is a Buddhist proverb which says that the lotus flower blooms most beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud. On the evening of Sept. 19 hundreds of Rankinmiut gathered to hold a candlelit healing circle following a tragic death in the community.

Losing one person to suicide is hard enough, but the last couple of months have been particularly hard on the Kivalliq with at least six tragic deaths in the region since the beginning of August, four of which have been in Rankin Inlet.

The deaths have taken such a Sanikiluaq toll on the community that Health Minister Lorne Kusugak took the unusual step of acknowledging the situation during a members statement on Sept. 16, remarking that “his fellow residents of Rankin Inlet are going through the hardest of hardships.”

Talking about suicide is normally something that is considered taboo in the newspaper industry.

The logic being that by giving attention to the deaths only encourages more people to contemplate it as an option.

This principle was reinforced by a Rankin Inlet Elder when I reached out to them for advice on the issue last week: “The more we hear and learn about it and the more we think about it, the more we put it into the minds of the people.”

While there is wisdom in the silent approach, there is something to be said about being able to talk about our feelings openly and to make sure that people know they

the access to illegal drugs and inare loved unconditionally without creasing recreational and wellness fear or shame. programming is fundamental to The truth is that in communiimproving mental health in our ties where everyone knows each communities. Those initiatives, other and so many people are whether funding the grassroots related, these tragedies are not or building them in-house, are the usually much of a secret. This has government’s responsibility and become even less so in the age it’s about time we saw real action of social media, where hundreds instead of more empty promises. of well-meaning condolences can But healing will also require be blasted out with nothing more building up the bonds that than a couple taps on a keep families together. screen.

“We’re blaming alcohol, The Elder I spoke with, we’re blaming outside who asked not to be sources, but it’s not the true named, explained to me root of the problem. Why that the phenomenon of are they drinking so much, self-inflicted death has why are they doing drugs “been around a long time so much? The problem lies among our people.” within our own families,” “When we were on the the Elder told me. land we didn’t hear about “One of the big problems it even though it was hapCODY is that they don’t think pening. In the 50s and anyone loves them any60s people started seeing PUNTER more.” it more when we started With the first ever Nacoming into communitional Day of Truth and Reconcilties.” iation approaching, there is no That is not to say that this is something that should be normal- denying the brutal impact that the trauma of residential schools have ized. Suicide doesn’t have to be a had on Inuit. But for all the hardfact of life in Nunavut. Quite the ships that survivors have endured, opposite! the power of love, community and As the Elder pointed out to me, any discussion on the issue should family to overcome trauma renot dwell on the negative but rath- mains immutable.

The Catholic Church has inflicted er focus on solutions. enough harm on the world to preInvoking the metaphor of two wolves which we all have inside of vent me from being a religious man.

But I pray that Kivalliqmiut can us – one bad and one good – they asked: “Which wolf is the one who find a way to feed the loving wolves we all harbour deep inside wins?” After a brief pause they reso that we may blossom like the sponded, “The one you feed.” most beautiful flowers the Arctic Providing greater resources for tundra has ever seen. addiction treatment, reducing

Travel bubble with Churchill suspended

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services

As of Sept. 17, Nunavut’s chief public health officer Dr. Michael Patterson has suspended Nunavut’s travel bubble with the town of Churchill, MB due to rising case numbers in Manitoba and increased exposure risks.

Those with Common Travel Area travel authorization letters between Churchill must receive authorization to return to Nunavut, said Patterson.

All unvaccinated travellers who departed Churchill into Nunavut on or after Sept. 12 will have to isolate for 14 days.

Vaccinated travellers who returned from Churchill must wear a mask for 14 days and monitor for symptoms.

A medical travel bubble was formed between Churchill and Nunavut in July 2020, with Churchill a common destination for dental appointments.

Anyone who develops symptoms of COVID-19 is advised to call the COVID-hotline at 1-888-975-8601 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST to arrange testing or notify their community health centre right away. Please do not go to the health centre in person, and immediately isolate yourself at home for 14 days.

The Government of Nunavut has suspended Nunavut’s travel bubble with Churchill as of Sept. 17.

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ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ 32-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓂᐊ ᐊᓄᐃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᖅᑲᔭᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ

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ᓄᓂᐊ ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓅᓐᓇᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᓂ 1999-ᒥ, ᑕᐃᑲᓃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ. ᐊᕙᑎᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑕᐅᓲᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕋᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ. “ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᐱᕆᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐅᑎᕈᒫᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᕝᕙ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ. ᐃᒡᓗᒥᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ, ᓄᑕᕋᖃᖅᖢᖓ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅᑖᖅᓗᖓᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᓕᖅᑕᕋ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓄᐃ. “ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᐅᕙᒻᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ.” ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 13-ᒥ, ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓄᐃᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᖢᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ. “ᓄᓂᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᙱᓕᖅᑎᓐᓇᓱᒃᐸᒃᖢᓂᒋᑦ’ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐸᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᑎᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ. “ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᓅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓂᑰᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ, ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓇᓱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᓪᓗ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᓪᓗ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ.” ᐊᓄᐃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓗᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᕋᒥᐅᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎ ᖃᐃᑕᐅᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. “ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕋᑉᑯ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅᑖᕆᓯᒪᔭᕋ, ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ. ᓄᑲᒃᑲ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᑲᓗ ᐃᓚᒃᑲᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓕᖅᖢᖓᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑑᓂᖓᓄᑦ.” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

“ᖁᔭᓕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᑎᕋᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ.” ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓂ 1987–ᒥ. ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᙳᖅᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᑕᕆᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᙳᖅᓴᖁᔨᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᑖᖁᔨᑉᓗᓂ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓄᐃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᑖᖅᖢᓂ, ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᓕᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᑕᕋᖓᑕ ᐃᓚᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓵᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖁᑉᓗᒍ. “ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ ᐅᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᖓ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᙳᖅᓴᓂᒃᑯᑦ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑲᒥ ᐊᓄᐃ ᓴᓇᖃᑎᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓕ ᑯᓱᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᕙᓪᓕᐊᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᑲᙵᑦ ᐅᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᒃᑯᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓕ ᓴᓇᔭᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓕᐊᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ. “ᓅᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᒐᒪ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᓐᓇᕆᔭᒻᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᒐᒪ ᑕᐃᒻᓇᒎᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᒃᓴᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓇᔭᖅᑕᕋ. ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᒦᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᒃᑲ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᖃᑎᒋᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᑎᕋᒪ ᐊᓈᓇᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒋᓕᓚᐅᖅᑖᖓ ᓴᓇᔭᒃᓴᖅᑖᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᓂᖓ ᐆᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑕᒻᓂᒃ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᖕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ 2-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓕᕙᐃ ᐊᖕᒫᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᕐᒥ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓃᖦᖢᓂ

ᓄᓂᐊ ᐊᓄᐃ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᓂᒃ 2-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᓕᕙᐃ ᐊᖕᒪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ 30 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ.

Nunia Anoee, currently the Grade 2 teacher at Levi Angmak elementary school, has been recognized for her accomplishments and commitment to education after more than 30 years of teaching. Photo courtesy of Nunia Anoee

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓇᓱᒋᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ. “ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᖁᒍᒃᑎᒃ, ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᐅᑎᒋᒃᐸᑦ, ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᑎᓕᕐᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖁᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕋᑉᑕ ᐅᐃᒪᔮᒃᑲᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᐃᒪᔮᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᓗᓂ. “ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑑᓲᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓯᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᑉᓗᒋᑦ.” ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓯᒪᓕᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ 30 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᖅᑑᔭᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᓱᓕ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓪᓚᕆᖕᒪᒍᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑯᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓇᙱᒻᒪᑦ. “ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓇᓱᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᕋᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᖅᑰᖅᑐᖓ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᓘᖕᒪᑕ,” ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖃᓇᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᐊᓘᑉᓗᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᖅ.”

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Kivalliqmiut invited to attend CFL game 10 people from each community in the Kivalliq will be selected to attend an Oct. 8 game in honour of the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

Seventy Kivalliqmiut will have the chance to take in a CFL game in Winnipeg to mark Canada’s first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

In September the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, together with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), Exchange Income Corporation (EIC), and the Edmonton Elks, announced a partnership to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

At the Blue Bombers Oct. 8 home game against the Edmonton Elks, 1,000 members of the Indigenous community will be flown in and hosted for the game.

Seventy tickets have been allocated to the Kivalliq with 10 tickets available to each of the seven communities in the region.

This invitation is being extended to residential school survivors in the Kivalliq Region, and to children 12 and over who are vaccinated.

Although the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is scheduled to take place on Sept. 30 the game will happen on Oct. 8.

During the pre-game warm-up the Blue Bombers and the Elks will wear special orange New Era jerseys to recognize Orange Shirt Day. The jerseys will be made available for an online auction after the game, with funds raised donated to each team’s charity of choice.

The Bombers have chosen Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport Achievement Centre (WASAC), a foundation that helps to remove barriers for thousands of children annually and is Canada’s largest employer for Indigenous children and youth. The Elks will be donating proceeds to Spirit North, a national charitable organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of Indigenous children and youth through the transformative power of sport and play.

Kivalliq residents that qualify to attend the game can apply for tickets on the Kivalliq Inuit Association’s website.

The 70 people who are selected will receive a ticket to the game, round-trip air transportation to Winnipeg, two nights accommodation and a special game day hooded sweatshirt.

ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ Blue Bombers-ᑯᓐᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᔭᒃ ᑯᓚᕈᔅ (8-ᒥᒃ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᓕᒃ) ᐊᖅᓴᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒋᑦᑎᔪᖅ Edmonton Elks-ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᐊᑦᒪᓐᑕᓐ, ᐃᐅᐳᑕᒥ, ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 18, 2021-ᒥ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ 12-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᓗ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᖅᑖᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃ ᐅᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ Football-ᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒋᐊᖅᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᐃᓂᐲᒃᒥ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 8-ᒥ.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros (8) makes the throw against the Edmonton Elks during first half CFL action in Edmonton, Alta., on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Residential school survivors in the Kivalliq Region and children 12 and over who are vaccinated can apply to attend a game in Winnipeg Oct. 8. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson photo

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Arviat teacher honoured with Council of the Federation Literacy Award

In her 32 years of teaching Nunia Anoee has taught most grade levels and been heavily involved in the development of the territory’s Inuktitut curriculum 30 ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓂᐊ ᐊᓄᐃ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᑯᑦ.

After more than 30 years of teaching Nunia Anoee has been recognized for her accomplishments and commitment to education with Nunavut’s Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Photo courtesy of Nunia Anoee

By Cody Punter Northern News Services

When Nunia Anoee decided to move from Sanirajak to Arviat for a teaching job in 1999, she thought she’d only be there for two years.

More than 20 years later, Anoee is being recognized for her accomplishments and commitment to education with Nunavut’s Council of the Federation Literacy Award.

The award is presented to a teacher in each province and territory to celebrate exceptional achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy.

“After my two years I asked if I’m going back to Hall Beach or am I staying. I ended up buying a house, having a child and having a baby. So this is home now,” said Anoee.

“I feel really lucky to have been working with really supportive people.”

On Sept. 13, Premier Joe Savikataaq recognized Anoee’s accomplishments in the legislative assembly “Nunia is dedicated to meeting students where they are at and helping strengthen students’ Inuktitut language skills at all ages, and she encompasses all the qualities of a leader of literacy promotion,” said Savikataaq. “While her studies and work have taken her to different communities across the territory, she recognizes the importance of learning different dialects of Inuktitut to facilitate more meaningful communication with Elders, community members, students and family.”

Anoee told Kivalliq News she didn’t think the award was such a big deal at first.

“When I read it in an email, I thought that’s great. Then my sisters and family were happy about it and it made me realize it is exciting” she said.

“I’m very grateful for the people who have submitted my name.”

Anoee started her career off as a classroom assistant in 1987. After a couple of years in that position, Anoee decided to pursue further education to become a teacher.

“We had a principal who was really helpful and encouraged assistants to achieve their Northern Native Teacher Certificates,” said Anoee.

Her studies took her to Iqaluit where she worked towards her

degree, taking a brief break to return to Hall Beach so one of her children could attend kindergarten.

‘From there I went back to Iqaluit to finish the BA program,” she said.

When she finished school Anoee ended up working alongside Nellie Kusugak to develop Inuktitut language programming for the territory. Following that she headed back to Hall Beach where she taught different levels of school until she applied for the job that would take her to Arviat.

“I moved to Arviat after seeing a job advertisement in Nunatsiaq News and a friend told me I would enjoy doing the work that was advertised. I got interviewed but then through the summer I went camping from my parents. Then when we got back my mom wrote to me to let me know I got the job I wanted,” she said.

Throughout her school career Anoee has taught at all levels, from kindergarten to high school. She has also taken intermittent breaks to work with the department of education on improving the Inuktitut programming for the territory.

She is currently the Grade 2 teacher at Levi Angmak elementary school.

Although she spent her first few years in Arviat teaching Inuktitut in high school she later decided to return to working with primary school children because she thought she could have a greater impact on younger students.

“If you want the best for your students, no matter what program you have, how good it is, you have to adjust it to the students. We have kids with short attention spans now, so you have to come up with ways to keep their attention,” she said.

“Sometimes it’s challenging but it’s rewarding when you see the progress.”

Although Anoee has been teaching for more than 30 years she isn’t showing any signs of showing down. She said she loves what she does and working with the students keeps her busy.

“Sometimes I feel like I’m ready but then again as long as I’m able-bodied I don’t think I want to retire. There’s just so much to do,” she said.

“Sometimes it is tiring and challenging, but the reward of seeing the change is awesome.”

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