Kivalliq News, Oct. 11, 2023 edition

Long line for good food

ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᑕᕿᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ

ᓂᕿᑦᓯᐊᕙᖕᓂᒃ Thanksgiving dinners provided by mental health department

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᕆᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ

ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ

Hundreds of people came out, right on time, for some free turkey takeout dinners courtesy of the mental health department in Rankin Inlet Friday, Oct. 6.

The line started early and by the time 5 p.m. hit, the parking lot of the Tapariit complex was jam-packed with dozens, if not hundreds, of people waiting their turn for takeout.

Several organizations provided donations to make the event a success, and it included prizes such as Canadian North and Calm Air tickets.

With the first flakes of snow scattering earlier in the day and a warm sun sending off the evening, residents headed home with their dinners to enjoy the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Stewart Burnett/NNSL

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔾᔨᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᑕᓪᓕᒥᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 6. ᓂᕆᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓵᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 5−ᒧᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓇᒃᑰᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑕᕐᕕᒃ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑕᑕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐅᐸᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ, 100− ᓃᑦᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑕᕿᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒐᓴᐃᓪᓗ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ

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Ulukhaktok Gameti Behchoko

AROUND Kivalliq

with Stewart Burnett

Fire prevention week sparks reminders

Sakku’s new medical boarding home opens

Kugaaruk Naujaat

ᓴᒃᑯ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᔨᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᓗ ᑏᓄ ᐳᕉᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖅ ᑯᓄ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖂᑕᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᑦᓯᕐᒥ, ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 4-ᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔪᑦ ᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᔨᑦ

Sanikiluaq

Nunavut

Nunavut Fire Marshal’s Office sent out a reminder press release regarding some home safety tips in association with this year’s Fire Prevention Week.

This year’s campaign, titled “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire prevention.”, highlights the significant role of cooking-related incidents as the primary cause of home fires and injuries, stated the release.

“Among these occurrences, unattended cooking stands out as the leading factor contributing to cooking fires and associated fatalities.”

These tips were recommended:

Watch what you heat: Always maintain a close watch on your cooking activities and consider setting a timer to help you stay aware while cooking.

Turn pot handles toward the back: Ensure pot handles are turned away from the front of the stove. Keep a lid nearby and in case of a small grease fire, cover the pan and promptly turn off the burner.

Create a “kid- and pet-free zone”: Establish a clear zone of at least three feet (1 meter) around stoves, grills, and any areas where hot food or drinks are prepared or carried.

“It’s important for Nunavut businesses to consistently maintain their kitchen fire suppression systems, keeping them clear of grease and debris to guarantee their effective functioning in case of a fire,” stated the release.

“Additionally, regular fire drill practices should be conducted throughout the year to make sure that all occupants and employees are fully familiar with fire response procedures.”

The Nunavut Fire Marshal’s office is also reminding Nunavummiut to regularly test their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors during the year to ensure they are operating properly.

“These detectors play a critical role in providing early warnings in the event of a fire at home or in a business,” stated the release.

Passport reminder for AWGs Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut is reminding participants who plan on attending the 2024 Arctic Winter Games to make sure their passports are up to date.

Team Nunavut will travel to Mat-Su, Alaska, for the 2024 Arctic Winter Games. To register with Team Nunavut, all participants – including athletes, coaches, managers, cultural performers, and youth ambassadors – must demonstrate they possess a valid passport.

Athletes who are considering trying out for Team Nunavut in their respective sport are encouraged to start the passport application process now, stated the government.

Sport organizations will be required to submit their list of athletes who are eligible to attend the Arctic Winter Games in December 2023, and will be required to provide proof of valid passports.

Individuals who have a passport are reminded to check the expiry date. Passports will be required to be valid to travel March 9 to March 16, 2024.

Winnipeg building used to be the Clarion Hotel

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Local Journalism Initiative

With a goal to be able to serve more Kivalliq medical patients in a nicer facility when they travel south for care, Sakku Investments Ltd. officially opened its Uquutaq medical boarding home in Winnipeg Wednesday, Oct. 4.

“Today is an important day to celebrate this new facility for our people,” stated Dino Bruce, chairman of Sakku’s board of directors, in a news release.

“The name Uquutaq, in Inuktitut, means shelter, a place to rest and stay warm. This new facility will provide comfort to travellers for the nearly 70,000 bed nights when they have to leave our region to seek medical care in the south.”

Upward of 200 people per day from the Kivalliq are assessed and referred for medical travel and appointments. The new facility, which used to the Clarion Hotel in the Polo Park area of Winnipeg, has 139 rooms and 40,000 square feet of commercial office space and event areas. It replaces the Kivalliq Inuit Centre, which often faced criticism about its services or the fact that when it became full, overflow travellers would be sent to other hotels in Winnipeg, causing stress for patients and their escorts.

Key to the new facility, says Sakku, is cultural space for programming and services to better meet the needs of care for medical travellers.

“Travelling for medical services is a challenging and stressful time for families and this wonderful facility will better

meet the needs of Kivallirmiut,” stated Kivalliq Inuit Association President Kono Tattuinee. “The KIA is pleased to support Sakku and to see their investments resulting in improved services and health outcomes delivered for Nunavummiut.”

Sakku purchased the building earlier this year and secured a short-term contract with the Government of Nunavut to provide medical boarding home services for travellers, which includes airport pickup, accommodations, meals, cultural spaces and transportation to medical appointments and services.

ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᐊᕌᖓᑕ, ᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᔨᑦ ᓚᒥᑎᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖂᑕᕐᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖕᒥᒃ ᕙᓂᐹᖕᒥ ᐱᖓᑦᓯᕐᒥ, ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 4-ᒥ. ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᕈᓐᓇᕋᑦᑕ ᓄᑖᒥ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑏᓄ ᐳᕉᔅ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ ᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᖂᑕᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ, ᑕᖃᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᖅᑰᓴᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐃᒡᓕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ 70,000ᑲᓴᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᓕᕌᖓᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᑦ 200ᑲᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕐᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ

ᐊᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ Clarion Hotel ᑖᕙᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ Polo Park ᕙᓂᐹᖕᒥ, 139-ᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᑕᖃᖅᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 40,000 ᓯᑯᐊ ᕖᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᑕᖅᑕᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓐᑐᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᒍᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᑕᓗᐊᕌᖓᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᖑᓗᐊᕌᖓᑕᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᕙᓂᐹᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪ, ᐃᓚᖏᓪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᓕᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ.

ᐃᖢᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᒃᑯᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓕᖁᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑯᓄ ᑕᑦᑐᐃᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕋᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᖅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ.

ᓴᒃᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᑉᓱᒥᖓ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᑖᖅ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑖᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓪᓗ ᑐᔪᒥᕕᒃᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᐃᒃᖠᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᖕᒥᓲᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥᑦ, ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕐᕕᖃᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ, ᓂᕿᖃᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ, ᐃᓕᖁᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑎᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᒡᔭᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᐃᓂᕐᓗ.

Minister of Health John Main, left, is seen with Sakku Investments Chairman Dino Bruce and Kivalliq Inuit Association President Kono Tattuinee at the official opening of Uquutq Wednesday, Oct. 4. Photo courtesy of Sakku Investments

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Life lessons include navigating mental health challenges

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Local Journalism Initiative Rankin Inlet

For Helen Iguptaq, a key to maintaining her mental health is not responding to hate with more hate.

“Teenagers today, they tend to fight back, talk back,” said Iguptaq, who was telling stories to youth last week as part of an initiative hosted by Live for Life and Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre in Rankin Inlet. “They need more advice from Elders about moral values.”

She tells young people to be good to each other and ignore people bringing negativity.

“That’s how we were taught – not to talk back or hit back, even if somebody hit us or verbally abused us.”

If you respond to hate with more hate, “that’s when you’re going to be the loser,” said Iguptaq.

For Louie Innukshuk, another Elder telling stories, he said it’s important to respect the Elders.

The program ran all week in the evenings, with about a dozen youth attending the session Friday, Oct. 6. After some country food, youth ages 10 and above joined Elders on the couches of Rankin Inlet’s drop-in centre to hear their wisdom and ask questions.

“I think the Elders really enjoy telling their stories and how they lived in their childhood,” said Nicole Ymana, president of Live for Life, an organization that began before Covid with the goal of spreading mental health awareness in Rankin Inlet and beyond.

“We wanted to help the community out by bringing people together and celebrating life,” said Ymana about the group, which paused operations during the pandemic but is up and running again.

For Ymana, hunting is her key to mental clarity.

“That’s what I do when I feel like crap,” she said.

“I go on the land and just go hunting. To me it feels like you connect to the nature. It’s so peaceful there, no traffic, you see one hunter or two here and there.

For me, that’s therapy.”

She thanked Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre for help in making the Elder-youth storytelling a success, and she hopes to continue running regular events again with Live for Life.

Elders and youth gather around for a storytelling session as part of Live for Life and Pulaarvik Kablu Friendship Centre’s week-long initiative in Rankin Inlet. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Helen Iguptaq talks about the importance of not responding to hate with hate. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Louie Innukshuk grabs some food before diving into a storytelling session with youth. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Water off a duck’s back

Elder advice is good, though easier said than done

Helen Iguptaq had some sage advice for managing one’s mental health recently: that hate and anger toward you should be ignored, as responding with more hate and anger only drags you down as well.

That’s the same advice my mother has, and I’ve always marvelled at her ability to let mistreatment roll off her like “water off a duck’s back.”

In the moment, it can be a hard ideal to live up to. We seem to have a deep need to get back at people who wrong us. It’s even more difficult when the person has intentionally wronged you, and you feel it necessary for them to know just how badly they’ve treated you.

There’s also an element of evening the score. If someone wrongs you, and you walk away without responding, are you down 1-0? Have you submitted to the superior alpha and let them know they are on top? Mustn’t you fight for your honour back?

As Iguptaq knows, and we all do over time, hell is a bottomless pit because no matter how bad it seems, we can always make it a lot worse. The sobering realization is that by responding to hate with hate, we are damaging our own mental health and sinking into some dark quicksand.

As Confucius put it, “It is easy to hate and

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it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”

Giving in to our scornful emotions is easy. There’s nothing easier than responding to hate with more of it and joining the fight. The hard thing to do is to turn away and feel sure of yourself despite not evening the score or paying someone back for what they did to you.

Achieving great things is never easy. If it were, they wouldn’t be great – they’d be common, simple and not notable. Being able to turn the other cheek and continue on your positive life is a great achievement.

To end on a controversial note, there’s a lot of social narrative these days about feeling one’s emotions. There may be good advice in that, but one might wonder if it also leads to people sinking into those emotions and becoming unable to overcome them. As the philosopher Seneca put it, we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

There’s something to be said for a more Stoic ideal of using self-control and fortitude to let hate pass by you like the wind. Two quotes from Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius seem relevant: “The best answer to anger is silence” and “The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.”

Blake Sukuluk Bruce is seen here with a seal he got from the Rankin dock late September, along with older brother Budge Bruce. Photo courtesy of Noel Kaludjak

Two vie for Baker Lake mayor

Kevin Iksiktaaryuk and James Taipana will be on fall election ballots

ment and developing five-, 10- and 20-year strategic plans for infrastructure, economic growth and social programs.

Kevin Iksiktaaryuk came second in Baker Lake’s 2019 municipal election for mayor, losing out to Richard Aksawnee by 46 votes.

He got back on council due to a vacancy in 2022, and now he’s aiming for the mayor’s seat again alongside candidate James Taipana.

“I’m running for mayor because I want to continue the good work that our hamlet has been doing,” said Iksiktaaryuk.

Born in Baker Lake, he also previously served on hamlet council in 2017 and has worked for the Government of Nunavut and Qulliq Energy Corporation.

But it was his time at Nunavut Sivuniksavut that steered him toward politics and ignited his passion to do good for his community.

“I like to help people,” said Iksiktaaryuk, adding that his priority is to improve engagement with residents through better communications from the hamlet. “I feel like we can always improve communication, just to streamline things and make things easier for the community.”

His next priority would be economic develop-

“Transparency is an important thing for me,” said Iksiktaaryuk. “If I get elected into office, I want to help educate the community on what hamlet’s capable of, but also what our limitations are.”

There are a lot of expectations to fix problems, but the hamlet doesn’t always have the resources to tackle certain issues and runs a fairly right budget, he said. He’d like to keep meeting minutes updated and increase the hamlet’s “social footprint” in the community.

“My time at council has been very educational for me in how municipalities run, running a balanced budget and all the different subcommittees that exist,” he said.

Taipana declined an interview with Kivalliq News.

Candidates for Baker Lake’s hamlet council include Eva Elytook, David Owingayak, Adham Adose, Trevor Attungala, Aquilla Amaruq, Michael Akilak, Becky Tootoo, Siobhan Doherty-Iksiktaaryuk. Eric John Tapatai, Salomonie Pootoogook, Michael Mautaritnaaq and Grace Tagoona.

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Nunavut tests full-day kindergarten

Chesterfield Inlet, Whale Cove schools part of initiative

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Victor Sammurtok School in Chesterfield Inlet and Inuglak School in Whale Cove are two of five schools testing full-day kindergarten in the territory for the 2023-24 school year.

The pilot program is the first step to help guide a phased system-wide rollout, the Department of Education told Kivalliq News in an email.

“Piloting the expansion of FDK (full-day kindergarten) in five select schools will help to ensure that the expanded programming is beneficial for students and staff,” stated the department.

A working group, comprising Inuit educators and kindergarten teachers from across Nunavut, was established to develop recommendations on how to use the additional instruction time to ensure that full-day kindergarten offers an “educationally beneficial” experience for students.

To that end, the working group has recommended that the program promote a holistic, integrated approach grounded in Inuit Qaujimajatuqangiit principles; be play-based; emphasize additional instructional time in the Inuit language, literacy and numeracy; and prioritize learning across a range of areas including physical, social and emotional health and wellness.

The other schools participating in the trial run are Nanook School in Apex, Qaqqalik School in Kimmirut and Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik in Kugluktuk.

As for Victor Sammurtok School in Chesterfield Inlet, the school has seen some physical changes to accommodate the program, includ-

ing installation of a new sink, patched walls and new furniture. As of early October, there were six students registered in the program.

“The FDK program is well supported by the Chesterfield Inlet DEA and parents,” stated the department in an email. “Parents have said that the FDK is a blessing. Parents who work are happy and some parents are also at the school working.”

For Whale Cove, the school has seen several physical changes to accommodate full-day kindergarten including new bathroom accessories, a new door, new toilet and sink and new furniture.

“The program is taught by a qualified teacher who attended the FDK training in Iqaluit,” stated the department. “Our teacher feedback is that the training was a good opportunity for her to learn more about teaching and learning at kindergarten level.”

There were 13 students enrolled in the program at the Whale Cove school as of press time.

Currently, not all schools in Nunavut have the required space or resources to support full-day kindergarten, said the department, which is developing a long-term plan for the sustainable implementation of the program in all schools.

Phase 2 of the rollout will see the department focus on schools that would be the most cost-effective options in terms of renovations.

Currently, the department is considering schools in seven communities for the second phase of the rollout.

“Lessons learned from the pilot will be used to inform the Department of Education’s longterm plan and ensure that all schools in Nunavut are adequately prepared to offer full-day kindergarten in their communities,” stated the department.

Victor Sammurtok School, seen here during Pink Shirt Day in 2019, is one of two Kivalliq schools testing full-day kindergarten this school year. NNSL file photo

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