Nunavut News - July 12, 2021 Edition

Canada appoints first Inuk governor general Mary Simon takes role after unsuccessful nomination in 2010, hopes to ‘help Canadians together with Indigenous Peoples’

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Premier sees plenty to celebrate over 22 years

ᑲᓇᑕ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐱᕗᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2010–ᒥ, ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ‘ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ’

Walking to remember

Allen Navalalok Kanayok stands with his niece Caroline Robinson on July 1. Left: A jubilant Allen Navalalok Kanayok raises his cane after reaching Mount Ovayok, 17 km from Cambridge Bay. He travelled the distance by foot, along with his great nephew Austin, left, on July 1 as a tribute to residential school victims and survivors. Photos courtesy of Allen Navalalok Kanayok

Canada Goose going fur-free by next year

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NDP MPs call for special prosecutor to investigate residential school crimes

“Like any renovation project, when you go into it and start peeling back some of the repairs that need to be done, you find that there’s more work that needs to be done than initially found.”

– Health Minister Lorne Kusugak speaks to ongoing repairs at the Iqaluit Elders’ Home that have kept the facility closed since Iqaluit’s COVID-19 outbreak in April, page 12.

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ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᓪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᓄᑦ. ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᓵᓚᒃᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᔪᓚᐃ 9-ᒥ. ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒡᓗ, ᖃᔭᕆᐊᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᒥᐊᓂᑦ ᓯᕐᓗᐊᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᐅᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓴᕆᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᖕ`ᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᔪᓚᐃ 13-ᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑎᒍᑦ. ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑕᓚᕕᓴᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᑎᑎᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓗᐃ ᓱᓗᒃ, ᑑᒪ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓖᓇ, ᑎᐅᕆ ᐅᔭᕋᒃ, ᓗᐃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔩᒻᔅ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐅᖅᑯᓛᖅᑎᒌᑦ. please see NTI, page 13

fact file Nunavut covid-19 situation as of July 8 Active cases: 0 Confirmed cases: 657 Recovered cases: 653 Completed tests in Nunavut: 18,406 Deaths: 4 Vaccine uptake: 21,766 first doses 16,902 second doses

ᑲᓇᑕ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ–ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑖᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒥ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ– ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐅᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᓄᑦ – ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ, ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ.

Mary Simon has been named Canada’s next governor general – the first Indigenous person to serve in the role. “This is a momentous day for all of us – Inuit, Indigenous peoples and Canadians alike,” said NTI President Aluki Kotierk. “Not only am I confident that this appointment will help pave avenues for reconciliation and communication within Canada, I am extremely excited about the spark of possibilities this ignites for young Inuit.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick photo

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐱᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 4–ᒥ ᐱᔪᒪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᒪᙱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᑐᖃᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᔪᓚᐃᒥ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ. ᑕᒡᕙᓂ, ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᓚᑎᒥ`ᖕᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᑭᖃᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑐᖅᓲᖕᓄᐊᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᖏᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᒐᐅᖏᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐅᒐᓯᒥ. please see Thrift, page 13

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒃᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᐃᓅᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓕᕈᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑕᕋᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐸᐃᕆᔨᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ. ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᕐᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ. please see Student, page 13

Swing Flames ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖅᑎᑦ

ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᒥ ᑐᖏᓕᐊᓂ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ Swing Flames ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᔪᓚᐃ 23-ᒥᑦ 24-ᒧᑦ. ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ 16 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ. ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᓕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᓇᐅᓕᒑᖅᑎᑦ. ᐃᓚᐅᒍᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ $200– ᓂᒃ. ᐃᓱᓕᕝᕕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒧᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 22 ᐃᓚᐅᒍᒪᔪᓄᑦ. please see Swing, page 13

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

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ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 40-ᓄᑦ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 30–ᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᐸᐅᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᐅᓯᐊᖓᓐᓂ. ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃᔪᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ, ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᔭᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᑭᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 6–ᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᕉᑑ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, “ᒥᔅ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓗᓂ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᖃᓯᐅᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᕘᓇ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᒍᑦ ᑲᓇᑕ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐆᒃᑑᑎᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ.” ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑯᐃᓐᒧᑦ, ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖓᓂ, ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂ.

P.J. ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ, ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. “ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᓯᒪᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

“ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒋᕗᖓ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ (ᓇᑖᓐ) ᐆᐱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ (ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ) ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ; ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒥ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ.” ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐅᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓪᓘᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᓄᑦ – ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ. ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᙱᓚᖓ ᐅᓇ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ, ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ, ᒥᐊᕆ!” ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᕇᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ “ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖅᑯᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ. “ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᔭᓐᓂ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓪᓗ. “ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᓂᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ, ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᒥᒃ. ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖁᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᓛᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ.” ᑭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑐᕖᑦ–ᑯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ: “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᕗᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒧᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ! ᒥᐊᕆ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᔪᐊᖁᔨᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓂᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ.” ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒧᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᖏᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᖕᒪᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ.

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ᐱᓱᖕᓃᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᑦ ᐋᓚᓐ ᓇᕙᓚᓗᒃ ᑲᓇᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 60ᓂ, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐊᑕᖅ ᐱᓱᒃᐳᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᑉᐱᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ.

17 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᕙᔪᕐᒧᑦ — ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᒪᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ Mount Pellyᒥ — ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᒋ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᑯᙵᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᐳᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔪᓚᐃ 1-ᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ. ᐊᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ, “ᓱᕈᓯᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᑦ,” ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ 6 ᐅᖓᑖᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐸᒐᓱᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ. ᓴᙱᓇᓱᐊᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᕋᔭᒃᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. “ᖁᕕᐊᓱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᕋᒃᑯ … ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ (ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ) ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᖁᕝᕕᐅᖅᖢᓂ. “ᐊᒥᓱᓗᐊᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᑦ ᐅᓯᐅᔪᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔨᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.” ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕿᒥᕐᓗᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᓯᒐᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᐅᖏᑦ ᓴᖕᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓗᕖᑦ

ᐋᓚᓐ ᓇᕙᓚᓗᒃ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ ᓇᖏᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᖏᐊᒥᓂ ᑳᓚᐃᓐ ᕌᐱᓐᓯᓐᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 1ᒥ. ᑲᓇᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ 6ᓂ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓂ ᐱᓱᒃᖢᓂ 17 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᕙᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᕋᔭᒃᑕᐅᓂᑯᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ.

Allen Navalalok Kanayok stands with his niece Caroline Robinson on July 1. Kanayok spent more than six hours walking 17 km to Mount Ovayok in honour of residential school victims and survivors on Canada Day. Photo courtesy of Allen Navalalok Kanayok

ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ 1,000ᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ. “ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑯᖅᑐᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᖃᖅᖢᖓ, ᐱᓱᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᕙᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ

ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᐸᕋ ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᙱᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ,” ᑲᓇᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐱᓇᔪᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓕᒫᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ.” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕈᔾᔨᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᓯᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖏᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ

ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓯᒪᖕᒪᒍ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐃᓕᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᒥᓂᑦ, ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᔪᓂ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᑲᓇᔪᖅ, ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ Stringer Hallᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᓅᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓄᑑᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑐᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 1ᒥ ᐱᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓪᓗᖓ ᐋᑎᓚᐃᑦ ᑲᕙᓐᓇ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᖏᐊᖓ ᑳᓚᐃᓐ ᕌᐱᓐᓯᓐ ᐊᖁᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᒪᒡᒋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᖁᐊᒃᓴᓂ. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᓚᐅᕆᕗᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓄᑦ, ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑭᒪᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᒧᑦ. “ᐊᒃᑲᒐ ᐸᖅᑭᒃᑲᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓇᒡᓗᒍᑦᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ,” ᕌᐱᓐᓯᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᔪᕐᒥ. ᕌᐱᓐᓯᓐ ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᐋᔅᑎᓐ ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ ᑲᓇᔪᕐᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᓱᕋᔭᐅᔭᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. “ᐱᓲᔮᕐᔪᒃᑎᓪᓗᑕ, ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑰᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᓯᕐᒥ. ᖁᕕᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕆᐊᓛᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᑦᑕᒃᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᐸᒐᓱᐊᖅᑕᓐᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᔪᖅ. “ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᖁᕝᕕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᒐᓛᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ.” ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᒐᒥ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᐅᕙᔪᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᐸᓵᕋᒥ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᐅᔭᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓯᒐᐅᔭᕋᓛᓂᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐳᐃᒍᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑕᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓐᓂᖓᓂ. “ᐅᐱᐅᖅᑲᕗᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

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Premier sees lots to celebrate 22 years after Nunavut’s formation Funding, however, remains a core issue to solving Nunavut’s housing crisis

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

From it’s foundations in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and the Nunavut Act to it’s official separation on April 1, 1999, which brought about the largest change to Canada’s map since 1949, Nunavut has had much to celebrate over the past 22 years.

July 9 is the day the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement was signed, however it wasn’t until 2020 under current Premier Joe Savikataaq’s government that it was made an official statutory holiday in the territory.

Previously the stat applied only for Government of Nunavut employees.

When it comes to Nunavut Day itself, the first thing that comes to mind for the 60-year-old Premier is the fact that it exists as a fully-fledged territory.

Thinking back to before that was the case, he said “Back then we were all NWT residents with hopes and dreams of the Inuit having our own territory – and now we do,” he said.

Despite a messy start, Savikataaq says there has been a lot accomplished since the territory’s formation.

“In the early stages of Nunavut it was quite the learning curve. We went from having a brand new territory to having to run it.

“It’s not that easy to cut up a country and

we peacefully and successfully carved out Nunavut from Canada,” he adds.

Having more healthcare services offered in-territory is one of those accomplishments, having to bring fewer people down south or to Yellowknife for medical appointments.

“We have two main hospitals now, one in Iqaluit and one in Rankin. The one in Iqaluit is a fully staffed hospital with surgeries,” said Savikataaq. “That’s quite an accomplishment for a territory so small (in population) that we can offer those resources in-territory.”

The Qikiqtani General Hospital in the capital, which replaced the Baffin Regional Hospital in 2007, is a particularly notable achievement given the challenges of offering healthcare in Nunavut. By 2013 the hospital was host to two operating rooms and four birthing rooms.

Issues still remain in Nunavut and much of the struggle has to do with funding, Savikataaq says.

“We knew that the federal government gave X amount of dollars to the Northwest Territories. We always knew when you split it in half, there was going to be less funding,” he said.

The funding issue is namely impacting the Nunavut housing crisis which he says is continuing to worsen.

“The biggest issue, ever since the creation of Nunavut – and it’s getting worse – is our

Parks Canada nixes Franklin wreck dives in 2021 ᕿᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᖃᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᕆᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᕗᕌᖕᒃᓕᓐ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓂ Erebus-ᒥ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᖅ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ Terror-ᒥ 2021-ᒥ, ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᔮᓇᑕᓐ ᐅᐃᓪᑭᓐᓯᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔪᓚᐃ 7-ᒥ.

There will be no exploratory diving at the wreck of the Franklin ships Erebus, shown here, or Terror in 2021, Parks Canada Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced on July 7. Photo courtesy of Parks Canada Uqsuqtuuq/Gjoa Haven There will be no diving this summer to explore for more artifacts from the wreckage of the Franklin ships Erebus and Terror.

The federal government has cancelled its 2021 underwater archeology program at the wreckage sites near King William Island in an effort to minimize transmission of COVID-19 to Nunavut communities, the minister responsible for Parks Canada announced on July 7.

Fred Pedersen, chair of the Franklin Interim Advisory Committee, said the decision is supported.

“It is important to minimize the risks to the communities,” Ped-

ersen stated. “We will continue our work of advising on the management of the wrecks, as well as support the ongoing work being done to share the stories relating to the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site.”

Parks Canada committed to continue its collaboration with Inuit to examine the artifacts retrieved from HMS Erebus in 2019, and advance plans for the 2022 research season.

The agency also said it would make Franklin-related content available to the public through a variety of virtual and digital formats.

– Derek Neary

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔫ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ .

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq says despite a messy start for the territory, much has been accomplished and he is always happy on Nunavut Day. NNSL file photo housing crisis. We can’t just build enough houses because we don’t have the funds to do so.”

It’s also an accomplishment that nearly all MLAs representing the territory are Inuit.

Savikataaq says he is dedicated to represent-

ing Inuit in the government, appointing a 100-percent Inuit cabinet to the Legislature.

“I’m always happy on Nunavut Day, it’s an accomplishment that we have our own territory,” said Savikataaq. “I’m always happy even if I’m not in amongst a crowd.”

Dentist opens office in Rankin Inlet Hamza Jafri and wife Shireen are behind Northern Smiles

By Cody Punter Northern News Services Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet

Residents of Rankin Inlet no longer have to wait for travelling dentists to come to town in order to have their teeth fixed.

Hamza Jafri and his wife Shireen Jafri officially opened Northern Smiles Dental Clinic on June 16. Hamza said the phones have been ringing off the hook ever since.

“It’s super exciting. We are just swamped,” he said.

Hamza, who moved up from Winnipeg, first worked as a travelling dentist in Nunavut in 2017. Following a brief visit to Rankin Inlet for work that year, he thought the Kivalliq could use a permanent dentist’s office.

“When the dentist would come they were only here for such a short time (that) there was only treatment and no prevention.

So I thought it would be good to be able to provide prevention so less people would be in pain,” he told Kivalliq News.

Last January, Hamza came to Rankin to find a location for the clinic. The onset of Covid-19 slowed down the grand opening, in part because there were delays with shipping equipment.

“There’s been a lot of factors but I’m here,” he said.

In addition to him and his wife, who works as the office manager, the Jafris have hired a dental assistant and a hygienist from down south. They have also hired two local staff, including a receptionist and a dental floater, who helps with day-to-day tasks of running the business.

Open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the clinic provides all essential dental services including fillings, extractions, root canals and cleanings, as well as emergency procedures.

Hamza said he’s keeping track of patients who require specialized services, such as orthodontics and dentures, so he can have specialists visit the community.

“I’m just making a list of the demands we have to get a sense of what the community needs right now,” he said.

Aside from the convenience of not having to wait for a dentist to visit the community, Hamza said one of the benefits of having a permanent office is that he can focus on preventative care.

“We want to identify issues before something becomes irreversible. So far the experience has been the dentist comes and they pull teeth and that’s it. That’s not their fault,” he said. “I’m trying to say that this is different. I think when people realize they can save their tooth, they are so grateful.”

Hamza said he and his family are excited to have moved to the North. Right now, his main focus is making a dent in the

ᐃᐊᓪᐳᑦ ᑲᑉᕕᑐᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᑭᒍᑎᓄᑦ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᔨᒥ ᐊᓖᓐ ᕼᐋᒥ. ᑲᑉᕕᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖁᖓᔮᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᒍᑎᓕᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

Albert Kabvitok, left, with dental hygienist Aline Ha. Kabvitok was the first patient to be seen by Northern Smiles Dental Clinic when it opened in Rankin Inlet last month. photo courtesy of Northern Smiles Dental Clinic massive wait list that has accumulated since opening.

“I just hope we can catch up with the wait list as soon as possible because I don’t want people in pain,” he said.

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Canada has its first Inuktitut-speaking governor general in Mary Simon ᒥᔅ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ,” ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᕉᑑ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ.

Inuk leader chosen to succeed Julie Payette

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Nunavut

“Ms. Simon has dedicated her life to advancing social, economic, and human rights issues for Canadian Inuit and Indigenous peoples,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said of Mary Simon, Canada’s new governor general. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick photo

Mary Simon, former president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Inuit Circumpolar Council, has been named as Canada’s new governor general.

An advocate for Inuit rights and culture for four decades, Simon is the country’s 30th governor general since Confederation.

Born in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik, Simon, an Inuktitut speaker, is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has earned the Governor General’s Northern Medal, among other distinctions.

As president of Makivik Corporation, she was instrumental in the implementation of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. She was also the first Canadian Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs and the founder of the Arctic Children and Youth Foundation.

In announcing Simon as the next governor general on July 6, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “Ms. Simon has dedicated her life to advancing social, economic, and human rights issues for Canadian Inuit and Indigenous peoples, and I am confident that she will serve Canadians and promote our shared values with dedication and integrity.

“Through this appointment, we are ensuring that Canada is represented by someone who exemplifies the very best of our country.”

The governor general carries out duties as the formal representative of the Queen, serves as commander-in-chief, upholds constitutional responsibilities and encourages excellence.

P.J. Akeeagok, president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, extended his congratulations later that day.

“Her outstanding career advancing Indigenous and Inuit rights make her an ideal choice

for the role of governor general,” he said. “I also acknowledge the important role President (Natan) Obed of ITK played as advocate and adviser during the (governor general) selection process; his leadership was instrumental in today’s landmark announcement.”

Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, was pleased with the appointment.

“This is a momentous day for all of us – Inuit, Indigenous peoples and Canadians alike.

Not only am I confident that this appointment will help pave avenues for reconciliation and communication within Canada, I am extremely excited about the spark of possibilities this ignites for young Inuit. Congratulations, Mary!” Kotierk stated.

Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada president Rebecca Kudloo and board of directors described Simon’s appointment as “an opportunity for the Government of Canada to continue down the path of reconciliation with Inuit communities.

“I am proud to see an Inuk as the head of state in Canada in my lifetime,” said Kudloo. “I hope Inuit women and girls from Inuit Nunangat and urban centres feel pride and inspiration, seeing the proof that they can accomplish anything. We wish Mary Simon much success and look forward to meeting with her in her new role.”

In response to the news, ITK tweeted: “ITK extends its deepest congratulations to Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General! Mary has served Inuit and Canada in many distinguished roles, including as president of ITK. We wish her extraordinary success in her role at this critical time in our history.”

Nunavut News requested an interview with Simon but the Office of the Governor General stated that she respectfully declined as she was awaiting briefings prior to her installation ceremony.

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Canada Goose to go fur free by 2022; ‘will not impact’ existing partnerships International sales picking up slack on natural furs

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

On June 24 Canada Goose announced the company’s commitment to ending the usage of fur in all of it’s products by the end of 2022, with a goal of ending the purchase of furs by the end of this year.

In 2019 the Toronto-based company announced they were committing to to achieving net-zero carbon emissions and will reduce its emissions based on current levels by 80 per cent by 2025.

This has been a process for a long-time coming, say people in

the fur trade, with recent decisions informing the direction that Canada Goose is taking. “(Canada Goose) over a year ago said they were going to get out of using fresh inventory, they were going to use recycled fur.

Everybody in the fur trade knew it was impossible to recycle fur on a fur coat, so they kind of made the soft exit last year,” said Mark Downey, CEO of the Fur Harvesters Auction, which receives many furs from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories alike.

Downey mentions pressure from animal rights groups has pushed them in this direction and down used from goose feathers will be next on the chopping block, he says.

The move has been praised by animal rights groups in the south

Canada Goose ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒥᖅᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᔾᔮᕈᓐᓃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂ 2022 ᐃᓱᐊᓂ. ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᒥᖅᑯᓪᓚᕆᖕᓄᑦ ᓱᓕ ᓴᙱᔫᕗᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ.

Canada Goose announced recently that fur will no longer be used in its products by the end of 2022. The market for natural furs is still going strong internationally, says industry professional. Photo courtesy of the GNWT Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment

as a step in the right direction.

“This is a significant step forward toward building a more humane and sustainable world. We applaud Canada Goose’s commitment to end the use of all fur by late 2022,” said Barbara Cartwright, CEO of Humane Canada, a federation of humane societies and SPCAs, which advocate for the protection and humane treatment of animals.

“As far as it impacting Nunavut or Northwest Territories producers, it’s not going to have any effect on them at all,” Downey adds, “There’s always somebody to fill the void. We’re selling more coyotes now than we ever have and a lot of that is going to Russia and China. China is a huge taker of coyote skins. So we haven’t seen that affect us at all.”

Canada Goose reiterated its existing partnerships and ongoing projects with Northern communities, stating in an email to Nunavut News that it will not impact their continued celebration of Inuit culture and existing partnerships, such as Project Atigi, a line of parkas developed among 18 designers across the four Inuit regions of Inuit Nunangat. They added they continue to respect the Indigenous usage of furs around the world.

However nothing will replace the real thing Downey says.

“As far as we’re concerned natural fur is sustainable, it’s the greatest product in the world as far as durability and sustainability.”

Agnico Eagle welcoming Kivalliq staff back to sites Mining company expects local capacity to be back to full strength within two months ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᐳᖅᑎᓐᓈᖅᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᔫᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ. ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔫᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ−ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒫᑎᓐ ᐸᓛᓐᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ Some of Agnico Eagle’s Nunavummiut workforce returned to the Meadowbank and Meliadine mine sites at the end of June. The company’s vice-president of Nunavut operations Martin Plante said it will likely take two months before everyone is back to work. Photo courtesy of Agnico Eagle

By Cody Punter Northern News Services Kivalliq

Nunavut employees at Agnico Eagle’s Kivalliq mine sites were invited to return to work at the end of June after more than a year’s absence.

The mining company sent Nunavummiut workers home with 75 per cent pay in March 2020 to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 in local communities.

Since then, Agnico Eagle has been working with the Nunavut’s chief public health officer to implement its return to work plan, which was recently approved.

“It’s a very, very big milestone. I can not overstate just how hard we worked to get here,” said Martin Plante, the company’s vice-president of Nunavut operations.

Plante noted that if employees aren’t comfortable going back to work, they can also choose to stay home and receive 75 per cent of their pay, as they have for the past year.

“Everyone is there on a vol-

untary basis,” he said.

Agnico Eagle is using a phased approach to return Nunavummiut staff to work.

On June 28, it welcomed back 12 employees to its Meliadine Mine site, followed by the return of another 20 workers at Meadowbank on June 29.

Plante said it will likely take two months before everyone is back to work.

One of the reasons for the phased approach is that workers returning to site will have to receive updated training.

Part of that involves learning new Covid-19 protocols.

However, job specific training will also be required.

“Depending on the experience of the individuals, it might be a couple of days up to a full week’s training,” Plante said.

Every Nunavummiut worker will be tested for Covid-19 on the first, fifth and 14th day they are at camp, according to Plante.

The reason for testing on the last day of the two-week shift is to minimize the risk of transmitting Covid-19 back to

the communities.

“We want to make sure we do that additional step before we return. Our first goal is to protect the communities,” he said.

Agnico has also adopted additional safety measures throughout its mine sites.

There are no more communal gathering spaces, extra hand washing stations and more social distancing requirements are in place.

In addition, the mines will only welcome Nunavummiut employees on days where there are no southern workers arriving.

The company has had beefed up Covid-19 protocols in place for the past year.

Southern workers must test negative before boarding a plane. As part of its return to work plan, the company has also secured isolation hubs in Rankin Inlet and Iqaluit, where Nunavummiut workers can go if they test positive, in order to prevent community spread.

Plante added that when a case of the coronavirus

is detected, Agnico Eagle’s aggressive contact tracing means that anyone who may have been in contact with the infected individual is also removed from the site.

“We move as many people as possible who could have been exposed,” said Plante.

“With the other measures, we’ve been able to control spreads from happening.”

Although it’s not mandatory, Agnico Eagle is also encouraging all of its employees – both southern and Nunavummiut – to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

Nunavut employees at Agnico Eagle’s Kivalliq mine sites were invited to return to work at the end of June after more than a year’s absence. However, if employees aren’t comfortable going back to work, they can also choose to remain at home and continue to receive 75 per cent of their pay. Photo courtesy of Agnico Eagle

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᒡᓂᑯ ᐄᒍᓪᑯᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᐅᑎᖁᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᔫᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᙱᖦᖢᑎᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᖅᓴᙱᒃᑯᑎᒃ ᐅᑎᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐲᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ 75 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᖓᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂ.

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ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐᒥ ᑎᑭᑉᐳᖅ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᑦᑎᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓂ ‘ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐅᓇ ᐃᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᑲᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ’ Northern News Services

ᔪᓚᐃ 6-ᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ 30-ᒋᔭᐅᓗᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᖓ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᓂᕋ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᑯᑖᒃᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᒑᑎᓅ, ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᑭᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒥᓂ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᒃᓯᕚᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓂᖅᑎᕆᓗᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓂ ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕌᖓᑕ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖓᓂ

ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᒋᕗᖅ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᖓᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᕈᓘᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖄᓂᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓂ ᕇᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗ. “ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᑕᑯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᓱᓕ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓪᓗ. “ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖅᑰᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᑕᑯᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᒥᒃ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᕗᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᙱᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. “ᑯᐃᓐ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᕆᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐃᓱᒫᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᑕᑯᑲᑕᒃᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᕗᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ,” ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᒐᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᔭᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᐅᔪᒥ, ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ

ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕋᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ.” ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓇᐃᑕᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᓇᒃᓴᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑕᑯᖅᑯᑎᖏᓐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕗᖓ ᑐᑭᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ. ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᒪᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ.” ᓴᐃᒪᓐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. “ᐃᓅᓯᕆᔭᓐᓂᐅᙱᑦᑐᖃᐃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᑯᕗᖓ ᖃᐅᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᕐᙳᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕈᑦᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ,” ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑳᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᐆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ.

Appointment of Mary Simon comes at the best time possible ‘I felt that this was a position that would help Canadians together with Indigenous Peoples’ Northern News Services

On July 6, the Government of Canada announced that Mary Simon had been approved as Canada’s 30th governor general, the first Indigenous person and first Inuk to hold this office.

“I can confidently say that my appointment is a historic and inspirational moment for Canada and an important step forward on the long path towards reconciliation,” said Simon during the announcement in Gatineau, Que. Well-known across Inuit Nunangat as a champion of Inuit and Arctic issues, Simon served as president of Makivik Corporation, the Inuit Circumpolar Council and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

The governor general holds many responsibilities, chief of which is ensuring Canada always has a sitting prime minister and a government that has the confidence of Parliament. Governors general act on the advice of the head of government, but are also valued advisers and may encourage or warn the head of state as needed. Celebrating the achievements of Canadians and acting as commander-in-chief of the military also come with the role.

One of the biggest areas where

Simon can make a difference, however, is in the governor general’s role of bringing Canadians together. As a former ambassador in previous positions, she’s no stranger to working together with diverse groups of people to find common ground.

Many individuals and organizations have already expressed a sense of hope that the appointment of an Inuk woman will serve as an inspiration to other young Indigenous people, including Pauktuutit president Rebecca Kudloo.

“I am proud to see an Inuk as the head of state in Canada in my lifetime,” said Kudloo. “I hope Inuit women and girls from Inuit Nunangat and urban centres feel pride and inspiration, seeing the proof that they can accomplish anything.”

This is the time and place to have a strong Inuk woman as a leader in the highest offices of the country.

“As the Queen’s representative in Canada, I am very concerned about the circumstances that led to some of the events that we are seeing today.

I do understand as an Indigenous person that there is pain and suffering across our nation,” Simon said.

“When I was asked whether I would

take on this important role, I was very excited and I felt that this was a position that would help Canadians together with Indigenous Peoples.”

ITK President Natan Obed stated, “I think she’ll bring diplomacy, humility and warmth to the role. I also think that she’ll be a meaningful contributor to the ongoing dialogue on reconciliation and on the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canadians. I think that it will allow for conversations to happen across this country in a way that is constructive and optimistic and hopeful. And she brings a lived experience and identity that helps with that.”

Even Simon herself is hopeful for the future that her appointment will help bring about.

“Maybe not in my lifetime, but I see a very bright future for our children and grandchildren, if we can start to renew our relationships, at the same time respecting the human rights and the atrocities that have happened in the history of Canada,” Simon said at a news conference.

It is an honour for all of Canada to have such a distinguished leader to help bridge the gaps among so many groups in our country.

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Summer has finally arrived; Anaana’s Camp reopening soon Northern News Services

UPLUKKUT IQALUKTUUTIAMIT. INUIN NAAMAINNAQTUT. ALAPAAQNAIQTUQ. HIKUILIKMAN QAJAQTUKNAHINIAQMIJUQ. INUIN IQALUKHIULIKTUT IQAQHAKTUT TAHIKMILU KUUKAMILU. IQALUKHIUKNAQIJUQ AKOLAILGOMI. AINNIITMI. ILANI AYUKHALIQPAKTUNGA INUINNAQTUT TITIRARIAMI. PIFFILIUQTUT ALIANAQ. KIKTUGIAT TIKINMIJUT. NUTAQQAT ILIHAKTUT TAIMARAMIK AUJAMI. ILIHAIJIIT KULLIKMITLU KIILINIKMITLU UNAGUIKHIKNAHUATLU. INUIN NAAMAINNAQTUT. Welcome to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, land of the Inuinnait Kiilinikmiutat. It looks like summer will be here for couple of months. The ice on the ocean, rivers, lakes pretty well melting quickly now. Soon boating season starts and families, fishers and hunters can head to the mainland.

Many residents have been fishing up at the river, and up towards Ovayok-Mount Pelly.

Everyone who likes ice-fishing and jigging down at Gravel Pit will soon be pulling out lots of that famous Arctic char.

Ice hopping and jigging is popular in our fishing village. Be safe.

Nunavut Day July 9 is usually celebrated with mostly outdoor activities in most Nunavut communities. Events such as fish filleting, sealskin fleshing, tea boiling and bannock making are just some events usually held in competition to win awesome prizes and money. This year due to the pandemic, no gathering will take place. However virtual contests have been set up, you can look for posts online or posters or radio announcements in your communities. Inuit always gathered together to feast and dance with traditional foods, hopefully next year.

Anaana’s Camp will once again be opening soon up at Jack’s Point. Plans are being set up by the Department of Healthy Living. It is a camp with a group of Grandmothers who teach traditional and cultural activities such as sewing, Inuinnaqtut speaking, work on skins such as seal, storytelling and healing, and the best part is just to go for tea and fresh bannock and spend time with our Elders. See you there.

Commercial fishing has been operating for many years in our community. This year the fall harvest will operate beginning August 15, 2021 until mid-September. A

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

ᓱᓪᓗᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᐊᓕᓂᕐᒥ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒧᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᖓ, ᐱᖓᔪᐊᑦ, ᔪᓚᐃ 7. ᓯᑯᐃᖅᓵᓕᓛᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᑎᔅᓯᒃᑐᕐᒧᑦ.

The Northwest Passage, Wednesday, July 7. The ice will soon be gone and residents will be able to travel by boat to the mainland. Navalik Tologanak/ NNSL photo total quota of 76,000 fish is expected from 30 Mile River, Ekalluk River and Jayko Lake. Arctic char has been the main food harvested and processed at Kitikmeot Foods here in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The plant used to process muskox meat and make and prepare the meat in many different delicate ways, though that stopped as the population of muskox decreased. But I hear it is on the rise as herds are seen around the island and close by at mainland.

God Be With You Son.

ᓯᑯ ᓯᑯ ᐸᐃᐱ! ᓱᒃᑲᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒫᓗᖓᑕ ᓯᑯᖓ ᐊᓯᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᑎᔅᓯᒃᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᑉ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᐊᓂ.

Ice ice baby! Yes slowly the Arctic Ocean ice will disappear and soon residents can travel to the mainland from Victoria Island. Navalik Tologanak/NNSL photo

Nunavut has an optometrist once again with opening of Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik Booster Juice, pharmacy, health foods among other new goods and services

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Iqaluit

Facing a number of delays over the last year, the new Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik centre has finally opened it’s doors on July 7, bringing new businesses and services to Iqaluit including a pharmacy, health food grocery store, a new Booster Juice and most notably, a new optometry clinic, where visiting Nunavummiut will be able to update their prescription glasses without having to go down south.

“The name of the store Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik means a place of healing and a place of wellness, that’s the alternative that we offer to people,” said Tom Kennedy, store manager for Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik.

Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik offers a large selection of vegan-friendly, non-GMO and gluten-free options to browse from.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Iqaluit caused a number of delays for the grand opening with transportation woes being just one of the problems that stemmed from it.

“COVID really slowed us down on many levels, not just with labor issues but also with shipping, transporta-

tion, production of structures,” said Kennedy.

He estimates the delay set them back six to eight months.

“We’re thrilled to have this day finally come,” said Larry Fortes, director of Sales and Operations with the North West Company.

Earlier in the year there were no licensed optometrists in all of Nunavut and a wait list that only grew in the meantime.

Now that there is one in Iqaluit the store manager notes they already have a waiting list for the optical department.

Iqaluit’s new optometrist is excited to bring a service that is much needed to the north, adding it’s disappointing that in country like Canada that there are people who still can’t access much-needed services.

“We pride ourselves in having universal healthcare, but it’s not always accessible to everybody, so it’s really exciting when this opportunity came up, where I could come to the North and be involved with the community and also bring a much need service,” said Gayle Harrison, optometrist for Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik’s new optical centre.

She’s heard there’s around 800 peo-

ple who are now on the waiting list, a far larger amount than that seen in late 2020.

Anyone who is interested in scheduling an exam can go and get registered at the optical centre.

Those who were currently on a previously existing waiting list will still have to contact the optical centre prior to scheduling an exam, which start July 14.

Harrison is asking for patience while they finish getting set up, as a clerk and other positions need to be filled at the centre.

“New things always take time, I hope people are patient with us but our goal is to get as many people the care that they need as soon as possible.”

Even when she isn’t around, there’s a newly installed system to allow optometrists to conduct exams remotely, one of the first teleoptometry systems to go live in Canada.

Both Kennedy and Harrison expressed their excitement in bringing new services and goods to Iqaluit.

The new optical clinic at Inuulisautinut Niuvirvik, which opened July 8, already has a waiting list. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo

ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᔨᓕᕆᕝᕕᒃ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᒪᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᔪᓚᐃ 8–ᒥ , ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖄᓂᓕᖅᐳᖅ .

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Iqaluit city workers sign new five-year contract with language incentives Workers ratified deal June 29; reported 80 per cent voter turnout

fact FILE Salary increases were bargained as follows:

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Iqaluit

The City of Iqaluit and the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the union representing municipal employees, have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, with the term being retroactively implemented from Jan. 1 2020 to Dec. 31, 2024.

Changes include a new domestic violence leave, increase language incentive pay based on proficiency in Inuktitut or French, expanded leave for traditional days and a signing bonus.

The domestic violence leave clause provides for a paid leave of up to a maximum of five working shifts per calendar year and leave without pay up to five

working shifts per calendar year.

Domestic violence is defined as abuse or neglect that an employee or dependent residing with the employee experiences from someone with whom the employee has or has had an intimate romantic partner.

The agreement was ratified on June 29 with an 80 per cent turnout from staff.

“I am pleased that (we) have reached a five-year agreement that benefits the employees while continuing to focus on delivering high quality services for residents and businesses,” said Mayor Kenny Bell. “I would like to thank our city staff for their continued work and dedication.”

Amy Elgersma, the city’s chief administrative officer, added, “The new agreement strives for fairness and equity for city em-

ployees. A stable and dedicated workforce is essential to achieving the goals and objectives of the city. We are fortunate to have great caring staff who strive to make Iqaluit a great place to live everyday.”

“Employees who, upon ratifications of this agreement, are receiving the Bilingual Bonus will be grandfathered at the basic level,” said Elgersma.

An hourly rate of pay differential was also addressed in this between people working a 35hour work-week versus those who work a standard 40-hour work-week for different City departments.

“The parties bargained a wage scale to address the differential which affected 68 members of the bargaining unit working the 40-hour work week,” Elgersma adds.

Year one (2020): zero per cent to the base salary Year two (2021): two per cent base salary increase Year three (2022): two per cent base salary increase Year four (2023): one and a half per cent base salary increase Year five (2024): two per cent base salary increase The Language Incentive Bonus is as follows: i) Basic: $1,000 per year - ability to speak Inuktitut or French with proficiency; ii) A dvanced: $1,250 per year - ability to speak, read and write in Inuktitut or French; iii) E xpert: $1,500 per year - possesses an expert level of skill and knowledge in Inuktitut and the ability to translate and/or instruct in Inuktitut or French for the purpose of work-related duties for the City.

Source: City of Iqaluit

GN’s 1,576 job vacancies represent ‘unacceptable burden’ on existing staff: union leader Department of Human Resources using new approaches to overcome COVID hiring hurdles

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut had 1,576 positions to fill as of its latest public service status report at the end of March, meaning the territorial government was running at 70 per cent capacity.

The job vacancies are raising concern among some observ-

ers, including Nunavut Employees Union president Bill Fennell and Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak.

The government’s overall staff capacity has been edging downward over the past few years. It was at 73 per cent in March 2018, then fell to 71 per cent in 2019 and 2020.

Fennell said the high number of vacant positions results in “an unacceptable burden on

existing staff.”

“Burnout, serious mental and physical issues as well as stress on staff family life are a direct result of the Government’s HR (human resources) policies and failures,” he said.

In the midst of attempting to negotiate a new collective agreement for GN employees, Fennell said the GN’s recruitment woes may lie in its treatment of existing staff.

fact FILE Government departmental operating capacity as of March 31 Community and Government Services – 72 per cent Culture and Heritage – 66 per cent Economic Development and Transportation – 65 per cent Education – 86 per cent Environment – 68 per cent Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs – 59 per cent Family Services – 67 per cent Finance – 65 per cent Health – 55 per cent Human Resources – 63 per cent Justice – 66 per cent Office of the Legislative Assembly – 86 per cent Nunavut Arctic College – 65 per cent Nunavut Business Credit Corporation – 67 per cent Nunavut Housing Corporation – 72 per cent Qulliq Energy Corporation – 83 per cent Source: Government of Nunavut

“In most departments, managers have no idea of issues facing their employees such as family responsibilities, childcare challenges and food insecurity,” he said. “At this point, I am not surprised that the GN is having trouble filling vacant positions.”

Angnakak recently expressed concern specifically about correctional workers, noting that there were more than 100 unstaffed positions within the Department of Justice in Iqaluit. While addressing Justice Minister George Hickes in the legislative assembly on June 2, Angnakak pointed out that the department awarded a $172,000 contract to a consulting firm in 2015 to conduct an organizational review of staffing and overtime issues within the corrections division.

Hickes conceded that corrections has been a “volatile trade.”

“It has been very difficult to keep people long term and it’s a very stressful position,” he said.

The minister said one solution should be the introduction of new scheduling software that the GN was in the process of finalizing, adding that COVID-19 has caused delays and also interrupted staff training opportunities.

“This last year has been very challenging from the corrections staffing standpoint, so I do want to acknowledge the work that the department is doing, and trying to do bet-

ter on, and will continue,” said Hickes.

Angnakak subsequently submitted written questions to the GN on the issue and she’s waiting for responses.

“I don’t know how they can run the (correctional) facility properly without staff! The new facility they are building will only add to the stress and it seems like the lack of GN housing plays a huge role to the overall hiring process across the government. I’m not sure how they will rectify the issue anytime soon,” Angnakak told Nunavut News.

Grant McMichael, assistant deputy minister of operations with the Department of Human Resources, said the pandemic has impacted the territorial government’s staffing process due to offices sometimes having to shut down and in-person interviews being infeasible. Additionally, some hiring managers were pressed into action on the GN’s COVID-19 response and that delayed hiring competitions.

Nevertheless, the Department of Human Resources is working with a vendor to launch an online staffing system, said McMichael. The system will help candidates find positions that match their skill set and notify candidates, if desired, of positions they’re interested in as well as the status of their application.

“The system will result in shorter cycle time to hire and the ability of recruiters to

manage more competitions,” McMichael stated.

The government’s Building Capacity Committee – consisting of deputy ministers – meets regularly to discuss issues such as workforce plans, budgets, staff housing, investment in systems and capital projects.

Human Resources is also co-ordinating with other GN departments to develop their workforce plans, which are aligned with Inuit Employment Plans and identify immediate operational requirements to focus on priority hiring for critical positions.

As well, the department is helping to create multi-community staffing competitions to address positions that are vacant in assorted communities.

Fennell, meanwhile, is focused on reigniting collective bargaining to improve terms for existing and future civil servants.

“Earlier this year, the NEU asked members to write to their MLAs to get the stalled collective bargaining going again. The recruitment issue is just another outstanding problem with the GN’s policies and HR management,” he said. “Perhaps members should be pressuring their MLAs to stand up for GN workers and how they are treated, or, maybe members should remember at election time which politicians stood by while horrible policies and practises have placed unsustainable pressure on GN staff.”

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ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᙳᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐊᓂᐊᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ Northern News Services

ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓴᓂᕌᒍᑦ–ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᓗᐊᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᔫᓂ 30–ᒥ. “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᑎᑐᑦ, ᐃᓗᐊᓄᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐲᔭᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᖢᑎᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ, ᓇᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᒍᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᐃ 31–ᒥ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒐᓛᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐹᓂᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐊᒥᐊᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ 6–ᖑᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᔪᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᐃ 10–ᒥ. ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᔾᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Embassy West ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖏᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ – ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕐᕕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ.

ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓ ᐃᓚᒥᓄᐊᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑕᐅᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐅᑎᕈᓐᓇᓛᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᕈᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐅᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᒍᓂ, ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑎᕈᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ,” ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑖᐃᓇ ᕋᐃ ᓴᒧᕐᕕᐅᓪ, ᐋᔩᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᐸᑕ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᐃᑦᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᖑᑉᐸᑕ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᒡᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᑕᐅᒃᐸᑕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᒍᓂ, ᒪᑐᐃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᕐᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ. ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ.

Renovations at Iqaluit Elders’ Home to be completed this summer The Iqaluit Elders’ Home has been shut down for two months now. Originally staff had to isolate due to COVID exposure and now lengthy renovations are keeping the facility closed. Trevor Wright/NNSL photo

It has now been two months since the facility was evacuated due to COVID-19

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Iqaluit

There have been many side-effects of COVID-19 on projects in the territory, including renovations to the Iqaluit Elders’ Home, which are taking longer than expected said Health Minister Lorne Kusugak on June 30.

“Like any renovation project, when you go into it and start peeling back some of the repairs that need to be done, you find that there’s more work that needs to be done than initially found. We’re going through that process now,” he said.

Renovations began at the facility on May 31, which includes the replacing of windows and doors, painting, as well as major renovations to the kitchen area, reads an email to Nunavut News from the Department of Health.

Previously six Elders were sent away from the home following a positive case of COVID-19 among two of the staff members on May 10.

Four were sent to Embassy West Senior Living retirement home in Ottawa, while the other two were sent elsewhere in the territory – one to a Rankin Inlet Elders home and the other placed with family.

This was required due to all other staff members at the Elders Home having to isolate for two weeks.

At the time health officials said the Elders could return once staffing levels went back to normal, this situation has since changed.

“When the Iqaluit Elders’ Home is ready to reopen, those residents who are able to, based on their assessed level of care needs, and who wish to return to the Iqaluit Elders’ Home will be repatriated,” wrote Danarae Sommerville, Communications Specialist at the Department of Health.

Once renovations are complete, the community outbreak is cleared, staffing levels are brought up to snuff and a new contractor to run the facility is able to look at it, then reopening the Elders Home can happen. It is expected to be completed this summer.

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QIA opens Qikiqtani Urban Inuit Programs

Qikiqtani The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) as of July 5 is accepting applications for the Qikiqtani Urban Inuit Programs - Food Security (QUIP-FS) program.

QUIP-FS is a one-time $1,000 payment per household, for eligible Qikiqtani Inuit, it will come as a first-come, first-serve basis until July 30, or until the funds are depleted.

It’s available to Qikiqtani Inuit living outside of Nunavut who are 16 years of age and older. Multiple applications from the same household will not be processed.

Payments will be delivered by cheque and mailed via Canada Post, applicants should allow four weeks for processing.

To apply go to the QIA website, for assistance or questions contact your local Community Liaison Officer or call the QIA COIVD-19 program line at 867-975-8383, or email COVID19@qia.ca.

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Honouring victims and survivors on Canada Day

Swing Flames softball tournament

Qamani’tuaq/Baker Lake Baker Lake will host its second annual Swing Flames mini softball tournament from July 23 to 25.

The event is open to all genders over the age of 16. Teams are required to field at least three women on the field at a time for a total of 10 players.

The cost to enter a team is $200. The deadline to apply is July 22.

– Cody Punter

Student sponsorship program

Kivalliq The Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) is offering sponsorship opportunities for students enrolled in post-secondary education.

The program is geared toward students who are travelling outside their home community to further their education.

Students who meet the criteria can apply for training allowance, living away from home allowance, the costs of tuition, books and additional tutoring, as well as childcare assistance.

Anyone interested in applying must fill out an application form. Questions about the program and requests for assistance should be directed to KIA. – Cody Punter

NTI hosts Nunavut Day celebrations virtually

Nunavut Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) hosted Nunavut Day celebrations virtually again this year, enabling all Inuit in the North and south to take part in this year’s festivities.

There were two contests held to mark the occasion.

A Home Cook Challenge saw contestants young and old submit their favorite recipes to NTI, winners were announced on July 9.

There was also a House, Boat and Shed Decorating Contest, people were asked to showcase their Nunavut pride outside their homes, whatever their housing situation is. Winners will be announced on social media on July 13.

Live performances hosted by Uvagut TV, the Alianait Arts Festival and NTI were held the evening of Nunavut Day, with performances by Louis Suluk, Tooma & Leena, Terry Uyarak, Looee, James Arreak and Huqqullaaqtigiit.

– Trevor Wright

Emily Angulalik wins 2021 Indspire Award

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay Cambridge Bay’s Emily Angulalik was recognized as the recipient of the 2021 Indspire Award under Culture, Heritage and Spirituality.

Serving previously as the Board President of the Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society, she has worked diligently toward helping preserve Inuinnaqtun culture and is now the Heritage Society’s Manager of Inuinnaqtun Revitalization.

“My Inuinnaqtun Uqauhiq (language) is to be preserved, and how I can preserve this is by educating, sharing and most of all using my language through various ways including cultural activities, as did our ancestors for thousands of years,” said Angulalik.

“Language is our identity, we need to rise and nurture our identity, without the language there is no culture, without the culture there is no language, we must take pride in our identity and walk in today’s world.”

The Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) also congratulated her for the win.

“Emily’s passion for Inuinnaqtun language and culture made her a given for such an award,” said Stanley Anablak with KIA. “She maintains her language by speaking it and teaching others, to ensure it can be preserved for future generations,” he added.

– Trevor Wright

Schools recycle nearly 6,000 phonebooks

Nunavut Across all three territories and Northern B.C., a total of

Arviat honoured victims and survivors of residential school at a special ceremony July 1. The hamlet added orange flags with the word “honour” written in the territory’s three official languages to the Nunavut, hamlet and Canadian flagpoles.

Following that, there was a parade led by the local fire department. Photo courtesy of Joe Savikataaq Jr. 5,876 Northwestel telephone directories were recycled at various schools during the 2021 Northwestel Directory Recycling Program.

A total of $12,150 in cash prizes were awarded to participating schools, with Iqaluit’s Joamie Ilinniarvik School the regional winner for Nunavut, collecting 354 directories.

Despite constraints and lower participation, the average number of directories collected per student increased by 70 per cent since 2019.

– Trevor Wright

Parka-making workshop offered

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council will run a learn-tomake-a-parka workshop later this month. Students will learn all aspects of making a parka, from designing to sewing it.

The workshop will be offered from Monday to Friday from July 19 to July 30. It will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

The deadline to apply is noon on July 15. Application should be sent to the Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council.

– Cody Punter

Thrift Store not accepting donations for July

Iqaluit The Piviniit Thrift Store announced on July 4 they will not be accepting and donations of clothing and other goods for

the month of July.

This is due to an immense backlog according to the store’s social media.

During this time, they are recommending people get creative with the items they would usually donate, such as selling them elsewhere or leaving them outside your home for community members to take for free.

Regular donations will resume in August.

The store is asking people to not leave donations on their porch at this time, or to join as a volunteer to help process this backlog.

– Trevor Wright

Baffinland gives overview of Inuit payroll

Qikiqtani In the 2020 pandemic year, Baffinland Iron Mines spent $15.3 million payroll dollars, which includes Inuit employees living inside and outside of Nunavut.

The community breakdown is as follows: • Pond Inlet: $2.0 million • Arctic Bay: 2.4 million • Iglulik: $0.98 million • Clyde River: $1.9 million • Sanirajak: $1.4 million • Iqaluit: $3.3 million – Trevor Wright

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Nunavut MP calls for special prosecutor to investigate residential schools ‘It’s time to treat this as a crime of genocide that continues to happen here in Canada today,’ says Qaqqaq

By Trevor Wright Northern News Services Nunavut

Editor’s note: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers.

New Democrat MPs Mumilaaq Qaqqaq and Charlie Angus are calling on Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes against Indigenous children in residential schools and other institutions.

Arguing that there’s been a lack of action to date, such as fulfilling the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action and lack of adequate compensation from the Indian Residential School Settlement, the pair of NDP parliamentarians insist that international observers should be part of the mandate.

“This is a policy of genocide against a people and we have to keep in context of abuses in the international court system,” said Angus, who represents the Ontario riding of Timmins— James Bay, during a July 8 news conference in Ottawa.

As communities continue to find unmarked mass graves at residential school grounds in Canada, the two politicians said they do not trust the Justice department to be part of any future investigations into this matter.

“How can the perpetrator of mass crimes investigate themselves?” Qaqqaq asked. “What would we say if this was happening in another country, in a non-Indigenous community?

Many genocides across the world have been investigated and the perpetrators have been tried for their crimes. It’s time to treat this as a crime of genocide that continues to happen here in Canada today.”

Angus said the federal government has protected participants of the residential school system before, citing the St. Anne’s Residential School trial in Ontario as one such case.

“They failed to disclose they were sitting on

a persons of interest (POI) report — a POI that was 2,472 pages of rape and torture of innocent children,” said Angus. “…the government suppressed police and court records of abuse and torture, and the blacked out the names of so many perpetrators while the survivors were deliberately denied justice.”

Qaqqaq opened the press conference by speaking about Johannes Rivoire, one of multiple alleged pedophile priests who held positions of power in the residential school system in various communities in Nunavut and the NWT. “Attorney General David Lametti and the Liberal Government are doing nothing to bring (Rivoire) to justice,” said Qaqqaq, who added that Rivoire is accused of raping children in the Sir Joseph Bernier Federal Day School in Chesterfield Inlet.

“The abuse at his hands has caused generations of trauma,” Qaqqaq said. “The Government of Nunavut demanded that they bring him to justice but Lametti had refused. Instead of facing justice for his (alleged) crimes, Rivoire is living a luxurious retirement in a home for priests in Strasbourg, France and the federal institution is doing nothing about it.”

The legacy of residential schools is plain and clear for Inuit and all Indigenous people, with higher rates of child sexual abuse, alcohol abuse and suicide, said Qaqqaq.

“We see suicide, unfortunately, as the normality in Nunavut. I have many friends and family I have lost or have attempted (to take their own lives). We all have in Nunavut — that is from colonization, that is from residential schools and attempted genocide. That is from people not learning love as parents and teach their children love. Can you imagine communities filled without love because the children were taken away for education?”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called on the Catholic Church to turn over documents relating to residential schools. While

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᕋᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᔪᕼᐋᓇᔅ ᕆᕕᐅᕐᒥ, ᐸᓯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᖁᓄᔪᓐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᓐᓂᑦ.

Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq holds a photo of priest Johannes Rivoire, who has been accused of sexually abusing children in various Northern communities during the residential schools era. CPAC/live web capture that’s a step in the right direction, according to Angus, he said the Government of Canada has its own responsibility and documents of its own to make public, amounting to an ongoing cover up.

“We as the (NDP) are calling for this cover up to end… the reality is the federal government has their own long list, a detailed list of the criminals and their crimes,” Angus

contended.

Reconciliation cannot move forward until the participants of the residential school system are brought to trial for their crimes, they say.

“There cannot be reconciliation without truth, there cannot be reconciliation without justice,” said Qaqqaq, “It’s time for Canada to face the truth.”

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Baker Lake mother and daughters featured in upcoming art exhibition

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Baker Lake/Toronto

The work of three Nunavut artists – a Baker Lake mother and her two daughters – will be the basis for a Textile Museum of Canada and Toronto Biennial of Art exhibition titled Double Vision.

Jessie Oonark (1906–1985) and her daughters Janet Kigusiuq (1926-2005) and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (1930-2016) will be featured in the matriarchical display of brightly-stitched wall hangings, also known as nivingajuliat.

The wall hangings “feature graphic appliquéd images, often enhanced with embroidery, centering on the dynamics and interrelationships between people and animals. Through these artworks, Double Vision looks at the matriarchal practice of Oonark and two of her daughters, and how women artists in Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) mentored one another in producing unique aesthetic and conceptual lineages,” states a news release from the Textile Museum of Canada.

Curated by Candice Hopkins, senior surator at the Toronto Biennial of Art, the exhibition will be on view at the Textile Museum from

ᓂᕕᙵᑕᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᒧᑦ ᔭᓯ ᐆᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᓂᖏᑦ ᔭᓇᑦ ᑭᒍᓯᐅᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕕᒃᑐᐊᕆᐊ ᒪᒻᒍᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂ ᑕᐅᑐᖕᓂᕐᒥ.

Wall hangings by Baker Lake’s Jessie Oonark and her daughters Janet Kigusiuq and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk will be showcased in an upcoming exhibition titled Double Vision. Image courtesy of the Textile Museum of Canada Feb. 16 to Aug. 14, 2022.

“Jessie Oonark has had a profound influence on Inuit textiles although she only began drawing and working with wool after moving to Qamani’tuaq at the age of 59,” said Hopkins. “Her practice is characterized by its symmetry, which has been

described as a kind of ‘double vision.’ Together, the works of Oonark, Kigusiaq, and Mamnguqsualuk represent a matriarchal practice, one that is explored through the making of nivingajuliat, and how this practice and their kinship informed their collages, prints, and drawings.”

There will be plenty of other activities associated with the exhibition, such as workshops, consultation and digital programs for artists who still create nivingajuliat today and for residents from Baker Lake. There will also be a curatorial assistant placement for an Inuk stu-

dent, which will be supported by the museum’s institutional partner, the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project.

“We are thrilled to launch our 2022 programming with such a significant partnership,” said Emma Quin, the

Textile Museum’s director and CEO. “Double Vision builds on years of museum exhibitions and partnerships that have focused on textiles that reveal deep Indigenous histories while sharing stories of the people who continue to shape textile practices today.”

Drug bust Neighbours rally with fire extinguishers to in Rankin limit damage from Iqaluit four-plex fire Inlet nets more than 25 lbs of marijuana

ᓴᓂᓕᕇᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ 2200 ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᔪᓚᐃ 7-ᒥ. ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓂᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ.

Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet RCMP confiscated 25.7 lbs of marijuana, $15,600 and an all-terrain vehicle after executing a search warrant at a residence in the community on July 4.

Larissa Misheralak was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling, unlawfully importing cannabis into Nunavut, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

Also arrested was Dustin MacLean.

He’s been charged with possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling, unlawfully importing cannabis into Nunavut, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and and failing to comply with an undertaking.

The RCMP encourage residents to continue to report suspicious activity by contacting their home RCMP detachment or by calling Crime Stoppers at toll-free 1-800-222- 8477 (TIPS), submitting a secure web tip at www.nwtnutips.com or text ‘NWTNUTIPS’ plus your message to 274637 (CRIMES).

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Trevor Wright/NNSL photo Occupants of a four-plex and firefighters avoided injury following a 7:45 a.m. fire in the 2200 neighbourhood of Iqaluit on July 7.

The City of Iqaluit credited neighbours for using multiple fire extinguishers to keep the blaze from spreading before fire crews arrived.

Four emergency vehicles and 11 firefighters converged on the scene and extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported by emergency personnel or occupants of the building, who were not displaced by the fire since damage was contained.

The municipality advised residents to clear storage from exterior stairs, landings and fire escapes. Also, garbage, recycling, construction

materials and other flammable or combustible materials should be kept well away from the perimeter of residences, the city recommended in a news release.

“These items should be clear from underneath or on exterior staircases as this will block the occupants safe escape in case of fire,” the news release states. “Storage on stairs will also impede first responders from gaining quick access for fires, paramedic or police assistance.

Clearing these pathways and making our properties more fire safe will allow all emergency services to help you more quickly and safely in your time of need.”

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Cambridge Bay man with history of sex crimes deemed a long-term offender Jay Victor Evalik to begin period of supervision after completing prison sentence; ordered to take sex-drive reducing medication

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

A Cambridge Bay man with a history of sexual assault convictions has been designated a long-term offender.

He’s had a further three years tacked on to his sentence – for a total of six years – and he will be required to take injectable sex-drive reducing medication and alcohol deterrent medication to help him readjust to community life after his release, which will include a 10-year period of supervision.

Offender Jay Victor Evalik has already served more than two years of his sentence, which will be credited at time and a half.

“If Mr. Evalik breaches any conditions of the LTO (long-term offender) supervision order, including those requiring him to take medication (without reasonable excuse), he would be in breach of his release and could be returned to custody during which the LTO order is suspended,”

wrote Justice Susan Charlesworth.

“Of course, as the sentence is served, and Mr. Evalik settles into his new life, the parole board – with medical and other advice – can make changes to those conditions. During his incarceration and after while on the LTO supervision order, Mr. Evalik will also have access to programs and services that will reduce his risk.”

The Crown sought a dangerous offender designation for Evalik, which entails an indeterminate prison sentence. The Crown’s argument was that Evalik’s record of violent behaviour, which includes seven sexual assault convictions between 1995 and 2018, made him “intractable,” or uncontrollable. It was noted that Evalik refused treatment while imprisoned previously.

Evalik most recently pleaded guilty in January 2019 to a 2004 sexual assault against a 13- or 14-year-old girl whom he’d gotten drunk. That crime occurred when Evalik was in his early 20s, but the legal charge didn’t come until 14 years later.

The defence lawyer advised that Evalik, now almost 40 years old, was willing to take the sex-drive reducing medication and alcohol-deterrent medication that the judge was prepared to order him to consume.

The defence also maintained that a long-term offender classification would be more fitting than a dangerous offender label.

Charlesworth concurred, even though the accused and his lawyer denied a forensic psychiatrist the opportunity to interview Evalik.

Instead, the psychiatrist analyzed various records and concluded that Evalik “meets the criteria for conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder, likely alcohol use disorder, and possibly cannabis use disorder as well. Based on his sexual offending, (the psychiatrist) stated that the possibility that Mr. Evalik has an underlying sexual behaviour disorder should be evaluated.”

The judge admitted to being “troubled” that the psychiatrist found Evalik to be a “one in a 1,000 sexual of-

fender” and that the psychiatrist was unable to determine whether Evalik targets children.

However, the psychiatrist also noted that the available drugs to reduce Evalik’s sex drive and his alcohol use are a “powerful tool” and would “absolutely” reduce the dangers he poses to the community. He also noted that sexual offenders’ rates of committing such crimes decline substantially as they reach their 50s and 60s. As well, he recommended a form of behaviour therapy and support circles.

The psychiatrist advised that “offenders from Nunavut can do better in the south, not only because of increased services (which there clearly are) but also because the offenders are in a different milieu, without familiar triggers for bad behaviour,” the sentencing reads.

In a sentencing decision circulated by the Nunavut Court of Justice on July 5, Charlesworth determined that the psychiatrist “set out a plan for Mr. Evalik that has a possibility of

eventual control of his risk to the community. Mr. Evalik says he wants to control his behaviour and there are programs and treatments that will help him do so. If workable, this would be a less restrictive sanction, that would attain the same sentencing objective of safety for the public as would an indeterminate sentence.”

She also noted that the Supreme Court of Canada has found that Indigenous offenders are “severely over-represented” in Canada’ prisons.

“If successful, the LTO status would avoid the indefinite detention of an Indigenous man where alternatives to incarceration exist,” wrote Charlesworth, who also imposed a 10-year firearms prohibition, a DNA order and a 20-year order under the Sex Offenders Identification and Registration Act. “Mr. Evalik: I hope that you are able to use the resources available during this long-term offender sentence to heal yourself and to prevent ongoing suffering to yourself and those around you,” the judge stated.

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Many steps on a healing journey Cambridge Bay man, cane in hand, treks to Mount Ovayok in tribute to residential school victims and survivors

By Derek Neary Northern News Services Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay

Footsteps come more slowly for Allen Navalalok Kanayok these days.

At age 60, the Cambridge Bay resident walks with a cane.

The 17 kilometres to reach Mount Ovayok — formerly known as Mount Pelly — is the same distance as it’s always been, but getting there takes much greater effort, and time.

A determined Kanayok made that trek on July 1, Canada Day. Wearing signs reading, “Every child matters,” it took him more than six hours to reach his destination. He summoned the strength to complete his journey in honour of the victims and survivors of residential schools.

“I’m extremely happy that I did it … I did it for my community, for the residential school survivors here in our community, and to the residential school survivors (across Canada) and to the residential school students that never made it home,” he said, shedding tears.

“Too many young and old lives

lost, especially they never made it home to their loved ones for proper burial.”

The following day, his spine was aching. His feet and legs were sore.

Despite the discomfort, he’s ready to do more to raise awareness of the pain and suffering experienced at residential schools, where the graves of more than 1,000 Indigenous children have been located over the past several weeks in various provinces.

“Even at my age and disability, I can walk again to Mount Pelly for any residential school cause.

I can do it again even in extreme weather,” Kanayok said. “I’ll keep on trying to do my best to help the residential school survivors.”

He said he’s been pleased to support his community by fishing for others over the years because it’s the way his parents raised him.

Likewise, he’s instilled the same values in his children, who now help him and other community members by providing country food, he said.

Kanayok, who attended Stringer Hall residential school in Inuvik as a young boy, wasn’t alone on his long July 1 walk. His cousin Ade-

laide Kavanna and niece Caroline Robinson drove along in a SUV with water and snacks. They also kept watch for bears and wolves, which had been spotted in the area earlier, and they gave him a ride back into town afterwards.

“My uncle is such a caring, loving man,” Robinson said of Kanayok.

Robinson’s son Austin walked next to Kanayok on the route. Others showed their support as the pair strode past.

“As we were walking, we saw many people fishing along the river and lake. They were all cheering and shouting and clapping that I’d make it to my destination,” said Kanayok. “They gave me little bit of tears.”

He was so overjoyed when he reached Mount Ovayok that he forgot to place a doll and a miniature pair of shoes at the site, intended as a symbolic tribute to the lives lost.

But that overlooked detail didn’t dampen his spirits.

“I’m proud for what I have done for residential school survivors and the residential school students that never made it home,” he said.

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Allen Navalalok Kanayok stands with his niece Caroline Robinson on July 1. Left: A jubilant Allen Navalalok Kanayok raises his cane after reaching Mount Ovayok, 17 km from Cambridge Bay. He travelled the distance by foot, along with his great nephew Austin, left, on July 1 as a tribute to residential school victims and survivors.

Photos courtesy of Allen Navalalok Kanayok

Hey, Sha’Carri Richardson, Ross Rebagliati knows exactly how you feel Sha’Carri Richardson ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 100-ᒦᑕᒥ ᐅᓪᓚᒃᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔫᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᔅᑕᐃᑦᔅᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕕᔫᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓕᒻᐱᒃᔅᓂ Track and Field ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ Eugene, Oregon-ᒥ, ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᕆᑦᓱᑦᓴᓐ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ-30-ᓄᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ U.S. Anti-Doping ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᐴᖅᑐᒐᕐᒥ ᓱᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᓲᒥᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓃᑦᑐᖃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ.

Sha’Carri Richardson celebrates after winning a heat in the 100-metre dash event at U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, last month. The celebration wouldn’t last very long as Richardson was given a 30-day suspension by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for marijuana. AP Photo/Ashley Landis

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Oh, here we go again. Marijuana as a performance-enhancing substance.

In case you haven’t heard of this one, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was suspended by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on July 2 after testing positive for a banned substance following her run in the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field late last month.

The banned substance? Marijuana. Yes, marijuana. Why is marijuana on the list of banned substances? According to the USADA, it violates two of the three criteria for inclusion on the banned list. The three criteria include the following: a substance poses a health risk to athletes, it has the potential to enhance performance and it violates the spirit of sport.

Guess which one doesn’t belong on that list when it comes to marijuana? Exactly. According to the updated World Anti-Doping Code released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) earlier this year, THC is considered a “substance of abuse” because it’s frequently used in society outside the context of sport.

I’ll talk more about that pile of crap in a bit but Richardson has handled this with more class than you or I would have. She said she used weed to help calm her nerves following the death of her biological mother earlier this year and knew the risks involved with doing so. Now, we all deal with personal tragedy in our own way and if Richardson felt the need to spark up a fat one to make life a bit better, who are we to judge? Unfortunately, it cost her a trip to the Summer Olympics after the U.S. team left her off the final roster going to Tokyo.

What a sad and pathetic way to miss out. A substance used by millions of people around the world and one which has been legalized in many countries but USADA decided to wag its finger and be the moral betters.

As soon as I heard about this, the first thing which popped into my head was the saga involving Canada’s Ross Rebagliati. If you aren’t familiar with his story, he won gold in men’s snowboard slalom at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. We all cheered when he won … only to

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have those cheers turn into a myriad of words which rhyme with puck, hit and bun of a hitch when it came back that Rebagliati had tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Memories of Ben Johnson and the 1988 Summer Olympics once again came back into the public eye.

Another Canadian drug cheat. Just what we needed.

We then all had a right good snort when it came back that Rebagliati’s “performance-enhancing substance” was marijuana and not only that, it was such a trace amount that the only thing it would have enhanced would have been his ability to eat more pizza. Even the International Olympic Committee agreed - after being laughed at by the entire planet - and re-instated Rebagliati’s gold medal.

Richardson’s suspension isn’t only ridiculous but silly. If WADA and USADA consider THC an issue, why aren’t alcohol and/or tobacco on that list? Both are frequently used outside the context of sport and, if we really want to get technical and play by the rules, it meets two of those criteria USADA rolled out: both pose a health risk and both violate the spirit of sport. I mean, would you want to see a marathoner vaping while on their way to winning a gold medal? How about a shot putter trying to compete half-corked? Both instances would make for unintentional comedy but everyone would agree that it would also look just plain stupid.

We wouldn’t be talking about this had Richardson been caught hauling on a half-pack of darts or pounding back a 26’er of Jim Beam. She has accepted her suspension and promised to do better but she shouldn’t have had to do any of that. She should be on that plane to Tokyo and running her guts out. But bureaucracy once again has robbed yet another person of a chance at greatness.

Thanks, USADA.

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