Nunavut News - July 5, 2021 Edition - Reflecting on 22 years of Nunavut

ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 22–ᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ, ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᕕᖓᓂ

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Reflecting on 22 years of Nunavut Aluki Kotierk, Paul Quassa and others share their thoughts ahead of the territory’s anniversary

A sombre occasion Emcee and organizer of the Every Child Matters gathering in Iqaluit July 1 Mary-Lee Aliyak speaks at the Four Corners on the impact of residential schools on herself and others. Communities across the territory and country held a day of reflection in place of the usual Canada Day celebrations. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo

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Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund sparks projects across the territory

“(The Official Languages Act) needs to recognize that in Nunavut both official languages of Canada are minority languages.”

– NTI President Aluki Kotierk discusses language revitalization and other priorities, page 11.

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ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖏᑦᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᕈᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ (ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᑯᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᑦ) ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕋᓱᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ, ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᖕᓂᒡᓗ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ. ᑐᖏᓕᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᑯᓂᒃ ᓯᖓᐃᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕕᒃᓴᒥᒃ. ᑐᖏᓕᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓱᕈᓯᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓇᔭᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᓂᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒡᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑎᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᓂᒃ ᖁᓄᔪᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂᒃ ᖁᓄᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ. ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒌᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᐅᑲᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᓗ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ. please see Friendship, page 13

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥᒃ Memorial University-ᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ (NAC) ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ Memorial University ᔫᓐ 23–ᒥ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖅᑖᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ $1.8 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. “ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒃ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᖅᑖᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᒪᓕᖕᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᖁᔭᖏᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑏᕕᑦ ᔪᐊᓇᓯ. ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ 2021-ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᓯᐊᒥ. please see NAC, page 13

ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ

ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ ᕼᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᓵᑯᖅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ. ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᕆᐅᖅᓴᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 7ᒧᑦ, ᑕᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ 8-ᓂᑦ 11-ᒧᑦ. ᓵᑯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑖᓂ 14 (ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2008 ᐊᒻᒪ 2009) ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ ᐊᑖᓂ 8 (ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 2014 ᐊᒻᒪ 2015). ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 2ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ. ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖃᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔫᓐ 28-ᒥ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᕿᑎᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 14 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ. ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᐊᖅᑎᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᒥ: ᓴᓇᑦᑕᐃᓕᐅᕌᓂᒃᐸᑦ, ᐱᖓᑦᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᑕᒻᒥᕐᒥ, ᒪᕐᕈᐃᖅᑕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ: 6:00–ᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ 7:15-ᒥ. please see Summer, page 13

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fact FILE NUNAVUT COVID-19 SITUATION AS OF july 2 Active cases: 0 Confirmed cases: 657 Recovered cases: 653 Completed tests in Nunavut: 18,193 Deaths: 4 Vaccine uptake: 21,255 first doses 16,284 second doses

Confirmed cases by community Iqaluit: 253 (all recovered) Kinngait: 7 (all recovered) Rankin Inlet: 21 (all recovered) Arviat: 339 (338 recovered) Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Sanikiluaq: 2 (all recovered) Source Government of Nunavut Department of Health

ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐳᑦ ‘ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ’ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᖅ - ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓂᓕᖓᓐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑕᐃᕕᑎ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᒋᐊᖅ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔫᑉ ᑲᒪᔨᓪᓚᕆᖓ, ᔨᐊᔅ ᐳᔅ, ᓛᑯᓗᒃ ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻᓴᓐ ᐹᑐᕆ, ᐊᐃᓴᐃᔭ ᒪᒃᒐᐅᕙᓐ ᕕᓕᑉᔅ, ᐄᔭᓐ ᒪᒃᑖᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒡᒍ ᐲᑕ.

The Ilitaqsiniq - Nunavut Literacy Council’s small engine repair workshop in Iqaluit was funded by the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund (IPRF) alongside the Qikiqtani Inuit Association. Pictured from left, Davidee Qaumariaq, senior program co-ordinator, and participants Jess Bos, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Isaiah McGowen Philips, Ian McDonald, and Aggu Peter.

Photo courtesy of Ilitaqsiniq

8–ᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ $15,000–ᓂ $30,000–ᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᓯᐊᓂᑦ Northern News Services

ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᑦ (IPRF) ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

“15–ᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᒪᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᑯᙵᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᑲᓴᑦᑎᐊᖅ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕕᒃᑐᐊᕆᐊ ᒍᕌᓐᑦ, ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂ. “ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᓄᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ,” ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᐅᐊᓐᑕ ᐳᕋᔅᑰᑉ, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᑕᖅᓯᓂᐅᕗᖅ - ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ $8.4 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᓄᑖᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᓂᑦ, $1.9 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ Inspirit ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ, $2.5 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ Laidlaw ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ $4 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ Sprott ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᓂ.

2015–ᒥ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᑐᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓪᓕᓯᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ, ᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓗᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑏᓐᓇᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒍᕌᓐᑦ. ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ,

ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ, ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ $15,000–ᓂ $30,000–ᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᔮᔅᒥᓐ ᕆᐊᑦᕘᓐ, ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᒥ ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐊᓐᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᓲᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ. “ᑕᑯᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ, ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕆᐊᑦᕘᓐ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᓂᑦ. “ᑲᒪᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓯᒪᕗᖅ, ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓂ ᐊᒡᕕᐊᕈᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ ᑐᙵᕕᓕᖕᓂ ᑭᓱᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓱᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᑐᓂᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ,” ᒍᕌᓐᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᕆᕗᒍᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᖅᑕᐅᓇᔭᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ (ᐊᓯᖓᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ),” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐳᕋᔅᑰᑉ. ᐳᕋᔅᑰᑉ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᕗᖅ, “ᓇᑲᙶᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᑐᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ.” ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᑎᖅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ-ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᕐᙲᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᔫᓂ 17–ᒥ, ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ $15 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.

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Monday, July 5, 2021 A5

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᒐᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᓄᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ Northern News Services

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓱᓕ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ. “ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᙳᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᓂ: ᐆᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑖᓂ, ᐆᒪᓂᖅ ᐸᖕᒥᐅᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᑦ, ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓂ. ᐃᓚᑰᓂᖅᑕᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓕᒃᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑰᔨᕗᖅ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᖄᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ (NTI). “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓂᐱᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ.” ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᕈᕐᓂᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᙱᓐᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓄᑦ. “ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖑᕗᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᑎᒃᑯᐊᕆᒋᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑐᑭᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᙱᓚᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂᑦ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 22–ᓄᑦ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ– ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᙱᓚᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ–ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᓇᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᓂᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥᒃ. ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᕕᕈᐊᕆᒥ 69 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ ᓇᒃᓴᕐᓂᐊᕆᕗᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ

NEWS in brief Strong short-term growth forecast for Nunavut’s economy Nunavut’s economy is expected to thrive over the coming few years due to growing world demand for its metals and minerals, according to the latest forecast from the Conference Board of Canada.

“Nunavut is expected to see strong short-term growth, thanks to strong production from its four mines, and an additional mine opening in 2023,” the Conference Board of Canada stated in its latest 20 Year Territorial Outlook, released on June 28.

The independent research organization is projecting that the economies of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Yukon will collectively grow 12.3 per cent in 2021 and 3.1 per cent in 2022.

Yet there are some causes for concern, one of them being a persistent high unemployment rate. As well, COVID-19 has devastated the burgeoning tourism sector and “compounded the pre-existing trend

of falling (mineral) exploration expenditures” in the territory, which could impact the opening of mines in the future and thereby hinder economic growth, the Conference Board of Canada advised.

“However, a combination of pent-up desire for exploration, high mineral prices, and the vast mineral potential of the territory may well drive increased expenditures in the coming years,” the forecast stated.

“Strong vaccination rates, paired with new mining productions, large construction projects and an easing of on travel restrictions will bring growth opportunities to the territories,” said Liam Daly, economist at The Conference Board of Canada. “While the pandemic will have some lingering effects across the country, all three territories are expected to see strong economic rebounds over the next decade.”

– Derek Neary

ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒥ ᑭᓱᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᙳᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, “ᐃᓱᒪᓗᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐃᓱᒪᓗᑎᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᔭᕐᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ– ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖔᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥ ‘ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᕗᒍᑦ’ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᑕ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑕ.” ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ C-309–ᒥ, ᒪᓕᒐᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓯᓇᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔭᖓᓂ. “ᖃᓄᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐸᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒋᔪᒪᔭᒥᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᙱᒃᑯᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᙱᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᒪᕐᕉᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ?” ᐊᐱᕆᕗᖅ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ. ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓚᐅᕆᕗᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓᓂ ᒥᓚᓂ ᔪᐊᐃ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᓇᖏᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥ. “ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓄᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᕗᑦ. ᓇᓕᒧᓐᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓪᓗᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᒻᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᕆᒃᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.” ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᓲᖑᒐᔪᒃᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓂᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ “ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᐱᓚᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.”

“ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ–ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖔᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥ ‘ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᕗᒍᑦ’ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓗᑕ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑕ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ.

“I think if there was a way in which the public government was more Inuit-centred and not rely on the phrase ‘We’re a public government’ when they’re making public policies, that would positively impact on the public majority and then all of us would be able to move forward and know that our needs are being met as Inuit,” says NTI president Aluki Kotierk. Photo courtesy of Aluki Kotierk

“ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᑲᒋᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᐃᓄᑭᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓗᑕ ᓴᙱᒃᑎᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑕ. ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ, ᐃᓱᐊᓂ, ᐃᓚᕗᑦ, ᑲᓱᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᕙᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. “ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᕋᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᒦᓕᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ.”

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Nunavut Day celebrates Inuit reclamation of land, says Paul Quassa ‘That’s what we have dreamed of, rather than being controlled by other nationalities’

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

Nunavut Day represents many things to Nunavummiut. For many it represents a territory Inuit can call their own and for the current Speaker of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly, it represents getting back land that always belonged to Inuit.

“To me it always reminds me of getting back to our land, back to the Inuit. That’s what Nunavut was all about, it was returning and enhancing our way of life, our language and our values. Those were the main things we wanted to get a hold of, control rather than being controlled by the outside, that’s what Nunavut was all about,” says Paul Quassa.

“It was returning what we already owned, returning our independence and the land our ancestors live on for thousands of years.”

Quassa was one of the chief negotiators for the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which included the creation of Nunavut under the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (now Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, NTI). He is the regular member for the Aggu riding and was Nunavut’s fourth premier before current premier Joe Savikataaq. He is also a residential school survivor.

Canada’s newest and largest territory, based on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement signed on May 25, 1993, officially separated from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999.

A government with Inuit politicians, ministers and legislation was one of the goals of Nunavut, said Quassa, and it has partly reached those goals.

He added that much legislation in the young territory was made for Nunavut, in Nunavut, saying “We didn’t want to live under legislation that was made in Ottawa or Yellowknife.”

Inuit-owned organizations have also been built up with their own infrastructure, with various fisheries being established in the territory and agreements with mining companies being established to benefit Inuit.

However there are still quite a few things

he would like to see more of taking place, such as language revitalization in work and legislation.

“We are still quite a bit behind in terms of our government using Inuktitut as a working language. Our government is still an English-speaking government, our government also seems to put policies and regulations that are very European. Certainly there’s still a lot of work that still has to be done on that end.”

The presence of Inuit organizations within the smaller communities outside of Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay he adds is also lacking.

“The smaller communities haven’t really seen the benefits NTI is supposed to delivering. NTI’s not building infrastructure in smaller communities,” Quassa said.

“We have gone far from 1993, the day we signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and we have still got a ways to go.”

Despite everything though, he maintains a sense of optimism looking forward.

“We cannot give up on something just because we still haven’t gotten it. We have to be optimistic, there’s still a lot of room to improve, I certainly hope our future will focus on that.”

With most of Nunavut being Crown Land, Quassa says the next step is for Nunavut to become a province and take the next step in reclaiming Inuit control over Nunavut.

“We cannot be a territory forever and a day, if you look at some of the histories, for example Manitoba. Manitoba had a population of only 60,000 when they became a province and that’s our next goal, is to become a province. Our territorial government will have total control over the territory,” he explained.

In terms of reconciliation, Nunavut’s creation was a step forward, he said, though there’s still a long way to go.

“To me that was some form of reconciliation, Certainly there’s still a lot of things that still need to be reconciled but I believe the whole land claims process is a part of

Rankin Inlet holds pride parade

photo courtesy of Belinda Ugjuk.

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet held its first ever Pride parade in support of the LGBTQ2S+ community on June 19.

Approximately 25 people showed up to this year’s march, including several members of Rankin’s queer community.

Belinda Ugjuk and her sister Terri Nordman organized the march.

“I really wanted to support my family and friends who are LGBTQ2S+ to have space to be who they are and awareness of equality, love and acceptance,” said Ugjuk.

The parade was Ugjuk’s second attempt at organizing an event in solidarity with the queer community. Although she and her children were the only ones who took part last year, it was a start.

“This year we announced on Facebook a few days in advance and my sister was getting messages from people wanting to join in! We were so happy. As we were walking, more people also joined in,” said Ugjuk.

Both Ugjuk and Nordman said they hoped to see support for the march grow next year.

– Cody Punter

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᕗᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ. “ᒪᓕᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.”

Nunavut Day represents celebration of reclaiming Inuit land, says Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Paul Quassa. “Our next goal is to become a province. Our territorial government will have total control over the territory.”

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our reconciliation because our goal was to become more independent.”

In 2000, July 9 was designated Nunavut Day, the year following Nunavut’s creation in 1999, before and after Quassa said it has been a accepting place.

“Nunavut has always been welcoming territory,” he said.

When outsiders first started rolling in, Quassa said Inuit helped them survive the winters and welcomed them.

“When we go way back to the early 1920s when RCMP, the Hudson’s Bay clerks, missionaries came up, we welcomed them, we clothed them, we made sure they survived during the harsh winters. Inuit have always been welcoming and we still are. Our territory is so huge, we got lots of room up here.

“I certainly hope by welcoming people of different nationalities that they respect our culture and try and learn our language, that’s the least they can do.”

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ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱ–ᔪᑎᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ Northern News Services

ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᒥᒃᖠᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᙱᑦᑎᐊᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᔪᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖏᓐᓂ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇᖔᖅ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓪᓘᔪᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 22–ᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᓕᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓵᙵᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓅᑕᐅᓂᑰᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ. ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ, ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᑖᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᕆᓂᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑐᓂᓯᓂᖃᙱᓚᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᕿᒫᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒥᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᒻᒪᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᕗᑦ. ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᖃᐅᒪᓂᕐᓂ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᑖᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂᑦ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᒐᓗᐊᕈᑎᒃ, ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᐃᔩᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ, ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ

ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᒻᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᒥ ᐆᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐅᓄᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᖁᐊᓴ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐸᓗᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, “ᓱᓕ ᕿᒻᒪᑰᕐᔪᐊᐸᓗᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᒻᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓂᖓᓂ. ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᓱᓕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ–ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᕗᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒐᔪᒃᑑᔮᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖁᔭᓂᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐄᓪᓚᕆᒃ ᓱᓕ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᑕᐃᑯᖓ ᐃᓱᐊᓄᑦ.” ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᖕᓂᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔪᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ. “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ. “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 22–ᓄᑦ, ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ–ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᙱᓚᑦ.” ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ, ᐱᐅᓛᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖑᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᑦ–ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ. “ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑖᕋᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓇᑭᙶᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓇᒦᓕᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖅ.

Nunavut Day itself is a reason for optimism There is always room for improvement, but Nunavut is uniquely poised to combat the legacy of colonization Northern News Services

Many communities in Nunavut and across the country chose this year to subdue, or forego entirely, Canada Day events in the wake of continued atrocities being uncovered at the sites of former residential schools. Instead, most held a day of reflection, choosing to focus on bigger and better Nunavut Day celebrations 22 years after the territory gained official status.

Nunavummiut have faced many challenges since Nunavut was finally formed in the eyes of the Canadian government, many of those challenges are holdovers from Nunavut’s time as part of the Northwest Territories, or legacies of colonization.

Speaker of the legislative assembly, Paul Quassa, said that the formation of the territory was a form of reconciliation, in a way, as one of the main goals of the land claims process was to gain greater independence.

Independence, however, does not give the federal government an escape from their responsibility in continuing to right the wrongs that have been committed against Indigenous people in this country.

The large gaps compared to the south in infrastructure, education and housing are ever-present problems.

The high rates and normalization of violence in families, too, are cause for concern.

But there are many more lights beginning to shine in the darkness as the first generation of young adults since the formation of the territory are graduating their post-secondary programs, whether as teachers, nurses, mental health workers or tradespeople, all able to better support their communities.

There has been a greater focus on Inuktitut as both a language of instruction and in day-to-day living.

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated President Aluki Kotierk believes more can be done on that front, saying that Inuktut needs to be recognized as an official language of Canada in Nunavut, as English and French are both minority languages in the territory.

Quassa has echoed that sentiment, saying, “We are still quite a bit behind in terms of our government using Inuktitut as a working language. Our government is still an English-speaking government, our government also seems to put policies and regulations

that are very European. Certainly there’s still a lot of work that still has to be done on that end.”

Room for improvement may be a common theme, but that is to be expected as Nunavut carves its path forward into a future that serves and supports all Nunavummiut.

“Inuit have lots of expectations and hope,” says Kotierk. “I think part of that expectation was that by having a public government where Inuit are the public majority, de facto Inuit priorities would be the priorities of the public government. But I think over a period of 22 years, we’ve realized that many of the priorities of the government are not Inuit-centred.”

The past few weeks have shown that, even with the best of efforts from community and territorial leaders, Inuit and Indigenous priorities have never been top-of-mind for the federal government.

“At this time, although we’re still celebrating Nunavut, we also need to reflect on the Inuit who worked hard to get Nunavut, where we’ve come from and what we’ve gone through to (get) where we are today,” said Kotierk.

There are reasons for optimism, but the work is not done.

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ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᓂᑦ Stringer Hall–ᒥ 1960– ᖏᓐᓂ. ᐅᓇ ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑎᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᑦ.

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Cambridge Bay Tea Talk

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Attending residential school for us Inuit kids was an experience away from our parents, Elders and communities that will never happen again. Most of us are now grandparents and have beautiful grandchildren. We are home and safe and loved with our families and Elders.

We made a lot of friends from different communities and different cultures. To come home on June 30 every year was the best day of our lives. Our parents, grand-

with Navalik Tologanak email: helent@qiniq.com

parents, Elders and communities would come back to life and happiness.

Let us continue to keep our children safe and to hear our language, eat our traditional foods, and to keep learning to sew and hunt and fish like our Ancestors did. We must move on and live a good and loving life we all were meant to have.

I think of each of my hostel mates, quana for being beside me always.

Bless and remember those children who never made it back home.

We shall honor you.

ᑲᑎᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᕈᓯᖃᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ SAMS (Sir ᐋᓕᒃᓵᓐᑐᕐ ᒪᑲᓐᓯ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ) ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒧᑦ: ᓕᐊᔅ ᑳᐱᓐᑐᕐ, ᕼᐊᓚᓐ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐊᓚᓐ ᒍᐊᑕᓐ.

A reunion of classmates who attended SAMS (Sir Alexander Mackenzie School) Residential school in Inuvik as children.

Left to right: Les Carpenter, Helen Tologanak, and Helen Gordon. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᑦ Stringer Hall–ᒥ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ 1960-ᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᕙᙶᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓴᓂᓕᐊᓂ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, Coppermine (ᒫᓐᓇ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᖅ), ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖅᑑᖅ, ᕿᖓᐅᒃ, ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕐᕕᓕᒡᔪᐊᕐᒥ.

A group of excited junior girls at Stringer Hall in the 1960s. This is the day all the students get to fly to their hometowns to return to their parents and families. Photo courtesy of Navalik Tologanak

ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᕆᔅᓱᑦ ᐅᐊᑯᐊᒃ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᓰᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ Stringer Hall, ᐃᓅᕕᒃ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ. ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᙱᑦᑐᒥ/ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥ ᕿᑲᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

On the left is Richard Oakoak Tologanak, one of three shepherds at a Christmas concert in the chapel at Stringer Hall, Inuvik, NWT. Hostel kids from out of town/region were not allowed to go home for Christmas holidays. Photo courtesy of Navalik Tologanak

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/Iqaluit street talk with Trevor Wright

The junior girls of Stringer Hall gathered together for a Christmas photograph in the 1960s. Many students were from what is now called the Kitikmeot in Nunavut, outlying camps nearby Cambridge Bay, Coppermine (now Kugluktuk), Bay Chimo, Bathurst Inlet, Spence Bay, Gjoa Haven and Pelly Bay. Photo courtesy of Navalik Tologanak

ᑭᓱ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓲᕆᕕᐅᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒑᖓᕕᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ?

What comes to mind when you think of Canada Day now?

ᐹᓪ ᖁᐊᓴ “ᐃᓵᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ, ᓯᕗᕚᕗᑦ ᑕᒫᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᑐᖃᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᑳᓪᓚᒃ ᐅᑯᐊ ᑎᑭᒃᑐᐊᓘᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᑎᖃᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᖃᓄᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᐳᖅ. ᑐᓱᓵᕆᓇᓱᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂ.”

Paul Quassa “Invasion, our ancestors were living here way back and all of the sudden all of these guys come in, they started calling it Canada. They did everything to us, that’s what Canada Day reminds me of. They tried to entice us to believe their values.”

ᔫᑎ ᒐᐴᓇ “ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒦᓐᓂᓐᓂ, ᕕᓕᐲᓐᒥᐅᑕᓪᓚᕆᐅᕗᖓ. ᑖᖅᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕈᒪᕗᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖃᑎᖃᕈᒪᕗᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓗᐃᓪᓕᕿᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ.”

Judy Gabuna

“I’m grateful I’m in Canada, I’m actually from the Philippines. It’s a sombre day for everyone but I still want to celebrate Canada, at the same time I want to be one with the Indigenous community in grieving over the past and hoping to receive healing.”

ᔮᔅ ᓛᖕ “ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᓱᓕᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᓗᐊᕌᓗᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ.”

Josh Long

ᒐᐃᔪᓪ ᕼᐃᐊᕆᓴᓐ “ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᓚᐅᒃ, ᓵᙵᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᑖᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔪᒪᓯᒪᙱᓚᒍᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᖦᖢᒍ.”

Gayle Harrison

ᐲᐱ ᐱᓗᑐ “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᔨᖅᓯᒐᔪᒃᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᙱᑕᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᓲᖑᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ. ” Bibi Bilodeau

ᓲᓵᓐ ᐃᑐᕆᑦᔾ “ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑯᒻᒪᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᓗᑎᒃ ... ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᔨᖅᓯᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᓴᒡᓗᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᙳᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᑯᓂᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ.”

Suzanne Etheridge

“A history of colonialism to be honest and a lot of talk and not a lot of follow-through. The way forward is quite clear and we just need to follow up on it.”

“I think in general it’s important to recognize the true history as often things get quite whitewashed with our colonial history and we only focus on certain aspects that don’t reflect all the people. ”

“It’s different this year, we’ve had to face a really dark past that we haven’t been willing to recognize up until now. Canada Day should be a celebration for everybody and not a painful reminder of the past.”

“I’m happy to see so many people are starting to wake and understand ... we have been hiding behind the facade of Canadian politeness for so long.

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Nunavut falling short of ideals, Kotierk says ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ, ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ, “ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ–ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ, ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒋᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 2021–ᒥ. ᐊᖏᕈᑎ ᒥᐊᓂᕆᓪᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ–ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

NTI president seeks improvements in language rights, housing and Inuit in the government workforce

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Nunavut

As Nunavut Day approaches, there remains an unease among many Inuit that the territory is not reflective of the goals set out in the Nunavut Agreement, says Aluki Kotierk.

“Many of the things that were aspired for or hoped for have not become reality. Inuit continue to live in very desperate circumstances: living under the poverty line, living in overcrowded houses, having food-insecure homes.

There’s a great gap between the median salary of Inuit and non-Inuit in the territory and it seems to be widening,” says Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI). “I think more and more people are becoming more vocal about how things are not getting better.”

She cites stagnation in Inuit employment within the Government of Nunavut, particularly among senior managers.

“So the majority of people who are in decision-making positions to design and develop programs and services are non-Inuit,” she says.

She also points to Inuktut not being the working language of the territory, meaning that many Inuit cannot receive many essential government services in their preferred language. In addition,

Inuktut is not the language of instruction throughout the education system.

“Inuit have lots of expectations and hope. I think part of that expectation was that by having a public government where Inuit are the public majority, de facto Inuit priorities would be the priorities of the public government.

But I think over a period of 22 years, we’ve realized that many of the priorities of the government are not Inuit-centred,” she says.

It is for these reasons that NTI is examining its self-government options, such as developing its own independent programs to serve Inuit or forging new terms with the federal government and the Government of Nunavut through an intergovernmental services agreement. No decisions are expected to be made until NTI’s next annual general meeting in October, says Kotierk, who was re-elected in February with 69 per cent of the vote.

October will also bring an election for the territorial government. Asked what advice she would give to Nunavut’s next prospective MLAs, Kotierk replies, “Think about why Nunavut was created.

Think about who you’ll be representing and keep that front and centre in your mind and in your heart when you’re doing your job as an MLA.

“I think if there was a way in which the public government was more Inuit-centred and not rely on the phrase ‘We’re a public government’ when they’re making public policies, that would positively impact on the public majority and then all of us would be able to move forward and know that our needs are being met as Inuit.”

Language rights In Ottawa, Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq has tabled Bill C-309, an Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, which would put Inuktut on ballots for federal elections.

It’s a move that NTI supports.

“How else can Inuit participate in the democratic process if they don’t understand and cannot read English or French, which are the two official languages of Canada?” asks Kotierk.

She has also urged federal Official Languages Minister Melanie Joly to give Inuktut full standing in Nunavut through a revision of Canada’s Official Languages Act. “It needs to recognize that in Nunavut, both official languages of Canada are minority languages. There needs to be equality, equity provided to Inuktut and Inuktut needs to be recognized as an official language of Canada in Nunavut. The idea behind that is it would allow for resources

The Government of Nunavut, as a public government, needs to be “more Inuit-centred,” says Aluki Kotierk, who signed the Katujjqatigiinniq Protocol alongside Premier Joe Savikataaq in January 2021. The agreement was meant to guide shared Inuit-government goals to benefit Inuit in Nunavut. NNSL file photo and support to be afforded equitably to Inuktut as it is to other language minorities.

I really think Inuktut needs to be absolutely everywhere in Nunavut.”

Managing a pandemic As a majority of adult Nunavummiut are now vaccinated and COVID-19 restrictions are easing, Kotierk said the emergency that transpired over the past 15 months has been illuminating in some respects.

“I think one of the big lessons we have learned from this global pandemic is that when there’s political will, everyone can rally towards making sure there’s a solution and can be responsive and efficient,” she says. “I think the great positive outcome has been the co-ordination and the intergovernmental

relationships between Inuit organizations, the territorial government and the federal government, because we all had a common goal to ensure (the virus) didn’t come into Nunavut communities and to ensure Inuit understood what it meant, how it behaved and what the public health measures were.”

She hopes that other pressing issues can be tackled in the same fashion, such as tuberculosis, the high suicide rate and the housing crisis.

“Together, we’re able to accomplish much more than working separately,” she says.

Nunavut Day Nunavut Day is often a celebratory occasion across the territory but Kotierk says this year has brought much to contemplate as the pan-

demic has changed lives and the discovery of Indigenous children’s graves at former residential schools in the south has resulted in a “collective sombreness.”

“I think it would be a good day to be gentle with ourself and to people around ourself, and to be compassionate and to celebrate in small bubbles of family, but to work on strengthening our complex interpersonal kinship systems that we have as Inuit. Because I think, ultimately, our family networks are where we get our strength.

“At this time, although we’re still celebrating Nunavut, we also need to reflect on the Inuit who worked hard to get Nunavut, where we’ve come from and what we’ve gone through to (get) where we are today.”

Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund uses ‘money as medicine’ Eight Nunavut communities have received as much as $30,000 so far

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

Set up to support and serve Indigenous communities and organizations, the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund (IPRF) has been assisting various initiatives across the country, including those in Nunavut.

“We have had 15 intakes and have had funding go up to that area in just about every intake,” said Victoria Grant, team member with IPRF. “It’s created and facilitated by many nations across this land, all by Indigenous people,” adds Wanda Brascoupe, fellow team member.

One such initiative they have supported in Nunavut is Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council’s small engine repair workshop in Iqaluit, which was listed as a food security

project, as it granted people better access to the land.

Ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day the IPRF announced $8.4 million in new funding from three foundations, $1.9 million from the Inspirit Foundation, $2.5 million from the Laidlaw Foundation and $4 million from the Sprott Foundation, all of which will be contributed over the subsequent years.

In 2015, it was these three foundations who were among the original signatories for the Philanthropic Community’s Declaration of Action at the closing event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in the spirit of reconciliation.

“Our long-term plan is to be a foundation and to raise funds so we will be able to continue to put funding into communities,” said Grant.

IPRF funding has largely been related to the COVID-19 pandemic thus far and it has

reached Nunavummiut in all three regions.

Applications have been supported in Baker Lake, Iqaluit, Arctic Bay, Pond Inlet, Gjoa Haven, Kinngait, Sanikiluaq and Cambridge Bay, with funding ranging from $15,000 to $30,000.

Along with food security initiatives, projects supporting connectivity, building capacity and mental health are among the Nunavut projects funded by the IPRF. Jasmine Redfern, an Inuk law student under the Nunavut Law Program at the University of Saskatchewan sits on the Indigenous Advisory Council that helps govern the IPRF. “We’ve seen a lot of interesting projects, earlier they were definitely more focused on immediate needs and then throughout the year we saw a more of a mental health focus and a health focus,” said Redfern.

While the Fund may be only one year old at this point, the team members say they have

helped quite a few Indigenous communities in Canada with less restrictive grants.

“It has been an incredible year, we have had incredible support with the people who are partnering with us and providing us unencumbered funds so we can make decisions based on what the community needs and what resources we would like to provide for them,” Grant said.

“We also knew that there (were) going to be some critical initiatives that probably would not get supported by (other means),” said Brascoupe.

Brascoupe adds, “where we come from, we utilize money as medicine. We believe a community knows what’s best, we trust them and we support that.”

The IPRF is an Indigenous-led effort to respond to immediate community needs and reached its first anniversary on June 17, raising more than $15 million over the past year for Indigenous-led initiatives in Canada.

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QIA reopens compassionate and bereavement travel programs

Qikiqtani The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is re opening the Compassionate and Bereavement Travel Programs starting June 29.

The programs cover the costs for two family members to travel within Nunavut to attend a funeral or visit a close family member who is near death.

A family member under this program is designated as: grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, sister, brother and grandchildren.

Qikiqtani Inuit who wish to apply can contact their local Community Liaison Officer or call 1-800-667-2742.

– Trevor Wright

NTI extends its solidarity with Cowessess First Nation

Nunavut Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) extended its solidarity with members of Cowessess First Nation and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations following the finding of the remains of 751 children at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan.

“We send out love to Cowessess First Nation, said Aluki Kotierk, President of NTI, “our hearts go out to the survivors and their families in the region, as well as all survivors of the residential school systems and Indigenous communities everywhere that are deeply impacted by this news.”

The release noted that in early 2019, Kivalliq Hall was recognized as a residential school, changing the commonly referenced date for closure of residential schools from 1996 to Dec. 31 1997, at the time under the control of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

“The discoveries of further unmarked burial sites of so many innocent children at a former residential school confirms what Indigenous peoples have been relaying for decades, that the Government of Canada and the Catholic Church committed cultural genocide of First Nations, Metis and Inuit through its assimilation and colonization policies.”

– Trevor Wright

NAC partners up with Memorial University to deliver social work programming

Nunavut Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) and Memorial University on June 23 announced a partnership to help deliver a Bachelor of Social Work program, which will be offered to NAC graduates of the NAC Social Service Worker diploma program.

The Government of Nunavut (GN) is committing $1.8 million over a three-year period for the delivery of the accredited program in the territory.

“This agreement ensures Nunavut’s Arctic College two-year Social Service Worker diploma will lead into an accredited four-year Bachelor of Social Work from Memorial University and is consistent with the government’s priority of providing education and training opportunities for youth and adults to make positive contributions to society,” said Minister of Education David Joanasie.

The new Bachelor of Social Work, Nunavut Cohort program will be first offered in fall 2021 to the first cohort of students in Cambridge Bay. “We at Memorial University are delighted with the re-

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ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᖑᔪᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ. ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕇᖑᔪᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᓄᑖᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᔾᔨᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᖓᔮᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᓂᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᓄᔪᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ.

The Kitikmeot Friendship Society hosts programming in their building in Cambridge Bay. The Friendship Society has two new projects on the go that will help provide resources for families impacted by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and children and youth who have experienced violence or sexual assault. Photo courtesy of Kitikmeot Friendship Society/Facebook cent agreement,” said Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-chancellor of Memorial University.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to provide a practice of social work that is consistent with Inuit traditional knowledge and Inuit culture.”

– Trevor Wright

City hosts subdued July 1 celebrations

Iqaluit The City of Iqaluit last Thursday held subdued celebrations on July 1, also known as Canada Day, in light of the latest findings found on former residential school grounds.

The events focused on fostering opportunities for Iqalummiut to celebrate family connections, with an emphasis on children and families. People were encouraged to wear orange.

Free public skates, turf time, lane swims and a youth bonfire were held, there were also family-focused pop-ups throughout the day and a family celebration at Iqaluit Square.

Staff were on-site to ensure public health orders were being followed.

– Trevor Wright

Summer sports leagues starting

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet The Hamlet of Rankin Inlet will be running youth softball and soccer programs this summer. T-ball will be open to ages 5 to 7, while little league is open to ages 8 to 11.

The soccer program will have four ages divisions ranging from under-14 (born in 2008 and 2009) to under-8 (born in 2014 and 2015).

Residents can register their children for both programs at the rec hall on July 2.

Rankin Inlet’s co-ed softball league was also scheduled to start on June 28. The league is open to anyone ages 14 and up. Games will be played three times a week: on Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays, with two time slots per night: 6:00 and 7:15 p.m.

– Cody Punter

Friendship Society kicking off two new projects for 2021

Kitikmeot The Kitikmeot Friendship Society (KFS) is seeking to work collaboratively with local and extensive partners to help advocate and promote social justice, mental health programming and to bring other resources which are not available in the Kitikmeot.

The KFS has partnered up with Iqaluit’s Piruqatigiit FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder) Resource Centre to create a more united front to address FASD in children, youth and families. The friendship society seeks to kick-start their own FASD Resource Centre.

A second project in the works is to establish a Child Advocacy Centre, this would be an extension of the Umingmak Centre in Iqaluit. The focus will be on children and youth to who experienced or witnessed violence or child sexual abuse.

The project will offer family support, respite care, counseling services and ongoing support services.

– Trevor Wright

Mayor wants to remove land tax exemption from churches

Iqaluit Mayor of Iqaluit Kenny Bell posted on Twitter on June 24 that he is planning a motion to have the land tax exemption for churches in the city removed at the next city council meeting.

This comes in light of the discovery of 751 graves located near a former residential school in southern Saskatchewan in an announcement made by Cowessess First Nation, one of multiple such revelations around residential school grounds in Canada since late May. In addition, Bell has asked city staff to lower all flags on city property and city hall with the exception of the Pride flag – until June 30, as per a previous council motion.

The next council meeting is set to take place on July 13.

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Proper surveying of Arctic waters needed to avoid more shipping disasters: safety board Investigative report into cruise ship running aground near Kugaaruk finds inadequate navigational data

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Kugaaruk

Almost three years after a cruise ship ran aground near Kugaaruk in 2018, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s recently filed investigative report found that the vessel’s crew acted inappropriately and that a lack of surveying of Canada’s Arctic Ocean poses significant hazards to ships navigating Northern waters.

“Until the coastal waters surrounding the Canadian Arctic archipelago are surveyed to modern or adequate hydrographic standards, and if alternate mitigation measures are not put in place, there is a persistent risk that vessels will make unforeseen contact with the sea bottom. The (safety) board therefore recommends that the Department of Transport, in collaboration with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, develops and implements mandatory risk mitigation measures for all passenger vessels operating in Canadian Arctic coastal waters,” the report reads.

In response, Transport Canada stated to Nunavut News that the federal government has already taken actions to promote safe shipping in the Arctic, referring specifically to the 2019 Guidelines for Assessing Ice Operational Risk and the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations.

“Inherent risks of navigating in remote locations can be mitigated by adopting the best practices as set out in the International Chamber of Shipping Bridge Procedures Guide, which emphasize voyage planning and the importance of

Akademik Ioffe, ᕋᓴᒃᑯᓐᓂ-ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᐃᑲᕐᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 144 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᒥ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᑰᒑᕐᔪᖕᒥ ᐋᒍᔅᑎ 2018–ᒥ. ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒪᐃᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ.

The Akademik Ioffe, which is a Russian-registered vessel, ran aground 144 km northwest of Kugaaruk in August 2018. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada completed its investigation into the incident in May and found that there were unsafe practices aboard the ship and that surveying of Canadian Arctic waters is inadequate. Wikimedia Commons/Victor Morozov photo http:// rdfr.photosight.ru proceeding in surveyed and charted waters to the extent possible,” said Cybelle Morin, Transport Canada’s senior Adviser of media relations.

She added that vessels planning a voyage in the Canadian Arctic should continue to comply with the requirements outlined in the

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention and in the Standard for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping Convention, abide with their company’s safety management system, and follow their polar water operational manual, developed under

the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters.

Cruise ships were banned from Arctic waters in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That prohibition is set to expire at the end of February 2022.

“We look forward to seeing cruise operations return to Canada when

it is deemed safe to do so by our public health authorities,” Morin said.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s 83-page report released in May determined that the Akademik Ioffe, chartered

by Canadian tour company One Ocean Expeditions, ran aground 144 km northwest of Kugaaruk on Aug. 24, 2018 in an area that was “not surveyed to modern or adequate hydrographic standards, and where none of the vessel crew had ever been.”

In addition, the crew was not closely monitoring the situation, which was exacerbated by the low-water depth alarms having been turned off, the report reveals.

The incident resulted in 80.5 litters of fuel oil from the damaged ship leaking into the environment.

No injuries were reported among the 37 crew, 24 expedition staff or 102 passengers, who were transferred to a sister ship. The Akademik Ioffe was eventually refloated.

The report notes that the Office of the Auditor General of Canada published a report from its Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development in 2014 recommending that “although it was not reasonable to expect the entire Canadian Arctic to be surveyed to modern standards, it was expected that reliable information for the higher risk areas, where vessel traffic was most prevalent such as approaches to Northern communities, be available.”

That same document noted that the Canadian Hydrographic Service estimated at the time that about one per cent of Canadian Arctic waters are surveyed to modern standards.

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Hunters and trappers call for halt to Baffinland’s icebreaking in 2021 Chair of Mittimatalik HTO cites concern for marine mammals as shipping increases

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet

The Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization (MHTO) in Pond Inlet is demanding that Baffinland Iron Mines’ icebreaking activities cease during the 2021 shipping season due to concern for narhwhal, seal and other ocean life.

Eric Ootoova, chairperson of the MHTO, submitted a letter to the Nunavut Impact Review Board on June 25 citing “mounting evidence that Baffinland’s operations are seriously disturbing marine mammals, especially narwhal.”

Ootoova references Inuit observations, aerial surveys that show a decline in narwhal in the area of Eclipse Sounds, a study published in 2020 by university researchers that reveals an increase in the stress hormone cortisol in narhwal and a 2021 article in the journal Marine Policy on the potential impacts of underwater noise from

ships, which have been increasing in number and distance travelled in Arctic waters. Baffinland alone projected close to 100 voyages by vessels in 2020.

The summer presence of narwhal in Eclipse Inlet and Admiralty Sound, measured by third parties, has dropped to an estimated 36,000 animals in 2020 compared to 45,500 in 2013.

“For years Inuit have been saying that this mine is negatively affecting marine mammals. Science is finally catching up with Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (traditional knowledge) by recognizing the disturbance to narwhal. It’s time for Baffinland to take serious action to stop this disturbance, including cancelling its planned icebreaking,” Ootoova stated.

The 2020 study, published by NRC Research Press, describes a “significant increase” in cortisol in narwhal but mentions a number of possible causes in addition to increased ship traffic, such as changing ice conditions, altered food sources in the Arctic and an influx of killer whales, which

hunt narwhal.

“Thus, there is a need for continued monitoring of stress responses (i.e., cortisol levels) and other health indicators in narwhals to understand how individual fitness and the population will be impacted over time,” the study states.

In an April 7 letter to the Nunavut Impact Review Board, Lou Kamermans, Baffinland’s senior director of sustainable development, pointed out that contractor Golder Associates also considered the construction of a small-craft harbour in Pond Inlet, which involves the driving of piles into the harbour bed, as another source of “high-energy noise” that could be contributing to the displacement of whales.

“Baffinland is committed to taking a precautionary approach and modifying its shipping activities on an interim basis. Baffinland will also increase project level monitoring during 2021 respecting narwhal abundance in Eclipse Sound and to evaluate the

ᐅᓇ ᓄᓇᙳᐊᖅ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᑯᐃᖅᓯᔾᔪᑎᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᕗᖅ 2021–ᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐳᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

This map shows the shipping route used by Baffinland Iron Mines. The Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization in Pond Inlet wants the mining company’s icebreaking activities to be cancelled in 2021 due to worries over the impact on marine mammals. Image courtesy of Baffinland Iron Mines additional modifications to project shipping that are planned for 2021,” Kamermans wrote.

However, Ootoova rejected the

mining company’s proposed mitigation measures in his June 25 letter due to “uncertainty” over their effectiveness.

Stockpile of frozen fish at Pangnirtung’s fishery Close to 232,000 pounds of fish still sitting in freezers due to shipping problems

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Panniqtuuq/Pangnirtung

The mid-April closure of Canadian North’s cargo office in Iqaluit has significantly slowed down the sale of Pangnirtung’s fish.

As of June 24, there were approximately 232,000 pounds of fish remaining in the plant from turbot season. In a typical year Pangnirtung Fisheries is usually able to sell all of its products by the end of April.

“Right now we’re still way behind in shipping our products out of Pang,” said Peter Kilabuk, chairman of Cumberland Sound Fisheries. “We started (fishing) in January, and when we called off the fisheries due to unsafe conditions and no more freezer space, we had landed about 687,000 pounds of turbot.”

Of that total, the organization shipped out about 455,000

pounds. However, the 232,000 remaining pounds of fish are still sitting in freezers belonging to Pangnirtung Fisheries, which processes the fish, and in which Cumberland Sound Fisheries shareholders hold a majority stake.

“We can only pray our freezers stay operating. Another thing too is it costs quite a lot to keep those freezers running for the plant. It has been a very different year, this year,” said Kilabuk.

On April 27, Canadian North shortened its Iqaluit cargo hours in response to impacts of the pandemic and after one of its Iqaluit-based employees tested positive for the virus.

The airline said at the time there may be temporary delays or disruptions in processing cargo shipments to and from Iqaluit, with the airline prioritizing food, medical supplies and other essential goods.

Because the capital is a travel

ᔫᓂ 24–ᒥ, ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ 232,000 ᐸᐅᓐᓂ ᓇᑖᕐᓇᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᐊᖃᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᓯᑲᑦᑕᕐᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᖕᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ.

As of June 24, close to 232,000 pounds of turbot is sitting in freezers in Pangnirtung due to shipping backlogs related to COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Pangnirtung Fisheries

hub for the Qikiqtani region, there have been effects from the COVID delays that the communities are still dealing with.

Being unable to distribute the stockpile of fish and making sure it doesn’t spoil “has caused us a lot of headaches this year,” Kilabuk said. “We weren’t able to ship anything for quite a long period of time,

which ultimately led us to not being able to continue with our fisheries operations towards the end of the fishing season … we still had over 50,000 pounds of quota we didn’t get to fish.”

The problems Pangnirtung Fisheries is facing largely relate to transportation woes. The longer the fish sit, the more the

value of the turbot will drop.

With a European Union-certified fish plant that abides by stricter regulations and rules, Kilabuk says there’s added pressure because the fishery seeks to sell “top-quality” products.

“If (Canadian North) is able to fly our fish products out, it would eliminate our biggest problem in the plant,” Kila-

buk says. “We’ve had a lot of people working on getting this product into Pang (with our) licensed fishermen and women, and we have a good number of staff – dedicated staff – that of course came to work to produce top-quality products and it’s unfortunate that it just ends up sitting in our freezer space.”

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Quebec-based airline’s scheduled service will negate need to stop in Winnipeg

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Sanikiluaq

A small Quebec-based airline will begin offering scheduled flights from Iqaluit to Sanikiluaq as of July 5.

Panorama Aviation will use an eight-passenger PC-12 aircraft to shuttle customers back and forth on Mondays and Thursdays.

Ticket prices will be around $1,200 each way.

“Other scheduled flights could be discussed in a near future, thanks to our new aircrafts coming up,” said Audrey Marquis-Drolet, co-ordinator and a pilot with Panorama Aviation. She added that the company has a fleet of six PC-12 planes and it just acquired two Beechcraft B1900D, which can seat up to 19 people. One of those two larger aircraft will be used on the Iqaluit-Sanikiluaq route in the future, she noted. Panorama touted that there will be “no more lengthy de-

tour via Winnipeg” to get to and from Sanikiluaq as a result of its new direct route.

The airline has flown in Nunavut for a few years, offering charter flights and transporting cargo, including COVID-19 tests and vaccines.

Hudson Bay MLA Allan Rumbolt had been pushing for a direct flight, devoting some of his member’s statements and questions for ministers to the topic in the legislative assembly.

On May 28, he acknowledged that the pandemic has been delaying the service and he asked Economic Development and Transportation Minister David Akeeagok how long the contract will be in place.

Akeeagok’s response was that the term is for six months.

“Once it’s near six months or thereafter we will look at the criteria and whether it was successful or not to see if that can continue, and I’m optimistic that this will continue,” he said.

8-ᓂ-ᐃᑭᒪᕝᕕᓕᖕᒥ PC-12 ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ-ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᖃᐅᑎᒋᔪᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, Panorama ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᑕᐅᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ Beechcraft 19-ᓂ–ᐃᑭᒪᕝᕕᓕᖕᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒧᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ, ᑲᒻᐸᓂᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

An eight-passenger PC-12 aircraft will initially be used for new Iqaluit-Sanikiluaq direct service. However, Panorama Aviation plans to swap in a Beechcraft 19-passenger plane on that route in the future, a company spokesperson says. Photo courtesy of Panorama Aviation

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Another year of fun returns Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut’s Get Happy Summer Day Camp back for sixth year

By James McCarthy Northern News Services Nunavut

Once school is out, that age-old question comes up: what do the kids do for the summer?

Well, some youth around the territory are getting the chance to take part in a program that has cemented itself as something to look forward to each year.

The Get Happy Summer Day Camp, run by the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut (RPAN), is back for its sixth year.

What started out as a pilot program in 2016 with five communities in the Qikiqtani region has now grown into a territory-wide initiative with 15 communities taking part in this year’s programming.

Dawn Currie MacKinnon, RPAN’s executive director, said several of the communities are repeat customers with two joining in for the very first time.

“Kimmirut and Arviat are new this year,” she said. “We put the call out in February when we got the funding for the program and Arviat got in on it right away. For Kimmirut, we got a call from them at the end of May and they

got it together really quickly.”

Training for this year happened between June 21 and 25, a bit later than normal, said Currie MacKinnon, and that was her fault.

“I was a bit late getting everything together,” she said. “We did have some in-person time scheduled in Iqaluit this year but we had to adjust things because of Covid-19 and so we went online.”

Even with the training happening online, as it did for last year’s camp, Currie MacKinnon said she wanted to do some more hands-on training to get everyone involved instead of simply showing people how to do it.

But the internet still posed problems.

“Believe it or not, there are still communities with poor connections,” she said. “We were dealing with screens freezing, people dropping out because of a bad link so that was a bit frustrating.”

Twelve of the 15 communities got going as soon as training ended while the other three are scheduled to begin today, July 5.

Currie MacKinnon said those three communities that began later will finish later.

“The last week for the program is around the first or second week of August,” she said.

parachute ᐊᑖᓄᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ 5-7–ᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑕᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᔫᓂ 29–ᒥ.

Under the parachute they go during some indoor playtime for the 5-7 age group as part of the Get Happy Summer Day Camp program in Pond Inlet on June 29. Photo courtesy of Get Happy Staffers “Sanikiluaq starts school later so they’ll be going right to the end of August.”

So what are the campers doing? A mixture of arts and crafts, indoor games either in gymnasiums or in an arena and outdoor activities, among other things.

Currie MacKinnon said RPAN increased the amount of supplies it usually sends communities for this year.

“More arts and craft supplies, more storage bins, more clothing,” she said. “We also sent

For the low, low price of $61,344, you, too could’ve gone to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final Northern News Services

So we know going to a National Hockey League game will probably cost you something close to your left arm, right leg, first-born child, half a kidney and 10 pints of blood because that’s how sports roll these days.

That amount increases once a team makes the playoffs so you had to know that a pair of tickets for the Stanley Cup Final would set you back the aforementioned requirements along with your car and probably half of a second mortgage.

Case in point: Game three of the final in Montreal on July 2 saw two tickets up for bids on StubHub – one of those sites that claims it doesn’t deal in scalping but totally deals in scalping, and the price was, well, negligible. Section 112, row G was where you could have sat and it would only set you back the low, low sum of $30,672 per ducat. If you successfully completed Grade six multiplication, you would know that two of those would set you back $61,344.

You read that right - $30,672 and that’s before you plunk down whatever it costs for a beer. Naturally, it’s perspective time so here goes: if I wanted to complete a four-year degree at McGill University in Montreal, I could do so for between

ᐃᑕᓕᐅᑉ ᑯᕆᔅᑎᐊᓐ ᔅᐸᕋᒐᓕ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕘᕌᓐᔅᒥ ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᑯᑯᐊᑦ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ, ᒪᓂᖅᑲᒥ ᓇᓚᕗᖅ ᐊᐳᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ Tour de France ᐸᐃᓯᑰᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᒃ, ᔫᓂ 26, 2021–ᒥ. ᐅᓇ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᐳᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑐᐸᔅᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᕙᓗᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. $5,571 and $7,568 per year, depending on what program I

Italy’s Kristian Sbaragli, left, and France’s Bryan Coquard, right, lie on the ground after crashing during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, Saturday, June 26, 2021. This is the aftermath of a crash caused by some idiot fan who thought it would be cool to say hi to her grandparents. Anne-Christine Poujoulat, Pool Photo via AP

take. That’s tuition, books, supplies and ancillary fees* (the asterisk means something really, really important that the school wants extra money for). Do the math and you could have a piece of paper that says you barely know anything about life for the cost of going to watch the Tampa Bay Lightning.

I’ll stick with row couch in my living room where the beer is cheaper, the pizza tastes minutely better and I won’t have that second-intermission dilemma of taking one in or letting one out before last call five minutes into the third period.

And finally …

Good Idea: Fans back watching sports.

Bad Idea: A fan causing a pile-up at the Tour de France.

As much as I enjoy seeing the fans back at sporting events, the one thing I don’t miss is fans getting in on the action.

That’s why they’re fans – you let the athletes do their thing; you’re there to watch.

some extra masks, wipes and sanitizer for whichever communities needed it.’

Masks are required for any indoor activity but not for outdoor things, she added.

Overall, Currie MacKinnon is pleased with the amount of communities taking part this year but she figures had it not been for Covid19, that number could have been higher.

“Fifteen is still a great number and a lot of communities see how great a program this is for their community,” she said.

SPorts Talk James McCarthy is the sports editor at NNSL Media. Reach him at sports@ nnsl.com

Which is why what happened during the opening stage of the Tour de France, the biggest prize in road cycling, on June 26 burned my wedding tackle like nothing else in recent memory (no, I won’t add an extra joke in there). With 45-km to go in the opening stage, the peloton – the big group of riders in a road race – was passing along when some dill-hole thought it prudent to unveil a cardboard sign which read “Allez OmiOpi.” One rider hit it on the way by, causing him to fall and you know what happened next, right? Dominoes.

Several riders needed medical attention with various injuries but the moron who started it all managed to escape unscathed and unidentified. Who knows where she went but there are multiple reports she may have gone back to her home in Germany from France. CBS News reported on June 28 that race officials are planning to sue her once they figure out who she is. If you need any help, I’ll gladly do some digging.

Until next time, folks…

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‘Show our love and support’; Cambridge Bay flies Pride flag for first time High school’s Rainbow Army group instrumental in promoting awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ2S+ community

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

Cambridge Bay is flying the colourful Pride flag for the first time.

Onnalyssia Ohokak was among the pleased onlookers as the flag was hoisted on June 23, which is recognized as Pride month.

Ohokak, who is entering Grade 12 in the fall, is part of the high school’s Rainbow Army group, where members of the LGBTQ2S+ community and their allies can gather to have conversations in comfort and form plans while feeling supported.

“We just make it a safe place and we talk about if we want to spread awareness around the school and also around the community,” said Ohokak, adding that two to six people usually show up for meetings.

Among the ideas the group came up with was to have the Pride flag

be more visible, and that was made possible with help from school staff and the blessing of the Hamlet of Cambridge Bay. “I just wanted to be celebrating Pride more often and make it more normalized,” Ohokak said following the flag-raising ceremony.

Mayor Pamela Gross said it’s important for the hamlet to be a champion for the cause to ensure everyone in the community feels safe and included.

“I’ve had a few people come forward and come out and I’ve asked how they can be supported. I’m happy they are feeling safe to do so and happy they have ideas and look forward more ways that the LGBTQ2S+ community can be supported, and that we can all show our love and support,” said Gross.

“The community has embraced Rainbow Army as an active youth initiative in the high school for the

past 12 years, and it’s so wonderful to know that there is a space that is well supported and embraced. I’m happy that they are meeting, reaching out and look forward to where and how everyone can feel … safe to embrace and embody their true authentic selves.”

Kyle Mercer and Jason Koblogina exchanged vows in August 2018, making theirs the first same-sex marriage in Cambridge Bay’s history. Mercer said seeing the Pride flag flying in the community reinforces feelings of love, respect and acceptance.

“I gotta say, things are definitely moving in the right direction for us.

We have so much support here as a gay couple, from both family and friends, and I feel like the respect and acceptance for the entire community is just growing more and more,” he said. “We feel so much love from everyone we converse with, it’s almost overwhelming!”

ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᖁᑎ ᖁᒻᒧᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᔫᓂ 23–ᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ LGBTQ2S+ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

The Pride flag was raised in Cambridge Bay on June 23 to show support for the LGBTQ2S+ community. Photo courtesy of Pamela Gross