Nunavut News, Dec. 2 Edition

ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ 25 'ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓚᖅ' ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᙱᓗᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᐅᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ

Volume 74 Issue 31 MONDAY, December 2, 2019

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Whooping cough confirmed in Iqaluit

Teachers fleeing North: NTA Nunavut Teachers' Association tells Bill 25 hearing third of all educators leave every year

Jagmeet and greet

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Jagmeet Singh and Mumilaaq Qaqqaq greet supporters at the Black Heart cafe in Iqaluit on Nov. 30, 2019.

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"Unless we have Inuit in every different sector promoting Inuit rights and benefits then it will be status quo."

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ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓄᑦ

ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ: ᑲᕙᓐ ᓕᒐᐃᔅ

ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ/Cambridge Bay

ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓂ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᕆᔭᐅᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᓂᒡᓚᓱᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᓂ ᒪᖁᒃᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᖃᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᕿᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᖅᑭᒃᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᕿᕿᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖄᖓᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᒥ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓂ ᐊᒡᒐᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑑᒥᓃᒃ ᕙᐅᑑ, ᒥᖅᑯᓕᖕᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒥᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓯᓚᒥᑦ. ᑐᖁᖓᔪᓂ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᐊᕙᐃᒥ ᐊᒡᒐᒃᑐᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑎᓯᔪᒥ ᐊᐳᒻᒥ ᐃᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑖᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᑐᕐᙱᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕚᐅᑑᒧᑦ. ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒦᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 28–ᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂ ᒪᑎᐅᓪᑦ ᐳᐊᕆᐊᐃᒥ, Ph.D–ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᓚᕚᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥ. ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᓯᒋᐊᖅᐸᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑕᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᓂᕿᑐᖅᑎᓂ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓂ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐅᒃᐱᒡᔪᐊᑦ, ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᕆᐊᑦ (ᐸᒥᐅᑭᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᒃᓯᒃ) ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓂᕆᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓂ. ᕙᐅᓲ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᐊᕆᐊᐃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕇᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓛᖅᑐᒥ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖓ, ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 23 1-ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᖓ, ᓯᓚᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᕼᐋᑭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ!

WINNER: Kevin Lagace Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet's new arena, set for grand opening Saturday, Nov. 23 a 1 p.m. and me, outside ready to play hockey!

please see Researcher, page 12

ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ

ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ (HTO) ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

25–ᓂ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᕐᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᕗᑦ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᓇᑦᑎᑦ, ᐊᕿᒡᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓄᑦ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂ ᐊᑐᓲᖑᕗᑦ $30,000– ᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒫᓐᑕ ᑐᒫᓐᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᖅ ᓂᕿᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᕙᒌᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᒥᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᒫᓐᑦᒧᑦ.

ᓵᓕ ᑐᑭᒥ

ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ

ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᑐᑭᒥ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ 12-ᓂ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᒥ ᐊᒡᒍᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᓵᑦᑑᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᒥᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᕈᒻᒥᑕᒐᒃᓴᒥᑦ.

ᒪᑕ ᑭᖕᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᓄᑲᖅᖠᖅ ᑭᖕᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᑕᓯᖓᓂ.

ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ

ᐃᖅᑲᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ

please see Country, page 12

ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓃᑉᐳᑦ

ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ

ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᖅᑭᒃᑕᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ $1.3-ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ-ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ. ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᖄᖓᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᖄᖓᓃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᑎᒐᓚᖕᒪᑕ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᐊᖏᓛᖓᓂ 10 ᑭᓗᕚᑦᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐅᕘᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐅᑎᙳᐊᒥ ᐆᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᒥᑦ ᖄᖏᐅᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᖄᖓᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖁᐊᖃᐅᑎᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᕙᙶᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 2020 Catalyst ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᓴᒥ– ᐊᑐᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ.

please see Renewable, page 12

Sally Tookoome

Martha Kingmiaqtuq Baker Lake

David Tookoome, age 12, helping cut up caribou meat to cook fried caribou for supper.

Taloyoak

Andrew Jr. Kingmiaqtuq, summer time rodding in Pangnirqtuq Lake.

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amazing on-the-land stories

ᑐᕇᓇ ᒎᑦᑎᐊᐃ

ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ

ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 15–ᒥ ᐹᓪ ᒎᑦᑎᐊᐃᒧᑦ.

ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

Trena Gauthier Sunset in Qikiqtarjuaq, taken Nov. 15 by Paul Gauthier.

Qikiqtarjuaq

ᒪᑕ ᑭᖕᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᓄᒐᕼᐊᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᓯᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 23, 2019–ᒥ.

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ

Martha Kingmiaqtuq Three-year-old Nugahak looking for tuktu in Taloyoak on Aug. 23, 2019.

Taloyoak

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Udlu Hanson says she's here to benefit Inuit news

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Baffinland VP aims to maximize perks for communities

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Nunavut

Editor's note: The interview for this story took place prior to Baffinland's announcement that 586 contract employees were being laid off. Hanson was contacted again after that news came out but she deferred to another Baffinland executive for comment.

Udlu Hanson has heard many people express surprise that she joined a mining company.

She'd spent many years defining and fighting for Inuit rights and benefits, including as a chief negotiator with land claims organization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI).

"Unless we have Inuit in every different sector promoting Inuit rights and benefits then it will be status quo. We'll continue have people from the south filling positions," says Hanson, who accepted the role of Baffinland Iron Mines' vice-president of community and strategic development in June. "The decisions that my department makes, that I represent, will always be based on benefitting Inuit through employment, training, jobs and support to the communities."

Another condition of her employment is that Oakville, Ont.-based Baffinland would increase its presence in Nunavut.

"Iqaluit is going to see a huge expansion of the office, especially if phase two (of the mine plan) is approved," she said. "We're going to see a huge presence in Nunavut."

Hanson grew up at ease with industry. Her father ran a construction and heavy equipment firm in Apex, outside Iqaluit. She started sweeping floors as an 11-year-old. Then she made regular trips to the post office and answered the office phones.

"Before I knew it, I was running the business as office manager," she recalls. "It was a lot of work ethic that was instilled in me at a young age.

I learned what it meant to put food on the table through hard work, dedication and a lot of passion."

She fondly recalls going on weekly camping trips with her family as a girl and playing outside in Apex until her father's whistle caused her sisters to come running home at night.

"The simplest things brought the most pleasure and wonderful memories," she says.

She earned a business

administration degree from Okanagan College and a bachelor of education from Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. She spent time as an economic development officer with NTI and also served as deputy minister of Economic Development and Transportation with the Government of Nunavut.

Baffinland has spent much of the past couple of years trying to advance its stage two proposal.

It would entail an increase to 12-million tonnes of iron ore annually, up from the current six million tonnes, as well as the associated rise in shipping.

There would also be a 110-km railway stretching from Mary River to Milne Inlet. The concept has created apprehension from some Qikiqtani residents regarding impacts on wildlife.

"There are environmental concerns when you're involved in a mining operation, most definitely. We can't overlook them or pretend they don't exist. We can't also try to minimize people's concerns. If they have concerns we want to hear them," says Hanson. "We should be held accountable, not just during the permitting process but on a daily basis ... the only way I could be working for Baffinland is to believe that the company is trying to do the work that they do in an environmentally sustainable way."

The time and resources devoted to this second phase of the mine has not allowed Hanson to devote more of her attention to advancing community initiatives.

"It's been a little trying at times," she said. "But we're doing well and managing and after this is completed we'll be able to focus 100 per cent of our time on (community development)."

In the coming months, with support from existing Baffinland community liaison officers in Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Iglulik and Hall Beach and a growing number of community resource coordinators, Hanson plans to reinforce the benefits that are available such as the wildlife compensation fund, harvesters enabling program, marine research equipment program, scholarships, school lunch program, summer camp and the community wellness program.

"We (want to) have communities that are really thriving and taking full advantage of all the benefits that the company could be offering," she says.

Hanson, whose office is in

Iqaluit, says some of the common feedback she hears in the communities pertains to jobs and training, the contracting of Inuit firms and royalties.

"Inuit employment is really important. If we could increase our employment to more representative levels (of Inuit) – I know every organization in Nunavut is trying to do the same," she says.

"That's obviously the quickest and easiest way to make a difference in somebody's home is to have them employed with your organization."

She had the pleasure of being part of a Baffinland delegation that travelled to Arctic Bay in August and made a $50,000 donation toward the Arctic Bay reopening of the Tununirusiq Daycare, closed for several years.

Hanson says a community member approached the mining company's CEO and a poignant moment ensued.

"She extended her hand and said, I'm so happy that you guys came to our community and you're supporting us. She said, 'I have a number of friends and family who work with Baffinland.' As corny as it sounds it does put a lump in your throat. It was wonderful to hear," says Hanson. "We know we're not perfect. We know we've got a long way to go."

ᐅᓪᓗ ᕼᐋᓐᓴᓐ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ–ᑐᒡᓕᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓐᓂ, ᓇᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᒥ ᖄᐱᒃ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥ.

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Udlu Hanson, Baffinland's vice-president of community and strategic development, stands with elder Qaapik Attagutsiak in Arctic Bay.

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There's more to art than money Debate heats up after NYT article declares that art has failed to lift Inuit out of poverty

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Iglulik

As debate rages over the role of artwork in enriching the lives of Inuit, spurred by a New York Times article, Iglulik carver Bart Hanna says creating art means more than a pay cheque.

"It's not only the money. I enjoy doing it," said Hanna.

"When I'm doing artwork ...

I forget everything and I feel much better."

He could have pursued work as a janitor but he preferred to chisel away at his carvings in his workshop and then be free to go hunting as he chose, he said.

Hanna's large limestone carving of Sedna, a legendary Inuit sea goddess, was commissioned by the House of Commons and it took him 12 months to complete. It was unveiled in Ottawa in April and will be viewed by hundreds of thousands of Canadian and international visitors to Parliament's Centre Block.

He acknowledged that being an artist isn't a lucrative living and there have been plenty of lean years. He said he's "blessed" that his spouse has a government job.

"If she didn't it would be very hard," he admitted.

It would have been more profitable to eliminate the "middle man" – dealers, galleries and auction houses – and sell his art pieces directly to customers over the years, Hanna acknowledged.

At age 71, he said he's not about to explore marketing options through the internet, he laughed.

Controversy in art An article titled "Drawn from poverty: Art was supposed to save Canada's Inuit.

It hasn't" by New York Times' Canada bureau chief Catherine Porter, published on Oct. 19, has tipped off a great deal of deliberation and discussion.

Porter profiled Cape Dorset artist Ooloosie Saila's talents and achievements, describing her as a "rising star" in the Canadian art world. The journalist also painted a bleak picture of Saila's personal life and hometown, characterizing Cape Dorset as "plagued by poverty, alcoholism and domestic abuse."

Art, according to Porter, was supposed to help lift Inuit out of financial hardship. Yet "the vast majority eke out a living, often below the poverty line," she wrote.

She cited a government estimate that most Nunavut artists earn little more than

$2,000 annually.

The newspaper article drew the ire of Inuit art dealer and acclaimed filmmaker John Houston, who spent part of his childhood growing up in Cape Dorset. His parents marketed Inuit art. He argued that local artwork has helped boost the stature of Inuit, with carvings and prints being displayed internationally and "inspiring humanity."

Houston condemned Porter for "perpetuating harmful and racist stereotypes about addiction and poverty." Inuit are still fighting to overcome generations of oppression and marginalization, he stated.

"The instances of dysfunction that Ms. Porter catalogues are there, but they are symptoms of something systemic, something pervasive – the multi-generational trauma of colonialism. Today, this is generally-accepted fact and yet colonialism is not even mentioned in her piece," Houston wrote in a social media post.

Pocket knives to modern tools Hanna got involved in artwork in the 1960s after watching his father carving small qajaqs for workers on the DEW Line.

As a teenager, he also

ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᑉ ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇ ᓇᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᑎᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓯᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕᒥ.

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Iglulik's Bart Hanna poses with his Sedna carving that was commissioned by the federal government to be on display in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa in April. got to see people from other Northern communities make carvings and drawings in a Toronto hospital, where they were being treated for tuberculosis.

"We could make seals and walrus and hunting scenes.

Some guy started to help sell soapstone... you could even carve with a pocket knife, it

was so soft," he recalled. "One guy was coming in and buying all the carvings."

Hanna emphasized that funding programs available to contemporary artists through the Department of Economic Development are helpful to acquire carving tools, which he said have become powerful but also very expensive.

"They cut like butter," he said of modern electric tools.

Hanna has an art show planned in B.C. next year. He heads out to his carving workshop eagerly most days, but it can be a chore, he admitted.

"Sometimes it's kind of tiring but I think everything else is like that in the world," he said.

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'When I'm out there, I feel free' Resolute's Devon Manik is evolving his love of dog-sledding into a way to make a living

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Qausuittuq/Resolute

The magnificence of the landscape, the sun on the horizon and the rhythmic pounding of his dog team's paws on the snowy ground have proven to be big boosts to Devon Manik's mindset.

"Before I started all this, I was not in a good place, I was depressed," he said. "It's the reason I started doing photography and dog-sledding ... When I'm out there, I feel free. It's just so beautiful every time I go out."

Although late fall and winter literally bring darkness to Resolute until early February, Manik is excited about being on the verge of officially getting his dog team outfitting business up and running. He plans to cater to visitors to Resolute who want to get out and see the surrounding landmarks.

"I want to do what I love," he said.

Tudjaat Outfitting is named in homage to what his grandparents' family used to call the area when they lived on Somerset Island.

Manik, 18, learned how to train his adult dogs by watching online videos from Greenland. Teaching them to stop was the most difficult part.

"It took about a year to finally get them to do what I wanted," he said, laughing.

The dogs are content to run for

about four hours per day, he said.

They're also invaluable in getting him to his cabin, approximately 30 km northwest of Resolute and to hunting locations, including seal breathing holes. He picked up his hunting skills from his grandfather, grandmother and Tabitha Mullin, he said.

Manik, who graduated from high school this year, has also harvested muskoxen, caribou, polar bears, narwhal and a wolf. He took two beluga whales over the summer in the nearby bay while in his qajaq.

"You don't really need to throw hard if your harpoon is sharp," he said of his ability to hunt the whales even though he was seated in the notoriously wobbly vessel. "You just got to get the harpoon head in there and once it's in there the rope is attached to a buoy and you're good."

With so much of his time spent on the land, there are periodic mishaps and close encounters with wildlife, he admitted.

He's had polar bears approach him and his dogs while they were at seal holes waiting for their prey.

On one of those occasions he fired a round into the air and scared off the predator, which had reared up on its hind legs. The other confrontation with a mother and cub ended when he hurriedly jumped aboard his kick sled and started mushing his team.

"The bears took off. They were

afraid of the dogs," he recalled.

In June, he travelled past his cabin along the river on the hunt for a muskox when the snowmobile he and his cousin were riding demonstrated that it was less reliable than his sled dogs.

The engine blew and they had to hike four hours back to his cabin. The next day it was another eight hours of walking to get back to Resolute.

Manik recently earned a President's award from land claims organization Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated. He also received praise from Quttiktuq MLA David Akeeagok in the legislative assembly on Oct. 25 and it wasn't a first.

"I have mentioned Devon Manik in this House a number of times because I'm very proud of him," said Akeeagok. "He completely embraces Inuit culture and I thank him and thank the President Aluki Kotierk and Nunavut Tunngavik for recognizing this student."

ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᑕᕙᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖓᓗ, ᑐᙵᕕᕐᔪᐊᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ, ᑐᔾᔮᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐳᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓂᒃ "ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓂ."

Resolute's Devon Manik with his dog team, which is the backbone of his outfitting business, Tudjaat Outfitting. David Akeeagok, the MLA who represents Resolute, says Manik "completely embraces Inuit culture." photos courtesy of Devon Manik

'ᑕᖅᑳᓃᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᖅᑑᔮᖅᐳᖓ' ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᑕᕙᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᕐᔪᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᕈᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ, ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᖓᓕᒃᐸᓕᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᕿᒻᒥᖓᑕ ᐃᓯᒐᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐳᑎᓕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᖁᕝᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᕙᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ. "ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑳᕐᓂᓐᓂ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓᓕᒫᖅ, ᐃᓂᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᒦᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ, ᓂᑲᓪᓗᖓᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖅᐸᒃᖢᖓ... ᑕᖅᑳᓃᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᖅᑑᔮᖅᐳᖓ. ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᐃᓐᓇᓲᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᑐᐊᕌᖓᒪ." ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᕐᔪᐊᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ ᑖᖏᓐᓇᒐᓚᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᕕᕈᐊᕆ ᓄᙳᐊᓄᑦ, ᒪᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᑎᓐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᔾᔨᕙᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐳᓚᕋᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑯᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. "ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑐᔾᔮᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᓂᖅ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᖏᑕ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑎᑉᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑰᒐᓇᔫᑉ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᒪᓂᒃ, 18, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ

ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᑕᕙᓐ ᒪᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᑎᓐᓂᖓᓂ.

ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᕿᒻᒥᖏᓐᓂ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑲᓛᖦᖠᐅᑉ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᓛᖑᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᐸᓗᖕᒥ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔪᒪᔭᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᒡᓚᖅᖢᓂ. ᕿᒻᒥᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᑦ ᐅᓪᓚᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕐᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕐᔪᐊᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᕐᒧᐊᕈᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ, 30 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᒥ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒡᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒡᓗᓄᑦ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖅᑖᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ, ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐱᓴ ᒪᓕᓐᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᒪᓂᒃ, ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂᑦ, ᑐᒃᑐᓂᑦ, ᓇᓄᕐᓂ, ᐊᓪᓚᙳᐊᑦ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᒥᑦ. ᐊᐅᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑐᖂᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒥ ᖃᔭᕐᒥᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ. "ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕆᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᓈᑦ ᐃᐱᑦᑎᐊᕈᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᒃᓴᕋᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒥ. "ᐅᓈᖓ ᐃᓗᐊᓄᐊᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ

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Devon Manik of Resolute is on the verge of getting his outfitting business, Tudjaat Outfitting up and running.

ᐃᓗᐊᓅᕈᓂ ᐊᒃᖢᓈᖅ ᐊᑕᕗᖅ ᐊᕙᑕᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᕗᖅ." ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᒐᔪᒃᖢᓂ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᓚᐅᓱᖓᕐᒥ ᐱᕐᕈᓗᐊᕿᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᖅᓯᑲᓴᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓇᓄᕐᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᒻᒥᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᒡᓗᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᒃᐸᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᑉᐸᐅᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᐸᑎᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ, ᓇᖏᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐹᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑎᖅᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᑎᖅᑕᓛᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᑭᑲᐅᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᖃᒧᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᓕᖅᖢᓂ. "ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᕿᒫᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᕿᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ," ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᕗᖅ. ᔫᓂᒥ, ᐊᐅᓪᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖓᑕ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᑕᐅᕘᓇ ᑰᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒐᓱᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓯᑭᑑᖓ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓪᓗᖓᓗ ᐊᖁᑕᖓᑦ ᐱᐅᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᒻᒥᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖓ ᐊᔪᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓱᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᒧᑦ. ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ 8-ᓂ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓱᒃᑭᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑎᒧᑦ. ᒪᓂᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᒋᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕝᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 25–ᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᓚᐅᙱᓚᖓ.

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ᕿᓂᕆᑦ ᐃᓗᑐᔪᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓚᐅᕐᓚᕗᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᓚᑦ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍᓪ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒥᓕᐊᓐ–ᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐅᓪᓘᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᑎᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑎᒻᒪᕆᐊᓃᑦᑐᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓇᖅᓯᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 586–ᖑᔪᓂ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᓄᓘᔭᕐᓂ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ "ᓇᓗᓇᕈᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ" ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ. ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒥ ᐊᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ 6 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᑕᓐᓂ 12– ᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᓗᑎᒃ 110-ᑭᓛᒥᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑯᑖᒧᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓈᒻᒪᒡᓗᓂ, ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᓗᐊᕐᓂᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᒧᑦ

ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ ᓱᔪᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓴᓇᔨᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. ᑐᓄᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 6–ᒥ, ᑎᒃᑯᐊᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᓄᑦ, ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᓱᕋᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ. "ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖓᓂ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᕙᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᓱᓕᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ," ᖃᒪᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᔨᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖃᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᐅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ 25 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥᒃ, ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ 14 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒧᑦ 2018–ᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ

ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ (Q-STEP), ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ,ᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᓇᐃᓴᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᓵᙵᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᔭᐅᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓂᑯᒥ–ᐊᒻᒪ–ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔭᐅᓂᑰᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐅᓪᓗ ᕼᐋᓐᓯᓐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑉ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ, ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐃᑲᔪᕋᔭᕆᕗᖅ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓄᑦ, ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓄᑦ, ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᕕᕐᓄᑦ, ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᒋᔭᐅᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ. ᓴᒃᑯᐃᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐃᓯᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᙱᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᖅ. ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑯᑦ.

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Let's face it, not all mining companies play nice.

Some mines in Nunavut have made gestures of good faith such as Agnico Eagle delivering million dollar donations to community groups and education initiatives in Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake earlier this year.

But, at the end of the day, these mines are most concerned about the bottom line.

This became abundantly clear when 586 contractors were laid off at Baffinland's Mary River iron mine mere weeks before the holiday season due to "uncertainties" with the regulatory approval process for the next phase of the mine's expansion.

As Baffinland looks to increase iron ore output from six million tonnes of ore to 12 and build a 110-km railway on Baffin Island, it has been consulting with affected communities. To make sure this communication is thorough and sufficient, it's important that everyone takes their time.

Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. President Aluki Kotierk recently requested a recess of up to a year to gather

ment targets of 25 per cent, reaching only 14 per cent in 2018.

The issue: However, with initiatives like the Mine consultation Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP), We say: Baffinland, in partnership with the Take your time regional Inuit association, is trying to makes its workforce better more information essential to delib- reflect the territory's demographics. erations about the mine's expanWhile Nunavut's mines have sion plans. faced criticism for not having Inuit Many issues are wrapped up in management positions, courting in this project from the economy born-and-raised Nunavummiut like to environmental damage to the Udlu Hanson as a vice president future of many working Inuit. at Baffinland is a step in the right Tununiq MLA David Qamaniq direction. made a blunt statement in the With Inuit in management, legislative assembly on Nov. 6, investors will better understand pointing out that Baffinland has their point of view, which is critical. made numerous changes to its pro- It would also help address composed plans over the years, leading munity concerns such as impacts to confusion and eroding trust. on caribou, seals, whales and wal"In order for the community to rus, which remain essential sources find common ground, we need the of food for many. full picture so that we can have Sacrificing traditional Inuit activgreater confidence that decisions ity for the sake of increased revare being made based on a comenue is simply not an option. plete set of facts," Qamaniq said.

Baffinland has taken steps The iron miner has proven to be toward increased environmental an economic driver and a provider monitoring and is promising more, of good jobs in a place that doesn't but the most important monitoring have many. Even so, the company of all will be monitoring the mining has failed to meet its Inuit employ- company itself.

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editorial – opinions

ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᒃᓯᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ ᓯᓚ ᐃᒃᑮᕐᓇᓗᐊᖅᓯᒪᖏᑉᐳᖅ ᓱᓕ ᓂᕈᒥᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒃᑮᕐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐸᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᓪᓗᑯᑖᖑᖏᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᕿᓚᒥ, ᐳᓚᕙᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᓯᕿᓂᖅ ᕿᓚᒥᐅᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᐱᐅᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᓂᓗ. ᐊᐳᑦ ᓄᑖᖑᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓱᒡᕕᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕕᒋᓪᓗᒍ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᒃᓯᐅᕐᓂᐊᓕᕆᕗᒍᑦ ᕿᓚᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐱᓐᖒᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᒡᓗᒐᓱᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᓵᓐᑕᑲᓛᓯᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ, ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 14-ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ 1–ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ. ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᑎᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ. ᑕᑕᑎᕆᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥᐅᓄᓪᓗ ᒪᑐᐃᖔᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᐊᑎᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 11-ᒧᑦ. ᑕᑕᑎᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ.ᐃᐅᓪᒃᖦᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᓯᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐊᕈᓯᕐᒥ ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 22-ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᒥᑕᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᒥ, ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 2311–ᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ 1–ᒧᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᒧᑦ, ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 23ᒥᑦ 30-ᒧᑦ. ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᓛᖅᑖᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᕗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᒍᓐᓇᕈᕕᑦ ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖓᓂ ᑎᓴᐳᕆ 5 ᐊᒻᒪ 18 7–ᒥ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐃᑉᐱᕐᒥ ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 12-ᒥ ᑯᓕᒃ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᓯ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐃᕐᙳᑕᓯᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ

ᐅᒃᑯᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᓛᓂᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕈᒥᑕᕐᓇᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑎᓴᐱᕆ 18-ᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᔭᓐᓄᐊᕆ 6-ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ. ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᓯ ᕼᐊᓕᑏᕐᓗᓯ ᓄᑕᖃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑎᔨᓪᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖓᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ. ᖁᐊᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖃᑦᑕᕋᑦᓯ. ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᖅᐳᓯᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖏᑦᑐᒦᓗᒃᑖᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᓯᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᓚᕗᓪᓗ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᔮᕗᓪᓗ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᓯ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᒃ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑑᕙᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᔮᕇᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓂᓕᒥᐅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᕿᒧᒃᓯᒃᑯᑦ. ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᖁᕕᐊᓲᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᒥᖕᓂᒃ, ᐳᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ, ᐊᑎᒋᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓚᐹᓂᒃ. ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᓯᐊᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓚᐅᖏᑉᐳᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᐋᐳᓂᒃ, ᐸᐅᕐᙵᓂᒃ, ᑯᑯᖕᓂᒃ ᐳᑭᖅᑕᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕋᕐᔪᐊᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲᐃᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐸᐅᕐᙵᖅᑐᓕᕌᖓᑕ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ. ᐊᓈᓇᒐᓗ ᑭᖑᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐅᖅᐸᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᕋᓗ, ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᖁᖓᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᕙᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒃᑕᖃᙱᖦᖢᓂᓗ ᐋᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖃᙱᖦᖢᓂᓗ. ᑭᖑᕚᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᓚᒥᒃ, ᑕᖅᑭᒥᒃ, ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒥᒡᓗ, ᓯᑯᒥᒡᓗ ᐊᐳᑎᓂᒡᓗ, ᖃᐅᒪᒥᒡᓗ, ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᓂᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥᒡᓗ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᖅᓯᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᓂᕿᖃᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᑐᖃᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓇᑦᓯᑦ, ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ, ᓇᓄᐃᑦ, ᓂᕐᓕᑦ ᒥᑎᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᑭᖑᕚᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᓯ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᓯ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᐅᓕᖅᐸᑦ. ᒎᑎᐅᑉ ᐱᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᐹᑎᑦ ᐃᕐᓃᒃ.

AIK. IKALUKTUUTIAMI HILA ALAAPPAQNAIKTUK. INUIN UUGAKHIUQTUTLU. TUKTUHIUKTUTLU AHIAKMI. TAAKHILIKMIYUK. QILAMINNUAQ HIQINIQ TAMMAQPAKPUQ. NUTAQQAT INUUHAATLU INUIN NAAMAINNAQTUT. QUVIAHUKVIK TIKILIKMAT QULLIIT PINNIQHIJUT. Greetings from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, land of the snow and ice on Victoria Island.

Weather has been mild and much warmer and there are days when it does get colder. We have less daylight now and the sun stays up just for a short time, giving us a beautiful glance of the sunrise and beautiful sunsets. The fresh powder snow is fun to walk on and for those who ride their snowmobiles.

Christmas will soon be here and the community is preparing for festivities beginning with a giant bingo game.

A Santa Claus parade is once again happen-

ing on Saturday, Dec. 14 to start at 1 p.m.

The Hamlet of Cambridge Bay has begun collecting names for residents who need food hampers and other donations. Application forms need to be filled out and this is open to all residents. Names will be accepted until Dec. 11. You can pick up application forms at the Wellness Centre or the main Hamlet Office.

Elks will be giving out gifts for children at the community hall on Saturday, Dec. 22 and a pancake breakfast is on Sunday, Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This year Christmas games will be held for only one week, games begin Dec. 23 and end Dec. 30.

To volunteer for Christmas games a committee will be set up and you are encouraged to attend planning meetings at the Hamlet Council Chambers Dec. 5 and 18 at 7 p.m. We hope our community will have a safe and fun-filled holidays with your families and friends and relatives.

Christmas in Cam Bay

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/Rankin ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥ, ᐃᓱᒪᓂᕐᒥ Inlet ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓂᕐᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᐱᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᑎᓗᒍ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ street talk with Darrell Greer

ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᖓᓂ?

What word, thought or emotion were you feeling during the grand opening for the Rankin arena? ᒐᐃᑉ ᖃᕐᓕᒃ: "ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ!"

ᕼᐃᐊᕆ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ: "ᖁᕕᐊᓇᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ... ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᖅ."

Gabe Karlik: "Finally!"

Harry "Towtongie: "It felt amazing... just awesome."

whmK5

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ? ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ? ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓇᑎᑐᑦ, ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᑐᕋᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᓃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᖁᖅᓯᓯᒪᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᖃᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᕕᓂᕐᓂᒡᓗ

ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ, ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, 1931.

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. ᓄᑕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᕕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑎᕕᖕᒥ (ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᒃ www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit-ᒥᒃ). ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ. ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑐᔪᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᖕᒥ photo@nnsl.com ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1

Library and Archives Canada photo

Four Inuit children, Kugluktuk, 1931. MIKAN no. 3847095

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

Can you help identify the people in this old photograph?

Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and searchable photographic database available in Inuktitut, English and French. The goal of this project is to identify Inuit in the photographic collections of Remembering Christmas back then was special when all our families, relatives and neighbours would all gather travelling in by dog teams. All the families would be cooking, drum dancing and playing games in the iglu and kids would play outdoors. There was no gift exchange but the gifts we would get were handmade sewn crafts like kamiit, mitts, parkas or a new cover. We had no store to shop in, but we would get some food like apples, oranges, chocolates from either the RCMP or missionaries or the DEW line. It was a real treat to get an orange back then.

I miss my mother's homemade clothing and my grandmother, Elders gifts were so special and beautiful.

When you look at photographs from those days you would see everyone smiling. There

ᓗᐊᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ: "“ᖁᕕᐊᓇᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᖁᕕᐊᓇᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.”

Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

The new information is added to these historical photographs at (www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit). Come visit.

Please send submissions to photo@nnsl. com or mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1.

Cambridge Bay Tea Talk with Navalik Tologanak email: helent@qiniq.com

was no alcohol or drugs. Our ancestors would use the weather, moon, sun, ice, snow, daylight, sunrise and sunsets as calendars. We ate only traditional foods, fresh fish, seal, caribou, muskox, polar bear, geese and ducks. Stories of our ancestors and the good old days will carry on for generations.

Please remember your loved ones and those who are less fortunate this time of year.

God Be With You Son. ᐅᐊᐃᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ: "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 20 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᐅᕗᙵᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ."

Lorne Kusugak: "It felt incredible. It was all very exciting."

ᔨᒻ ᒪᒃᑖᓄᑦ: "ᓄᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᖕᒪᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᖄᓕᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐆᒧᖓᓕᒫᖅ."

Jim MacDonald: "The old dome was the spark for all this."

Wayne Kusugak: "It took us more than 20 years to get here, but it was awesome."

ᑳᓐᑎᔅ ᒍᕋᐃᔭᒻ: "ᖄᓕᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ."

Kandace Graham: "I had goose bumps."

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Bill 25 not sufficient in meeting NTA vision Nunavut Teachers' Association chimes in on education bill

by Rajnesh Sharma

Northern News Services

Nunavut

John Fanjoy, president of the Nunavut Teachers' Association (NTA), presented his association's opinion with respect to Bill 25, an Act to Amend the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act, on Nov. 26.

For over two hours at the Legislative Assembly, Fanjoy answered the questions of various members of the Standing Committee on Legislation and raised awareness on teacher related issues.

Bilingual education needed The NTA is a professional association which represents all kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers in Nunavut. It believes that students should have a fully bilingual, Inuktut and English, education system that is based on Inuit societal values.

"Bilingual education does not mean 50/50 right from Grade 1," said Fanjoy.

During the early grades Inuktut should be the majority language and there should be a progression into English language arts along with a strong Inuktut course load up to Grade 12, explained Fanjoy.

"We believe the capacity should be in place at the high school grades, where multiple courses can be offered in Inuktut or English at the decision of the parents or the student."

Recruitment and retention According to Fanjoy, "every year Nunavut loses approximately 35 per cent of its teachers and almost 50 per cent of its administrators."

Adam Arreak Lightstone, MLAIqaluit-Manirajak, was "shocked" to hear Fanjoy's statistic about how many teachers and administrators are lost annually.

Lightstone asked David Joanaise,

Minister of Education, to verify this statistic, but he could not confirm it.

Fanjoy stated due to the teacher retention and recruitment crisis, many of communities cannot fill the amount of teacher vacancies with qualified professionals. This is not only detrimental to the students but affecting the teachers.

"We do have combined classes, we have some classes that have upwards of 40 students because of a vacant teaching position," stated Fanjoy.

The NTA believes fewer Inuit are choosing and remaining in teaching due to the workload.

However, other factors contributing to the decline of teachers is the lack of staff housing and increase of violence in schools.

Fanjoy continued to explain that almost half the Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP) graduates leave the teaching profession within the first five years of employment.

Heavy workload Besides the heavy workload, there is inadequate support for teachers during their first five years in the profession, explained Fanjoy.

There needs to be a "formalized" mentoring program for all new teachers before they enter into the schools, insisted Fanjoy.

There needs to be an "enhanced" mentoring program for teachers who are not from Nunavut, focusing on how to adapt to the standards of the community and the students they will be serving To this, the Minister of Education reported that presently there is a website under development that will be focusing on teacher orientation, mentorship and professional development.

Despite available funds to learn Inuktut, school administrators and teachers are having difficulty find-

ing the time to learn the language due to the increased workload.

Time is not provided by the employer during the workday to learn Inuktut.

"We need to come up with a system where there can be time provided for enough language instruction for our English speaking and French speaking teachers," explained Fanjoy.

Student support teacher responsibilities continued A major concern for NTA is the increase of workload for the classroom teachers.

"If Bill 25 passes as-written, student support teachers (SSTs) would be stripped of most of their responsibilities, which would fall on the already over worked classroom teachers," stated Fanjoy.

He explained, that SSTs receive specialized training in developing and implementing Individual Student Support Plans.

These teachers are given the time and workspace to concentrate on specialized services to support students with exceptionalities.

Fanjoy insisted, SSTs should be doing the job instead of "severely" overburdening the classroom teacher with the responsibility.

Standardized assessments The NTA also proposed that standardized assessments in literacy or numeracy should be co-constructed with teachers in Nunavut. The assessments should reflect appropriate cultural contexts in order to help the students succeed.

"We are worried about the possibility that assessments from outside of Nunavut that our students may not be able to relate to being implemented upon them," stated Fanjoy.

Joanaise mentioned the Council Ministers of Education are presently working on an assessment and

ᔮᓐ ᕚᓐᔪᐊᐃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ 25–ᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 26–ᒥ.

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John Fanjoy presented the Nunavut Teachers' A'ssociation's position on Bill 25 at the Legislative Assembly on Nov. 26. evaluation reporting policy framework handbook. It will be distributed to schools in 2020.

The NTA believes students over the age of 21 should enrol in an adult education program, not in a regular education program in a high school with minors.

Each community should have a "vibrant" and "well funded" adult basic education program that will permit students over 21 to earn a high school education.

Fanjoy also mentioned that parents should be given the opportunity to enroll their child at an early age as long as the child meets the requirements of a baseline test, which would still need to be developed.

The NTA agrees that the District Education Authorities (DEA) should be involved with the school administrator hiring and contract renewal process, but should not be the only decision maker.

Instead, the authority of decision for this specific issue should be placed within the Department of Education.

The NTA believes bilingual education can be achieved in Nunavut if there is a significant infusion of funding, a continued reformation of the NTEP program, a concerted effort to recruit Inuit into the education profession and new supportive programs for teachers in their first five years of work.

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GN struggles to grow tourism without more investment Most tourists within the territory remain Nunavummiut travelling from one community to the other

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Nunavut

“Nunavut is a niche destination, particularly among international travellers.”

That’s a key line from the Department of Economic Development and Tourism’s Annual Tourism Report 2018-19.

The bulk of Nunavut’s tourists come from within Canada, and a 67.5 per cent of those are Nunavummiut themselves, about half of them on business travel.

Growing the number of international travellers, who tend to spend more money, won’t be easy due to logistical complexities, infrastructure and weather conditions, according to the report.

“Though this is by no means insurmountable with sufficient and targeted investment,” the report adds.

As CEO of Travel Nunavut, a not-for-profit association with close to 140 members, Kevin Kelly readily agrees that greater funding would beget greater results.

“All in all, there definitely needs to be more investment, whether it is within this organization or with-

in the industry itself, or both, and infrastructure,” Kelly said. “We need more investment in airports.

We need more investment in hotels.

We need more in training. We need more folks to be getting involved in the travel industry, meaning we want more Inuit to become licensed and insured and operating a tourism business.”

There is, however, no indication that funding will rise over the next couple of years, stated Nancy Guyon, the GN’s director of tourism and cultural industries.

“Investing additional funds in the sector very much depends on the growth of the industry over the next decade, priorities among federal and territorial stakeholder organizations, what each successive government mandate outlines as its priority and which municipalities and individuals continue to advocate for support,” said Guyon.

The GN devoted almost $1.3 million to 115 projects under the Community Tourism and Cultural Industries program in 2018-19. Another $325,000 was allocated through tourism-related initiatives under the Strategic Investments Program.

Travel Nunavut’s $1 million in

Number of Visitors by Community (June - Nov 2018) 60000 50000

Iqaluit Pond Inlet Pangnirtung

40000

Iglulik

30000

Rankin Inlet

20000

Baker Lake

10000 0

Arviat Cambridge Bay Emily McInnis/NNSL illustrations

ᐳᓚᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ MV Hanseatic, ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᕼᐊᐸᒡ-ᓗᐊᐃᑦᒧᑦ.

The cruise ship MV Hanseatic, operated

by HapagLloyd.

Wikimedia Commons photo

GN funding has been stagnant since 2016. Prior to that it was $3 million a year when it was known as Nunavut Tourism. Since then, the GN took over as the primary source of marketing for tourism through Destination Nunavut.

International visitors to Nunavut gravitate toward adventure activities such as fishing, wildlife viewing and bird watching as well as camping and hunting. However, there are so few of them – 7,800 in 2018 – that the latest GN tourism report actually encourages airlines, tourism operators and travel agents to underline that as a selling point.

The leisure tourism demographic generally comprises wealthy middle-aged individuals or retirees who seek “off-the-beaten-path experiences,” according to Guyon. The government, through its marketing, tries to attract these travellers by highlighting Nunavut’s unique wildlife, tundra, waterways and strong cultural roots. In addition, the Department of Economic Development and Transportation aims to create full-time and supplementary income

opportunities for Inuit through tourism, Guyon added.

Kelly said Travel Nunavut has been offering training to Nunavut’s tourism businesses on how to optimize the marketing and volume of their products and services “so that our operators understand how to take full advantage of the customers who are coming to their door.”

Meanwhile, some entities in Nunavut are finding ways to cash in on tourism through fees.

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association

announced in October charges of $25 to $150 for commercial tourism operators to access Inuit-owned lands, depending on the activity.

In Pond Inlet, the amount cruise ships had to pay in service fees jumped this past summer for $75 per passenger from $50 per passenger, which results in hundreds of thousands of dollars in total revenue for the community.

“We fully support the fees... as long as they’re done in a responsible manner,” Kelly said.

Number of Visitors by Region (June - Nov 2018)

Kitikmeot – 12,400 Kivalliq – 84,400

Qikiqtaaluk – 95,600 0

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Whooping cough confirmed in Iqaluit Children, infants and youth are most likely to be affected by illness

ᓴᙱᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᖁᐃᖅᓱᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᑐᖔᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.

Pixabay photo

The most severe cases of whooping cough are found in children under the age of one, according to the Department of Health.

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Iqaluit

The Department of Health is advising Nunavummiut, especially parents of babies and young children, that there is confirmed whooping cough in Iqaluit.

Whooping cough is a disease of the throat and lungs that is spread very easily from person to person. While Anyone can get whooping cough, the most severe cases are in children under the age of one.

The Department of Health urges adults and children who are mildly ill to stay home and avoid contact with others until symptoms are gone. This will prevent the spread of illness.

Early diagnosis and treatment are

important. Go to your local health centre or see your health care provider if anyone in your household has any of these symptoms: • a cough that lasts longer than a week • a cough followed by an unusual sound that sounds like "whoop" • trouble breathing • vomiting after coughing • coughing that is worse at night • a high fever (39°C and above) that lasts more than three days.

You can prevent whooping cough by getting vaccinated.

People should check that their vaccines are up to date.

Precautions include: frequent handwashing coughing into your sleeve or tissue not sharing food, drinks, utensils or toothbrushes.

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ᑏᒋᓐ ᓱᖅᖤᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻ ᓱᖅᖤᒃ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᕿᓯᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᔭᕌᕐᒥ ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᓴ ᓛᒃᕼᐃᐊᑦᒧᑦ

Seal skin string

Teagan Suqslak, left, and William Suqslak are both enjoying using the seal skin string pull at the Pirurvik Preschool. photo courtesy of Tessa Lockhead

Registration for Piruvik preschool is now open

Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet The Pirurvik preschool has a few openings left for the January to April session. This four-month program is free and accessible to anyone in the community who wants to enrol a child. The only requirement is the child must be born between January and April 2016 in order to qualify. Enrolment is based on a first come first serve basis.

The preschool program follows the IQ principal Pilimmaksarniq and Montessori models, which encourages children to select their own hands-on materials of interest. Children are permitted to learn at their own pace and follow their curiosity.

"It is an internally driven and self motivated act in education," said Tessa Lockhead, co-founder of Pirurvik preschool.

The program has the capacity to serve 16 students.

The session begins on Jan. 13, 2020. It takes place five days a week, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The next available session will be in Sept. 2020.

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Researcher studies possible effects of climate change on lemmings

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay A few Canadian researchers are looking into how a warming Arctic could impact a rodent that is a food source for numerous animals.

Milder winters are bringing rain after snowfall and more melting and freezing cycles in some Northern zones globally, which can create a crusty surface that is difficult for lemmings to penetrate, says Dominique Fauteux, a mammalogist with the Canadian Museum of Nature. Dead lemmings have been found in Norway after being unable to penetrate the hard snow to get to the mosses below and reproduce during the winter, according to Fauteux. He was in Cambridge Bay on Nov. 28 to give a presentation on the research findings from his work and that of colleague Mathilde Poirier, a PhD student at Laval University.

"They will have to spend more energy digging through the snow and obviously if they have less energy to reproduce – especially the females to take care of the young – their reproduction will be much lower and the populations will decline, which will have strong impacts on the rest of the (wildlife) community,"

Fauteux said.

The lemming population is already known to spike and then collapse over three- to four-year periods.

Predatory birds, such as snowy owls, foxes and ermines (a short-tailed weasel) all feed on lemmings.

Fauteux and Poirier will continue their research in Nunavut next year, he added.

– Derek Neary

Inuit pop singer hoping to raise $60,000 for her new album

Sanikiluaq Sanikiluaq's Kelly Fraser is asking for help to raise $60,000 for the recording, marketing and publicizing of her third album, Decolonize.

The musician stated, the hiring of a publicist and marketing team for a year can become very expensive.

"I am already using all of my own income to publicize this album as much as I can," explained Fraser.

She plans to hire a radio promoter and a publicist to help market her music on radio and news stations. She also plans to use the money to pay other artists, who will be contributing to the album. The recording of the album, artwork for the CD and printing of the CDs will be other expenses for the Inuk pop singer.

Fraser wants to showcase her talents, further strengthen the Inuit culture and language as well as educate others about the trials and tribulations experienced by the Inuit through her songs.

The album will incorporate traditional Inuit drumming and throat singing combined with rock and electronic music.

Fraser aims to start recording on Jan. 3, 2020 in Toronto. She hopes to have the album released by May 2020.

To donate visit www.kickstarter.com and search for Kelly Fraser.

– Rajnesh Sharma

Country food program ready to resume

Kugluktuk The Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization (HTO) was aiming to start purchasing wild meat from local

harvesters last week.

Twenty-five muskoxen tags are devoted to the country-food program, which is funded by the Department of Economic Development. Seal, ptarmigan and various species of fish are also among the wild meat that will be bought and then distributed to residents who have limited or no access to country foods.

It usually takes only a few months to expend the $30,000 available to buy the meat from hunters, said Amanda Dumond, manager of the HTO. "I've got some people with fish and ptarmigan in their freezers waiting for me so that's a good sign," Dumond said of local harvesters who've already set aside some game.

The last round of country food available through the HTO was all spoken for during the spring, according to Dumond.

"It goes pretty quick once we start," she said. "It's such an amazing program, it really is."

– Derek Neary

Renewable energy projects

Kugaaruk Kugaaruk is entering phase two of its $1.3-million, threeyear community energy plan, which will kick off rounds of community consultations. That will be followed by a request for proposals to find a renewable energy company to offer expertise.

"It's quite a big project that we're taking on here," said Alex Ittimangnaq, the hamlet's economic development officer.

A wind turbine and solar panels are sources of power that will be explored, he said.

Solar panels have sat atop Kugaaruk's arena for close to three years but they've never been in use because they slightly exceed Qulliq Energy Corporation's maximum of 10 kilowatts of renewable energy annually through the net-metering program.

"It's off by two kilowatts but that's the issue there," Ittimangnaq explained. "That's been the biggest hurdle."

The community is consulting with a contractor to overcome that barrier. When operational, the solar panels will power the community freezer, which is located next to the ice rink.

The funding for Kugaaruk's community energy program is coming through Natural Resources Canada's 2020 Catalyst Program and from the Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative.

"I'm really excited about the next two or three years," said Ittimangnaq. "The goal is to use less diesel in our communities ... it will bring down our operating costs of buildings."

– Derek Neary

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ᖁᖓᓯᕈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᑰᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓯᓚᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓚᕚᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕕᙵᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᐊᓂᑦ.

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Tribute to late Peter Kattuk

ᐲᑕ ᑲᑦᑐᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᓂᒪᑯᑖᓚᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

Peter Kattuk died Nov. 20 following a lengthy illness.

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Nunavut

Follow the lemming

photo courtesy of Mathilde Poirier

A collared Arctic lemming from a study undertaken by researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature and Laval University. They're monitoring the rodents on Nunavut's Bylot Island and Victoria Island.

Former Hudson Bay MLA Peter Kattuk died Nov. 20 and the legislative assembly issued a statement of condolences through Speaker Simeon Mikkungwak.

"Peter represented the constituency of Hudson Bay for two terms and I join his family and former

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constituents in mourning his passing," Mikkungwak said. "Peter was well respected for his commitment to public service and his environmental advocacy."

Kattuk had been battling a lengthy illness.

The community flag of Sanikiluaq was lowered to half-mast at the legislative assembly in honour of Kattuk's passing.

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Iqaluit musician teaches ukulele Youth in three Nunavut communities get the chance to learn music

by Rajnesh Sharma

Northern News Services

Nunavut

Colleen Aasiva Nakashuk, better known as the Iqaluit-based singer and songwriter Aasiva, is on a mission to teach ukulele to young Nunavummiut.

With the support of Qikiqtani Inuit Association and Hitmakerz, the 22 year old artist is presently visiting three communities on Baffin Island.

Her first two day ukulele workshop has already taken place with students in Clyde River. She now has plans to travel to Pond Inlet and Arctic Bay. Music has been an important aspect of Nakashuk life since the age of 11. This is when she was introduced to her very first musical instrument-the fiddle.

Growing up in Pangnirtung, Nakashuk was "really" inspired by the music workshops she attended and her passionate teachers.

Both the music and the teachers had a "huge" impact on her life.

"Music has been a huge coping mechanism and very powerful tool for self expression."

Nakashuk says she grew up in a rough household. She experienced verbal, mental and emotional abuse as an adolescent.

She turned to music whenever she felt "very down" or was experiencing "very strong emotions."

"Every time I picked up an instrument, it felt like all the worry, all the stress, all the heaviness would just lift."

Over the years, Nakashuk has played several instruments, but fell in love with the ukulele about three years ago.

"I love the sounds of the ukulele. I love that it's very portable. And it's very easy to teach," expressed the musician.

From Nov. 15 to Nov. 16, Nakashuk held workshops called "Uke'cray" at Quluaq school in Clyde River. She taught and practiced ukulele chord sequences, strumming patterns and two songs with 15 participants, between the ages of 13 to 18.

In addition to the workshops, Nakashuk donated two ukuleles to help encourage students to practice the instrument.

Just like her teachers, she wants to give others the opportunity to try out music and potentially their change lives.

The Ilisaqsivik Society of Clyde River has also supported the artist's cause by donating two more ukuleles to the community.

Tyra Joanas and Gloria Tigullaraq, both participants in the Uke'cray workshops, had

ᔫᑭ’ᑯᕋᐃᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒧᑦ, ᖁᓛᓂ ᐊᑎᖓᓄᑦ: ᑕᐃᕋ ᔪᐊᓇᔅ, ᐊᓖᓴ ᐋᕆᐊᖅ, ᓵᓕᑦ ᐸᓪᓗᖅ, ᑳᓖᓐ ᐋᓯᕙ ᓇᑲᓱᒃ, ᐋᓖᓐ ᑲᐅᑐᖅ, ᑕᓂᐅᓪ ᓯᕗᒐᑦ, ᔫᓕᐋᓐ ᔪᐊᓇᔅ, ᔫᓯᕖᓐ ᐸᓪᓗᖅ, ᒍᓗᐊᕆᐊ ᑎᒍᓪᓚᒐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑳᓐᑎᔅ ᐸᓪᓗᖅ.

photo courtesy of Colleen Aasiva Nakashuk

Uke'cray participants at the Clyde River workshop. From left to right, top to bottom: Tyra Joanas, Alicia Arreak, Charlotte Palluq, Colleen Aasiva Nakashuk, Arlene Kautuq, Tanill Sivugat, Julianne Joanas, Josephine Palluq, Gloria Tigullaraq and Candace Palluq. their names drawn for a ukulele. Nakashuk has plans to donate two ukuleles to each community she visits during her tour.

The Pond Inlet workshops will be held from Nov. 29 to Nov. 30. at Nasivvik School.

The last Uke'cray workshops will take place in Arctic Bay from Dec. 13 to Dec. 14 at Inuujaq school.

These weekend long workshops take place from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. on all days.

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ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᔨᒥ ᕼᐃᑯᒃ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᒃᕕᖕᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᒫᔾᔪᕆ ᕼᐊᕕᐅᔭᖅ, ᔩᓐ ᑲᐃᔪᒐᓇ, ᔮᒃ ᐅᕕᓗᒃ, ᐸᓯ ᑯᑭᓗᑲᒃ, ᓖᓇ ᓂᑉᐸᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᒫᒃ ᑕᓕᑐᒃ ᐊᒻ ᐸᓚ ᐊᓪᒋᐊᒃ.

On hand to share their wisdom during cultural rotations at Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik in Kugluktuk were, from left, Marjorie Havioyak, Jean Kaiyogana, Jack Oviluk, Bessie Kukilukak, Lena Niptanatiak, Mark Taletok and Bella Algiak.

ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᔨᒥ ᕼᐃᑯᒃ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᒃᕕᖕᒧᐊᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᖅᓱᐊᕐᔪᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ–ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᒧᒥᕐᓂᖅ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᔭᕌᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂ, ᕿᓚᐅᔾᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐃᙱᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᐸᒃᐳᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᓕᒫᒥ. ᑐᓵᔨᑕᖃᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ.

Elders guiding juniors ᐳᕌᓐᓯᓐ ᐊᕕᐅᒐᓇ ᖁᖓᑉᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᔭᕌᖅᑐᓂ ᔨᒥ ᕼᐃᑯᒃ ᐃᓕᕼᐊᒃᕕᖕᒥ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᒥ.

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by Naomi Tremblay Kugluktuk

Northern News Services

Elders come to Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik a few times a year for cultural rotations – a series of activities such as square dancing, story-telling, string games, Inuit games, drum dancing, singing and

others. Students go from one group to the next throughout an afternoon. Interpreters are present to ensure elders who only speak in the Inuit language are able to effectively communicate their insights to students.

ᔩᓐ ᑲᐃᔪᒐᓇ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᕿᓚᐅᑎᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᔮᔅᓕᓐ ᑭᓕᖏᖕᐴᒡ, ᐱᐊᕆ ᓂᑉᑕᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ T.J. ᑐᐹᓐᑦ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᑖᒥᔅ ᑲᓕ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᒥ ᔮᒃ ᐅᕕᓗᖕᒥ.

A smile crosses Branson Aviogana's face as he takes part in string games at Jimmy Hikok Ilihakvik in Kugluktuk.

ᕉᐱ ᑭᓕᖏᖕᐴᒡ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᒐᙳᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᔭᕌᖅᑐᓂ.

Student Thomas Kelly, left, socializes with elder Jack Oviluk.

Ruby Klengenberg engages in some mental gymnastics and digital dexterity while participating in string games.

Jean Kaiyogana demonstrates how to use a drum while students observe.

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The Kivalliq reigns supreme Rankin Inlet, Coral Harbour and Whale Cove win titles at Nunavut Futsal Championships ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᕗᑦᓵᓪ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ 'U13– ᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 17–ᒥ. ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᑎᐋᓇ ᒥᓯᕋᓛᖅ; ᕿᑎᐊᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑎᓚᐃᓐ ᕗᕋᑦᓚᓐ, ᕕᔅᑐᓪ ᓇᑦᓱᕐ, ᓱᕋᓇᑎ ᑕᑎ–ᐅᓴᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔪᐋᓐ ᓇᐅᔭ; ᑐᓄᐊᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᓲᓵᓐ ᒥᓯᕋᓛᖅ (ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐᖅ), ᓱᕖᐊ ᖃᓗᔾᔭᖅ, ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᐳᓪᓚᑦ, ᐊᒪᐅᑎᓕᑳᖅ ᕗᐊᑦ, ᐊᑕᓐᓯᐊ ᒥᒥᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕙᐃᑦ ᕿᓪᓚᖅ (ᐊᔪᕆᖅᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖓ).

The girls team from Rankin Inlet took top spot in the Nunavut Futsal Championships' U13 division in Iqaluit on Nov. 17. They champs are, in front, Tiana Misheralak; middle row from left, Delaine Fredlund, Vestal Netser, Serenity Tatty-Ussak and JoAnn Nauya; back row from left, Susanne Misheralak (head coach), Sophia Kaludjak, Mackenzie Pudlat, Amautilikkaaq Ford, Adoncia Mimialik and Faith Kreelak (assistant coach). photo courtesy of Dawn Currie MacKinnon

by James McCarthy

Northern News Services

Iqaluit

So we all know that the Kivalliq region is hockey-mad and generally turns in a good performance whenever there are tournaments to be had.

But the region is also rather good at futsal and last month's Nunavut Futsal Championships in Iqaluit showed just how good.

All six titles made their way back to the region as Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove and Coral Harbour won the banners in the championship games on Nov. 17.

Rankin Inlet ended up winning the lion's share of the banners – four in total – while Whale Cove and Coral Harbour each won one.

Dawn Currie MacKinnon, executive director of the Nunavut Soccer Association, said the Kivalliq region has historically been strong when it comes to soccer and the territorial championships proved it.

"They always seem to have lots of participation and that's a big reason why," she said.

"Whale Cove usually sends six teams but only had enough for one team and they ended up winning it all and Coral Harbour always has players that are fun to watch."

Perhaps the hardest-luck team of the entire tournament was the U18 boys outfit from Iglulik, which won all of its round-robin games only to lose the semifinal to Coral Harbour.

Even in defeat, Currie MacKinnon said they still held their heads high.

"I talked with them after the loss and they were still proud of what they did," she said.

"They felt they could have won the whole thing but there was a lot of improvement with their teams."

Baker Lake came to the tournament with three teams for the first time, said Currie MacKinnon, while Kugluktuk and Cambridge

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Curlers find some success Leduc, Alta.

Nunavut's teams at the Canadian Curling Club Championships in Leduc, Alta., may not have made the playoffs but they also didn't leave winless.

The Iqaluit Curling Club provided the men's and women's entries for this year and both won at least one game in pool play. Wade Kingdon and his rink of Greg Howard, Hunter

Bay made a welcome return to the tournament.

Something else Currie MacKinnon said was good to see was the lack of blowouts. "All of the games were close," she said.

"It seems like the communities have really picked up on futsal and that's all we're promoting now.

All of our indoor programming is futsal now so they play futsal by default because that's what the teams will see when they come to territorials. You see it in Europe where players start with futsal and they become great players. It's certainly helped to grow our players."

Among all of the excitement of the tournament was one big achievement: every team made it in to play.

For the first time in five years, no team missed out due to planes going mechanical or weather-related issues.

"This was the first time that's

happened since I've been involved," said Currie MacKinnon. "We had 300-plus kids all make it in so I was doing the happy dance."

The weekend's action also served as the selection event for the 2020 Arctic Winter Games, specifically the U13 and U15 divisions and while the teams are set, they aren't ready to be published.

Currie MacKinnon said the reason is that some of those who were chosen still haven't declared their intention to play futsal and were involved in other tryouts late last month.

Posting the rosters wouldn't be fair, she added.

"There were some kids playing in the hockey tryouts (in Rankin Inlet) and basketball (in Cambridge Bay)," she said. "We've asked for them to make their decision (this) week and we know we'll lose some to those other sports."

The rosters should be ready to go later this week, she said.

Tootoo and Aaron Fraser pulled a shock on Nov. 25 by beating Saskatchewan, 10-3. The women's rink of Denise Hutchings, Megan Ingram, Carmen Kootoo and Gaylene Shoemaker also defeated one of the favourites in their pool as they knocked off Alberta on Nov. 28 by a score of 7-5 to give Alberta their first loss of the event.

See a future edition of Nunavut News for the full results.

Bantams hit the ice Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet With the new arena now up and running in Rankin Inlet, that means the final set of trials for Nunavut's Arctic Winter Games hockey teams could take place.

The bantam boys hit the ice late last month with David Clark, the team's head coach, saying that a total of 40 were expected to make the trip in for the tryouts.

From there, the numbers would be reduced down to a total

fact file Nunavut Futsal Championships results U13 girls • Champions – Rankin Inlet • Runners-up – Iqaluit U13 boys • Champions – Rankin Inlet • Runners-up – Kugluktuk U15 girls • Champions – Whale Cove • Runners-up – Rankin Inlet U15 boys • Champions – Rankin Inlet • Runners-up – Coral Harbour U18 girls • Champions – Rankin Inlet • Runners-up – Iqaluit U18 boys • Champions – Coral Harbour • Runners-up – Rankin Inlet source: Nunavut Soccer Association

of 17 for the Games in Whitehorse this coming March.

See a future edition of Nunavut News for the recap of all the hockey tryouts.

Apprentice coaches wanted NWT The Canada Games Council is once again looking for apprentice coaches, this time for the 2021 Canada Summer Games.

It's happening under two separate programs – Women in Coaching and Aboriginal Coaching – and gives two women and two Indigenous coaches the chance to go to the games and essentially learn on the job. The idea behind the program is to help build capacity in under-represented populations in coaching.

The Sport and Recreation Division in Baker Lake is handling all of the applications.

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A new era in Rankin Inlet New arena finally ready for use in Kivalliq's 'hockey town'

by Darrell Greer

Northern News Services

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet

The way things were going, it seemed as if this moment would never come.

With one snip of a pair of scissors, the ribbon floated gently to the ground and the long-awaited new arena officially opened its doors in Rankin Inlet on Nov. 23.

The opening of the arena had been delayed for about a month due to one section of the ice not freezing properly, but it should be nothing but smooth skating ahead for the hockey-mad community and its brand-new state-of-the-art facility.

The annual Season Opener Rankin Rock hockey camp started things off (Nov. 23 to Nov. 27) for the new arena this past weekend and things will get turned up a notch quickly at the new facility when the bantam hopefuls for the 2020 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) arrive for their territorial trials from Nov. 29 to Dec 1.

Hamlet recreation coordinator David Clark said there were a few minor issues to be addressed in addition to the section of ice that wouldn't freeze, but everything has been taken care of and the new $26-million rink is set to go for its first season in Rankin Inlet.

He said he's glad the delay is in the rear-view mirror and everything will soon be caught up and back to normal.

"I've been feeling the pressure for a long time now and it was difficult when I didn't have a definitive date for anything to get going on," said Clark.

"We had the ice done in five days once we got the green light and that's pretty incredible to us.

"It used to take us about four weeks in the old building because the rink was nowhere near level and the ice-making plant itself wasn't the best.

"We have two inches of ice on top at the new arena, while, at the old building, we used to have eight-to-10 inches in the corners.

"It's hard to put into words how much of an improvement this really is for the community."

Clark said most of the pressure to get the season started was being felt by the minor hockey program in Rankin.

He said the kids trying to earn a spot on one of the teams heading to the AWG needed to get on the ice and be prepared when their selection camps began.

"Representing Nunavut at the AWG is a dream every hockey-playing kid in this territory has and there's no describing the feeling of pulling that Nunavut jersey down over your shoulders.

"Rankin always puts its best foot forward when it comes to getting our kids on the ice before these camps begin and it just didn't feel right not being able to do that this year.

"The arena delay was putting our kids in a tough situation and that really bothered me.

"I'm just glad it's all behind us now and we can concentrate on continuing to grow our game locally and across the entire Kivalliq region."

Clark said when something like the arena delay

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃᑖᓵᖓᑕ ᐅᒃᑯᐊᖏᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ. ᓯᑯᙳᐊᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ Hᐊᑭᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓱᓕᒃᑳᖓᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖁᑉᓗᒍ.

photo courtesy of Kelly Clark-Lindell

The doors officially opened to the new Rankin Inlet arena on Nov. 23. Artificial turf will be installed at the end of the hockey season each year to make the building a true year-round facility in Rankin Inlet.

ᕿᑎᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨ ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᑲᓛᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᓇᓄᙳᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᒥᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᕐᓂᐊᓕᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᑖᖅ ᓯᐊᕐᕆᔮᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ.

photo courtesy of Brian Tattuinee

Recreation co-ordinator David Clark puts the finishing touches on the Polar Bear Plate tournament logo just in time for the grand opening of the new arena in Rankin Inlet on Nov. 23. happens, the kids have to take it upon themselves to stepup their off-ice training and be prepared for their camp opening.

He said a positive-anddetermined attitude can take someone a long way towards being properly prepared for a selection camp, but there's

nothing like lacing up the blades and taking to the ice to get a young player's competitive juices flowing.

"You can do any workout routine you want, but there's nothing like skating to fuel the desire and get a young player ready to go.

"We've had the kids on the

ice a lot during our opening camp and I can guarantee you they're going to break-in this new arena as quickly as they possibly can.

"This has been a big project for the hamlet for a long time and I've been involved with it from the very start so I'm feeling a little bit of

everything right now – being nervous, worried, scared, relieved, excited and pumped all at once.

"But the kids who skated out onto that ice for the very first time this past Saturday morning will remember that moment for the rest of their lives."

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Milos Raonic? We don't need no stinkin' Milos Raonic

mer signings on Twitter but instead of just showing a picture of the latest big-money signature on the dotted line, it also published photos of missing children – 109 from 12 different countries in 72 posts to be exact – and asking for help in finding them.

Now, you're probably wondering why they would do something like that – putting sadness alongside happiness and opening up wounds for families. It worked like a charm, though, as the club's publishing of photos helped to find five children that hadn't been seen for a long time. Now, the club wasn't responsible for finding the five children in question but it certainly played a supThe kids are alright porting role.

Canada very nearly pulled it off at the Davis Part of the trick was that whenever a player Cup finals in Spain late last month. was signed from a certain country, the club would They had quite the run in the new format, show the image of a child from that country knowwhich saw the top 18 countries in terms of team ing it would get more attention. It would go viral, rankings enter into a round-robin, followed by an you see and it would be spread around the world eight-team playoff, but Spain was faster than by simply mentioning always going to be too tough to beat, it in a press release or something especially on home soil. similar to beige.

Still, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek If you're old enough to rememPospisil and Felix Auger-Aliassime ber, it's along the same lines as the played out of their skin to get to the with James McCarthy video for Runaway Train by Soul final and looked awfully good doing Asylum, which featured missing it. Almost made us wonder where children as part of it. AS Roma's Milos Raonic was. Oh, right – he campaign saw some amazing was busy nursing yet another injury. Would he results and there's nothing bad you can say about have made a difference? No, because the rest of it because even if it resulted in helping to find one the team stepped up. missing child, it would have been a success.

Pospisil had the week of his life and turned in some impressive performances. Not bad for someAnd finally … one who's coming off of back surgery and was Good Idea: Scoring a goal to clinch victory. merely hoping to be in shape for next season.

Bad Idea: Having that goal come from the But because Raonic came up lame (again), opposing goalkeeper in his own area. he was pressed into action and didn't disappoint.

We take you to Mexico for one of those Auger-Aliassime was hurt but managed to make moments which shouldn't happen but is always fun himself available to play against Spain in the final. – and funny – to watch.

Shapovalov was always going to be Canada's Antonio Rodriguez of Chivas Guadalajara mango-to guy and he was awesome, proving that he is aged to score from inside his own area against the real deal and his antics from two years ago in Veracruz on Nov. 23 and this only happened the Davis Cup – drilling a chair umpire in the eye because Veracruz sent its goalkeeper to give the with a ball after losing a game and being disquali- team an extra man to try and get the tying goal fied for it – were just a one-off. late in the game.

Auger-Aliassime even said himself that Spain Welp, it didn't happen as Rodriguez was able was too good and they were, to be perfectly honto corral the ball off of a Veracruz corner kick est. The good thing that comes from this is that the and looked upfield for his options. Seeing none, kids seem to be alright and it's proof that someone he decided to simply crack the ball downfield and, like Raonic isn't needed in order to bring success. sure enough, it had enough mustard to skip all the way into the Veracruz goal.

A novel yet touching approach High-risk and high-reward in this case, for sure, Professional sports teams like doing weird and but this almost always never ends well and besides, funny things with their social medal accounts. isn't it cool to see a golakeeper score a goal in socBut one Italian soccer club has done something cer that isn't in a penalty shootout? unexpected but very touching.

Like other clubs, AS Roma announced its sumUntil next time, folks …

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Frankie Boyle fashions himself a comedian.

He's also someone who obviously doesn't read.

Boyle gave his two cents on Donald Trump giving an award to Conan, the dog who helped snuff out Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria. Mr, Tough Guy leader of ISIS blew himself up rather than be caught and, being the super-duper brave man he was, took three children with him as human shields. Now, we all know how it went down but Boyle had a problem with Conan getting an award because two children were killed. 0-for-2, dingus.

Anyway …

ᑕᓃ ᓴᐳᕙᓗᕝ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᑲᓴᒃᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᕕᔅ ᐃᕐᙳᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᔅᐸᐃᓐᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑑᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

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Denis Shapovalov led Team Canada to the brink of victory at the Davis Cup in Spain late last month, proving that the kids can get the job done on the international scene.

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