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ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐱᕗᖅ $10 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ

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Rankin Inlet is mourning the loss of its beloved mayor, Robert Janes. After a lengthy battle, Janes succumbed to cancer on May 15 while receiving treatment in Winnipeg.

"He was all about helping

people. His vested interest was in the people of Rankin Inlet," said SAO Justin Merritt.

Janes served six years as mayor and was approaching the end of his second threeyear term this fall. Before that, he was the hamlet's SAO and a councillor for a number of

terms.

"I knew him pretty well. We were on council for six years," said Merritt. "We didn't always agree on everything but we had a common goal to help the community."

Merritt said Janes came up to Rankin after stints with

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the Hudson's Bay Company in Grise Fiord and Pond Inlet.

As mayor, Janes was always trying to help the community. Throughout his career he fought to provide better infrastructure to the people of Rankin.

"One of his big things was getting a new arena and getting a new hamlet building. He was also an advocate for having increased capacity for elders'

care. The community wants it so bad. To have one for Rankin was one of his priorities."

Outside of politics Janes ran a popular fishing tackle shop from his house. He was also a huge supporter of the cadets.

"I'd have a hard time to find something bad to say about him," said Merritt. "He was just one of those guys that always tried his hardest."

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ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑉᐳᔾᔨᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᒥᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᒃᓴᐅᓚᐅᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᔭᓄᕋᐃᑕᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ. ᓄᑖᖑᓂᖅᓴᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ – ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ – ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓂᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ. ᒫᑕ ᓕᓂᐅ, ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᓂ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ 50-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᒪᐃ 8-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. "ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᐸᖓ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓯᖁᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐅᐊᔭᖃᕐᕕᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓱᓕᒫᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑳᓂ ᐸᐃᓐᔅ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᐅᓚᐅᑲᒃᑐᖅ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ. "ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ." ᕼᐋᒻᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᖏᐅᑎᓇᓱᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᒃᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᑭᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᖁᓕᖓᓐᓄᑦ.

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ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᓇᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕗᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖑᓴᓪᓗᑦ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᒐᔪᙱᓯᒪᖕᒪᑕ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᒥ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓖᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᓇᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᒫᔾᔨᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ, ᓇᓐᓄᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᒪᑐᐃᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒧᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ Gulf of Boothia, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ, 500 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᒥ ᐅᑎᕐᔭᖕᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐅᖓᓯᒃᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐅᕗᙵᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ. ᐊᑭᑐᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ," ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᑕᐅᓯᓐ-ᖏᓐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᓐᓄᒋᐊᖅᑐᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕈᑎᒃ. ᐊᑭᑭᑦᑑᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᒑᓯ ᐊᑭᑐᕗᖅ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᙱᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᑲᓴᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᒃᓴᖅ ... ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᑦ."

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James Kukkik and Jopie Kaernerk caught a polar bear a while ago ... it was sometime in the 2000s.

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ᑳᔫᕋᓛᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᒪᐃᔪᔅᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ. ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖃᓐᓈᕋ ᐹᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 2018-ᒥ!

ᐅᓇ ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᐊᓂᒪ ᕿᒻᒥᖓᓗ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᓯᑎᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᖃᓗᔭᐅᑉ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ.

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Mary Rose Kilabuk

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ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᔪᒥ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑕ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᕐᙳᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒥ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ-ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓇᔭᕆᕗᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑯᕆᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ, ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓂ ᕕᕈᐊᕆᒥ. ᑕᖕᒫᕐᕕᒃ 40-ᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᒥ ᐊᐅᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᓛᖑᓂᐅᔪᒥ 130-ᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ, ᑐᓗᒐᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

Please see Preparing, page 12

Gjoa Haven

Baby hawks some miles out of Gjoa Haven. My dad and my boyfriend bumped into these little guys September 2018!

Pangnirtung

This is my dad with my brother's dog looking for seal dens by an iceberg.

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Wellness project gets $10 million ᐋᑕᒻ ᐊᖅᐱᒃ, ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᙳᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᐋᓕᕗᕐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕇᐊ ᑰᑦᔅ ᐱᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ $10-ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᕐᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

Infrastructure Canada recognizes promise of Katinnganiq to give youth skills and resources, and to improve well-being

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Ottawa

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Adam Akpik, of the Embrace Life Council, and Pinnguaq's Ryan Oliver and Maria Coates accept the Infrastructure Canada award that comes with their $10-million Smart Cities Challenge prize for a suicide-prevention project that will expand in Nunavut.

A wellness project that incorporates technology, mental health and culture will expand across Nunavut communities over the next five years thanks to a $10-million Smart Cities Challenge prize through Infrastructure Canada.

Katinnganiq: Community, Connectivity, and Digital Access for Suicide Prevention in Nunavut was one of 10 finalists in its category when the winner was announced in Ottawa on May 14.

"Winning was very surprising. It's starting to dawn on us now that it's going to be a lot of work but it's also going to produce a lot of cool results," said Ryan Oliver, founder of Pinnguaq, which will act as the technology lead among partners Embrace Life Council, the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre and the Nunavut Association of Municipalities.

A portion of the project will advance the work Pinnguaq had already started, which involved numerous workshops and consultation sessions in various communities and the

establishment of a Makerspace in Iqaluit eight months ago. That building gave youth a place to be creative while being immersed in arts, science, math, engineering and technology.

Pinnguaq has also developed apps that incorporate the Inuit language.

"In the last year, we have piloted this project and know it builds resilience, capacity, and creates community around wellness, and how tech can be used to support that," a Katinnganiq promotional project video states. "We present this project as a way to provide the tools to enable youth to unlock modes of expression, economic opportunities and [an] emotional outlet."

Even $10 million won't be enough funding to allow Katinnganiq's partners to establish Makerspaces in all communities, Oliver acknowledged. For that reason, they're creating an alternative that can be distributed throughout Nunavut.

"We spent the last two years developing 100 modules of incredibly unique computer science curriculum and computational skills curriculum.

We're going to put together kits that will have all the resources you'd want and all the tools you'd need as well," said Oliver. "What that means is that if there's a library in a community or anyone (with) interest who wants to get this going, that can happen pretty soon."

Makerspace locations are planned for Pangnirtung, Arviat and Cambridge Bay. A total of seven to 10 physical locations will ultimately be achievable, Oliver predicted. The key criterion in choosing the remaining communities to host them will be sustainability.

"This is a five-year grant, so in year six how are these places sustaining themselves?

What works, what doesn't?

We've learned a lot from Iqaluit Makerspace in the last eight months and so figuring out how we can do that in (other) communities is going to be part of the process," Oliver explained.

He's hopeful that Katinnganiq's holistic approach will give many youth new reasons for optimism.

"We're super stoked about what it could do for Nunavummiut," he said. "It's going to be a lot of fun."

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ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

Sharon Kappianaq

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Iglulik

ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᒪᕐᕈᓕᐊᑦ ᔅᑳᓕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᓕᑦ, ᑕᖅᑭᓕᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᒫᓐᓇ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᐊᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑕ, ᐅᓇ ᑭᐅᔾᔪᑎ: ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᕿᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᖢᓂ!

Igloolik New Year twins Scarlett and Sharlotte, four months old now. People ask if they cry at the same time, here's an answer: one crying and one happy!

ᑕᑯᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᔪᖏᑕᓯᓐᓂᒃ

ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᓯᕙᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒃᓴᖃᖅᐲᑦ? ᐊᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃᓗ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᕕᑦ $100ᓂᒃ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᑦ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᖓᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᑯᓂᑦ editor@nunavutnews.com-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔭᐅᓂᑯᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ Nuna-

vut News, PO Box 28, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0. ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᕖᔅᐳᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᒥᒋᔭᐅᓂᖅᐹᑦ ᑕᐅᖅᓰᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᐹᓪᓗ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ! ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᐊᑭᓯᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᓯ ᓗᐊᕆᓐ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ!

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ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ 2013-ᒥ ᒪᑦᑎᑦᑕᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᓕ ᑯᓇᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐳᐊᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ.

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Iquallaq Porter Konana Gjoa Haven

Fall of 2013 caught on nets by late Billy Konana with help from his son Boyd and myself.

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Aariak, Kamookak honoured in Ottawa with Order of Canada Contributions of former Nunavut premier, late Inuit historian celebrated

ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᔫᓯᐲᓐ ᖃᒧᒃᑳᖅ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᑭᖅᑯᐊᖓᓂ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᖓᓐᓂ ᔫᓕ ᐸᐃᔭᑦᒥ ᐅᐃᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᓗᐃ ᖃᒧᒃᑳᕐᒧᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᑐᕚᑉ Rideau Hall -ᖓᓂ ᒪᐃ 8-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

photo courtesy of Sgt. Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall

Gjoa Haven's Josephine Kamookak accepted the Order of Canada insignia from Governor General Julie Payette for her late husband Louie Kamookak at a ceremony held at Ottawa's Rideau Hall May 8.

by Courtney Edgar

Northern News Services

Ottawa

Two Nunavummiut – former premier Eva Aariak and oral historian Louie Kamookak – were honoured this month with Order of Canada investitures at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Governor General Julie Payette invested Aariak as a Member of the Order of Canada May 8.

"As the second territorial premier in Nunavut's history – and the first woman to serve in the role – she has worked tirelessly on Nunavut's poverty reduction strategy, among other notable projects," a Rideau Hall news release stated.

"A renowned leader in northern Canada, she has successfully advocated for equity, gender equality and the involvement of women in politics."

Eva Aariak was a teacher, a reporter and a co-ordinator for children's books before she got into politics.

Today she owns the Malikkaat store in Iqaluit, which sells "all things Inuit" – tools, jewerly and sealskin creations.

The late Gjoa Haven oral historian Louie Kamookak was posthumously invested as an Officer of the Order.

Kamookak is known for his role in the discovery of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror wrecks. This year's Order of Canada recognition is for his patience and dedication while preserving the stories of elders in his community.

Kamookak was previously invested as a Member, so this investment as Officer is a post-

humous upgrade in his Order of Canada status.

"His attentive listening and capable mapping skills led him across the tundra of King William Island and along the shores of Victoria Strait to discover several historical sites, most notably the shipwrecks of the Franklin Expedition," said the news release.

"When not accompanying students, teachers and explorers in the Arctic, he shared the stories of his people with audiences from coast-tocoast-to-coast."

Kamookak's wife, Josephine, accepted the insignia on his behalf. She attended the ceremony in Ottawa's Rideau Hall with family.

"It was something special, so special," she said about the ceremony.

Her husband passed away a little more than a year ago but she says she knows he is happy and proud of the recognition.

"He treated people the same, equally, the old and the young," Josephine said.

Her husband was a teacher at the high school in Gjoa Haven and made sure to talk to the students about the importance of learning about Inuit culture and how essential it is to listen to the stories of elders.

The Order of Canada is one of the highest civilian honours in this country and is given to people who contribute to making the country a better place.

Companions, Officers and Members of the Order of Canada reflect its motto: Desiderantes meliorem patriam.

This translates to, "They desire a better country."

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Adapting to the immediate Northern News Services

As each season changes, we adapt to those conditions as best as we can.

When winter arrives, we don our heavy wind pants and down-filled parkas. We put on woollen socks and wear our kamiks or Ski-Doo boots. Then, when spring comes, we put away the heavier clothes and put on light windbreakers and rubber boots and so on with each seasonal change.

As mentioned at the opening, we adapt to the conditions and dress accordingly.

Our emotions and physical adaptations are quite similar.

There are times of excitement, jubilation, frustration and anxiety. Most of us are fairly stable and we recognize the environment or atmosphere of our present or current circumstances and we adjust our actions and reactions to these.

We are born with all the emotions that we experience daily and we need to allow these emotions to manifest themselves in every situation and circumstance. As we allow ourselves to show these emotions in various situations, we soon learn to control these emotions so that we do not go overboard.

Perhaps this is easier said than done and it really depends on your stability and self-awareness. I've heard a phrase that says "Nobody knows you better than yourself", and so with each experience, your true self is exposed.

In my View Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge Bay resident and former underground miner at the Lupin gold mine. He has been married for 43 years and has five children, 28 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

You are not a weak person if you find yourself feeling anxious or upset or angry.

Your body is just reacting to sudden changes in your engagements or environment.

This quick reaction could be the result of unexpected news or a long-awaited medical report or a change in your economic status.

Whatever the case may be, we have to weigh the balances and make the necessary adjustments.

Our precious little ones have an incredible built-in radar and have this uncanny sense that something is not quite right with mom and they react immediately. If this signal from the little one is prolonged and unchecked, it will affect them emotionally, mentally and physically. As we try and be connected and engaged, there is nothing wrong with talking about your present state and expressing yourself and adjusting your thoughts and feelings in stride.

Be courageous, take control and speak from your heart.

ᒪᓕᖕᓂᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ ĪØùÕúò∆¿ ᕼᐊᐅᓕ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓗᐱᓐᑯᑦ ᒍᓗᓯᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 43-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 5 ᕿᑐᖓᖃᖅᓱᓂ, 28-ᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᖃᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ.

ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒃ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕌᖓᑦ, ᒪᓕᒐᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓕᒫᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐅᑭᐅᕌᖓᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᕙᒃᐳᒍᑦ, ᓯᓚᐹᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕᓗ. ᐊᓕᖅᑎᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᐅᖅᑰᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᒥᓕᔭᓕᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᑭᑑᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᒥᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᒃᖢᑕ. ᐊᒻᒪ, ᐅᐱᕐᙵᕌᖓᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓃᖅᖢᒋᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᓯᒪᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᓄᕆᓯᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ/Iqaluit street talk with Michele LeTourneau

ᐃᐱᕌᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᒫᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕌᖓᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᒪᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᓯᓚ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖅᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑕ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒃᑭᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᕆᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒥᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒃᖢᑎᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓕᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᑕᓗ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖏᑦᖢᑕᓗ. ᖃᓄᐃᓗᐊᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑕ. ᐃᓅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᖅᖢᑕ ᐅᓪᓗᑕᒫᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᕙᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᒋᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓂᖅᐳᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓕᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᓪᓗ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒋᑦ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᒐᓱᐊᖅᖢᑕ. ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᑐᐊᕕᓗᐊᖅᖢᖓ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ

"ᑭᓱ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓛᕆᕕᐅᒃ ᓯᓚᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᖅᑰᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᐅᔪᒥ?"

"What is your favourite outdoor activity in this warmer weather?" ᐳᕆᑦᔨᑦ ᕿᓚᕝᕙᖅ "ᐸᐃᓯᑰᖅᖢᓂ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥ."

Bridget Kilabuk "Biking to the playground and playing soccer."

ᐳᕈᒃ ᐅᐃᓪᔅ "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᕋ ᐸᐃᓯᑰᖅᖢᓂ, ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ Mantracker, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕿᒡᒋᖅᑕᕐᓗᓂ ᕿᒡᒋᖅᑕᐅᑎᒧᑦ."

Brooke Wells "I like to ride my bike, play Mantracker, and jump on a trampoline."

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ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ?

MIKAN no. 3614002 J.G. ᕋᐃᑦ/ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᕝᕕᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᒥ J.W. ᐋᓐᑐᓴᓐᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ W. ᕼᐃᔅᓚᑉ. ᐊᑯᓪᓕᕕᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, 1945. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ? ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓇᑎᑐᑦ, ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᑐᕋᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ

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

Project naming: Do you know your elders?

MIKAN no. 3614002 J.G. Wright/Library and Archives Canada photo Unidentified Inuit on a boat with J.W. Anderson and W. Heslop.

Cape Smith, Nunavut, 1945.

Can you help identify the people in this old photograph?

Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and searchable photographic ᐅᖃᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑐᓴᕋᔪᒃᐳᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ "ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᒐᕕᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᐸᐃᑦ"-ᓛᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᓂᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓕᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕆᔭᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ. ᓱᓕ ᓴᓐᖏᓂᖃᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒍᕕᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᓄᓪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖏᓐᓂᕐᓄᓪᓗ. ᑎᒦᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒧᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᕆᔭᕐᓄᓪᓗ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᐊᓚᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕈᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᕆᖏᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᒐᕕᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑯᓂ ᐅᑕᕿᓚᐅᖅᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ

ᐋᒻᐳᕐ ᐊᕐᓇᒃᑲᖅ "ᐸᐃᓯᑰᕐᓂᖅ, ᕿᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᖢᓂ."

Amber Arnaqaq "Biking, walking dogs, playing at the playground."

ᓴᐃᓚ ᐹᑭᑦ "ᐱᓱᔪᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᐊᖁᙴᒥ ᐱᓱᒡᕕᖓᒍᑦ, ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᖢᖓ, ᕿᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ."

Shayla Paquette "Walking on Apex Trail with my mom, playing basketball, walking dogs."

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ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᓐᓃᕐᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ. ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᕋᓱᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᕆᔭᐃᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᒡᓕᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᓈᓇ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᒍᑦᑎᒍ ᐊᑯᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᑎᒃᑯᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᓕᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᖕᓂᐊᒍᑎᖏᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᖏᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓪᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᒋᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᐃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᒋᕙᒡᓗᒋᑦ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᒋᐊᖃᖏᑉᐳᑎᑦ, ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᖕᓂᖔᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᓪᓗ.

ᐊᓛᓇ ᒫᒃ "ᐸᐃᓯᑰᕐᓂᖅ, ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᕿᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ."

Alanna Mark "Biking, playing at the playground, walking dogs."

ᔭᐃᑯᑉ ᐊᕕᙵᖅ "ᐃᐸᕋᒃᓴᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒪᒐᓚᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐸᐃᓯᑰᖅᖢᓂ."

Jacob Avinguq "Splashing in puddles and riding my bike."

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ᓴᓇᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ (ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ) ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᕗᒍᑦ ᑕᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒪᐃᖁᔭᐅᓇᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᑐᖅᑯᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ 156-ᓄᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ – 108 ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ 24 ᐊᑐᓂ ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ. ᐅᕙᒍᑐᐊᖑᙱᓚᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐆᒥᖓ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ. ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ 44-ᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᖅᑕᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᑕᑖᖅᐳᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 30-ᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᒃᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ. ᐱᔪᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓱᒃᑲᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᕝᕕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑕ, ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᒡᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᓐᓄᒃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ ᐸᖅᑭᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒋᔭᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒥ, ᓲᕐᓗ, ᐃᓗᐊᙱᑦᑑᔪᒥ ᓱᓕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᒐᔪᒃᐳᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᑐᖁᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓅᑕᐅᓛᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕗᑦ – ᓇᑉᐸᑲᓴᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᕕᖕᓃᑦᑐᓂ – ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑐᖁᓛᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓂᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ

ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᕗᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ 2015 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ 'ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ: 2015-ᒥ 2035-ᒧᑦ', ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖏᓐᓂ. ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ $8.7 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ 201213-ᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ 730-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ – ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒍ 970-ᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂ 60-ᒥ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᖃᐸᓗᒃᐳᖅ $6 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ 44-ᓂ ᐃᒡᓕᓂᑦ. ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᓗᓂ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓃᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓐᓂ. ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᕗᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᑕᖃᓪᓗᐊᙱᓚᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᓂᑦ. ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ 160-ᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ 2015 ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖓᓐᓂ, ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ 44-ᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐸᓗᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᖃᖅᐳᑦ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖅ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ 25-ᓂ ᐃᒡᓕᓂᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ 53-ᓂ 72-ᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᑦ 2035-ᒧᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥ, 156 ᐃᒡᓕᓂᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ

ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᓱᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅᑕᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐸᖅᑭᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᒋᐊᖕᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒋᕗᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐃᓅᓯᖓᑕ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔫᔮᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᐱᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯ ᕿᒪᐃᓯᒪᔫᔮᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᓕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᖅ, ᐃᒪᐃᑦᑑᔮᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᓴᓇᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᕐᓕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐸᑦ? ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᔪᕐᓈᓂᒃᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐸᖅᑭᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒥᑭᓛᖑᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᖃᐃᖁᔨᕗᒍᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ-ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᖅᑭᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᕆᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

Build it, and they will come (home) Northern News Services

We welcome with open arms the suggestion that the Government of Nunavut is ready to make the required investment to build spaces for 156 long-term care beds -- 108 in Iqaluit and 24 in each of the Kitikmeot and the Kivalliq.

We're not the only ones who have been waiting for this excellent news.

After all, there are at the moment only 44 long-term care beds in Nunavut and all of them are full. Plus there are 30 elders living at similar homes in the south, and many others are waiting for such care.

The demand far outstrips the supply, and once these long-term care facilities are opened, it won't be long before all of the beds are filled.

As the population of Canada ages, the pressure increases on care facilities and other residences for seniors across the country. Wait lists are not unusual in Ontario, for example, with the uncomfortable truth being that seniors are often waiting for current residents to pass on or be moved to a different facility.

But in Nunavut, many of our elders – almost half of those in care – are left to pass or deal with serious illnesses in the south. These people deserve to be at home in their final years.

the waiting list at the time, but an additional 53 to 72 beds would be The issue: needed by 2035. According to that Long-term care spaces report, 156 beds is more than what We say: is required.

Focus on human resources We still think the spaces will be filled by those in need of care. The population is aging here, too, with the life expectancy of Nunavummiut Otherwise, Nunavut supports this approach. According to the figures in zig-zagging higher in the long-term.

And the report suggests more Nunathe 2015 report 'Continuing Care in Nunavut: 2015 to 2035', most Nuna- vummiut will get dementia, validating the need for these spaces. vummiut requiring care are getting As security, the government that care in their homes. The government spent $8.7 million in 2012-13 seems to be leaving room for growth to provide home care for 730 elders by proposing three facilities, giving – of a total of 970 Nunavummiut 60 them the power to determine whethyears or older. That compares to the er the true need warrants continued expansion. $6 million spent that year to fund But the missing piece, it seems, 44 beds. speaks to a larger problem for the In other words, it's financially government. You can build these sound to keep people in their own homes as long as possible. Compari- facilities, but how do you staff them? sons to other jurisdictions, specificIt's already hard enough to staff ally other Nordic countries in the the territory's health care facilities, report, support the same approach. and with a lack of support worker But there should be no question training programs in the territory, that Nunavut still needs more longthe infrastructure will be the least of term care beds. The NWT had 160 the government's worries. spaces as of the 2015 report, comWe call on the government and pared to 44 in Nunavut and the two territories have similarly sized popu- Arctic College to work together to ensure our elders get the homelations. grown care they deserve in their The report estimated that Nunafinal years. vut would need 25 beds to clear

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Kitikmeot Grads 2019 Honour roll for seven Arctic College students

Earning grades 80 per cent or higher are this year's honour roll students: Pauline Pauloosie, Early Childhood; Leanne Beaulieu, Environmental Tech; Jennifer Ullulaq, Environmental Tech; Terilyn Allukpik, Office Administration; Kathleen Hokanak, Office Administration; Pearlie-Mae Howard, Office Administration. Not shown, Richard Tungilik, Office Administration.

Northern News Services

Education Feature

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by Navalik Tologanak Ikaluktutiak/ Cambridge Bay

Nineteen graduates from Nunavut Arctic College's Kitikmeot campus in Cambridge Bay were honoured for their achievement on April 30.

Twelve students completed the office administration certificate program, five earned their environmental technology diploma and two attained their early childhood education diploma.

Twelve students graduated from the office administration certificate program at the Nunavut Arctic College Kitikmeot campus April 30. At back: Pearlie-Mae Howard, Hayley Maghagak, Vicki Aitaok, Terilyn Allukpik, Jenna Kailek, Chania Kapolak, Richard Tungilik, Valerie Igutsaq. In front: Nicole Roberts, Adele Ohokak, Patty Jane Komoayok, Kathleen Hokanak, Brandi Etegik.

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Congratulations to Kitikmeot grads

The 2019 graduating class of Nunavut Arctic College's Kitikmeot campus celebrated at an April 30 ceremony in Cambridge Bay.

Kayla Carter, a graduate of the Environmental Technology program, received the award for best effort. Nothing stopped this Gjoa Haven student from completing her two-year diploma. She was pregnant and attended her course in Cambridge Bay, then went to Yellowknife to await the birth of her baby. Two months later, she was back in class!

Congratulations Kayla!

The staff of the Kitikmeot Campus: Nandana Prasad, co-ordinator, Community Programs; Leigh Ann Cumming, librarian; Athlyne Etienne, ABE instructor; Maryse Cohen, Early Childhood Education instructor; Margaret Sullivan, co-ordinator, Social Service Work Programs; Jim Watkin, instructor, Social Service Work; Vicki Aitaok, adult educator; and Zita Nasalik, finance clerk.

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Promoting solar-powered cabins

Gjoa Haven It used to be that plugging in at the cabin either wasn't an option or a generator was needed. A newer alternative – solar power – was recently advocated in Gjoa Haven.

Martha Lenio, who oversees renewable energy in the Arctic for World Wildlife Fund Canada, gave a community presentation that attracted close to 50 people to the community hall on May 8.

"She brought it down to layperson's terms as far as the science of how the panels work, the circuitry and everything," said Connie Baines, acting economic development officer for the Hamlet of Gjoa Haven. "People were pretty fascinated with it."

The hamlet is going to get more familiar with solar panels as federal funding has been approved to install some panels on the arena roof. The solar technology should be delivered by sealift in September, according to Baines.

That will allow the municipality to participate in Qulliq Energy Corporation's net metering program, which permits generation of up to 10 kilowatts by renewable sources.

– Derek Neary

ᔮᓂ ᐄᓴᓗᒃ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓲᖑᔪᖅ, ᐱᖓᔪᖓᓐᓂ ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᕙᓗᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᕿᓂᖅᑎᐅᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ-ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᑑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎ ᐋᑕᒻ ᓲᑦᔅ, ᐱᖅᓯᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᓴᖅᑎ ᔪᐊᔾ ᑯᕈᓂᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓗᒥᒃ ᐊᖅᑲᐅᒪᔨ ᔨᐅᓪ ᕼᐊᐃᓅᑦ, ᑕᓕᖅᐱᖕᒥ.

Male polar bears hard to come by

Gjoa Haven The last two polar bear tags are still waiting to be claimed as male bears have proven elusive lately, according to Enuk Pauloosie, manager of the Gjoa Haven Hunters and Trappers Association. The first three tags were accounted for closer to March, when the season opened.

Complicating matters is that the designated area for Gjoa Haven hunters this season is in the Gulf of Boothia, north of Taloyoak, about a 500 kilometre round trip, Pauloosie estimated.

"It's far and it's expensive to go that way.

It costs a lot of money," said Pauloosie. "They spend a couple thousand dollars probably just to go catch a polar bear, if they catch one.

It's not cheap. Gas is expensive. If you're not working it's almost impossible to go hunting ...

These people are trying to feed their family."

– Derek Neary

Nick Walker/Royal Canadian Geographic Society photo

Actor Johnny Issaluk, third from left, is flanked by fellow explorers-in-residence of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. At left is Arctic solo adventurer Adam Shoalts, storm chaser George Kourounis and cave diver Jill Heinerth, right.

Cambridge Bay man dies in all-terrain vehicle crash

Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay A 24-year-old Cambridge Bay man perished when he lost control of his all-terrain vehicle on May 11.

The driver crashed into a snowbank around

ᒫᑕ ᓕᓂᐅ, ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ 100-ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᒪᐃ 8-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ ᒫᒃ ᐅᓕᑲᑖᖅ, ᔮᑯᓕᓐ ᓵᑉᒥᓐ ᐲᑕ ᐊᑭᑯᖕᓇᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᓵᑦ. ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᖄᖓᓄᐊᖅᑕᐅᓲᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᓂᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ 25 ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᓂ 400 ᓴᙱᓂᓕᖕᓄᑦ. ᐊᑭᖓ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᒥᒃ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᕚᑕᓖᓂᑦ ᓴᖑᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᐊᔭᒨᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ, ᐊᑭᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ $5,000-ᒧᑦ, $15,000-$20,000-ᖑᓇᔭᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᑭᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑭᐳᒃᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑭᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐅᐊᔭᒨᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᒐᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒨᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᓕᓂᐅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

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Martha Lenio, of World Wildlife Fund Canada, demonstrates how a 100-watt solar panel works while giving a presentation in Gjoa Haven on May 8. Watching, from left, are Mark Ullikataq, Jacqueline Chapman Peter Akkikungnaq and Stephan Schott. Panels can range from 25 watts to 400 watts. The cost to outfit a cabin, including batteries an inverter and other electrical equipment, would probably cost close to $5,000, while $15,000-$20,000 is roughly what it would cost to offset the cost of a home electricity bill through solar, Lenio says.

11 p.m. and was not wearing a helmet, according to the RCMP, who added that speed and alcohol are also considered to be factors in the tragedy.

The community's bylaw officer initially performed CPR on the man and RCMP assisted in those efforts, arriving a short time later.

The individual was taken to the health centre but could not be revived.

The Mounties didn't release the man's name.

Although a police investigation has determined only a single vehicle was involved, the RCMP would like to speak to anyone who has any information relating to this incident. The detachment can be reached at 867-983-0123.

– Derek Neary

Canadian Geographic Society names Johnny Issaluk explorer-in-residence

Ottawa Actor Johnny Issaluk has been chosen as an explorer-in-residence by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.

The role is intended to help create greater awareness of stories, images, data and discoveries made by scientists, explorers and conservationists during their expeditions. The society defines its overall mission as "making Canada better known to Canadians and to the world."

Issaluk's appointment was announced May 14 in Ottawa. His acting career has taken him around the world and he enjoys participating in expeditions. He's best known for the movie Indian Horse and television series The Terror and Murdoch Mysteries, among numerous other roles.

The Royal Canadian Geographic Society describes Issaluk as "a global ambassador for Inuit culture" and notes that he's also an explorer who has been to many of the most remote corners of Nunavut.

Issaluk, who hails from Chesterfield Inlet, is also an accomplished hunter and Inuit games athlete. He's a past winner of the Dia-

mond Jubilee Medal, presented to those who serve their fellow citizens, community and country.

He previously filled the role of executive director with the Embrace Life Council and was part of the Inuusivut program, which teaches youth about filmography and photography.

– Derek Neary

Preparing for summer day camp

Kugluktuk Five weeks of day camp could be held in Kugluktuk this summer, if funding is approved by the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut.

The camp provides work for four day-camp counsellors, four trainees, a camp supervisor and the community's youth co-ordinator also has a hand in it, said Kristen Tologanak, who took over the youth co-ordinator role in February. The camp averaged 40 participants per week last summer and involved a record 130 different youth, Tologanak said.

Sports and physical activities, including Inuit games; arts and crafts; and science and nature are among the rotating themes, Tologanak added. The exact dates of the camp will be announced if the funding is granted.

"We're trying to get everything finalized," she said.

– Derek Neary

Off to Italy

Arviat Arviat Film Society volunteers Ethan Tassiuk and Elissa Matoo were off to Venice, Italy, last week.

The trip was courtesy of heralded Nunavut filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk of Isuma.

The two youth were scheduled to visit Isuma's Venice Bienniale exhibit and soak in the many festivals in the area thanks to Isuma and funding from the National Gallery of Canada.

– Darrell Greer

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ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐱᕗᖅ $10 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ

ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᓲᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ $10-ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᕐᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ. ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖅ: ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓃᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 10-ᓂ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᒪᐃ 14-ᒥ. "ᓵᓚᒃᓴᕋᑦᑕ ᖁᒃᓴᓪᓚᖕᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᐋᓕᕗᕐ, ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ

ᐱᙳᐊᕐᒥ, ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᑦ ᐃᓴᒃᓯᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖓᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒫᓂᒃᑕᖓᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᑦ 8-ᖑᓕᖅᑐᓂ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᒋᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂ.

"ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐃᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᕙᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᑭᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ," ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕐᒥ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᕆᔭᖓ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ. "ᑐᓂᓯᕗᒍᑦ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᐃᒪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᕝᕕᐅᔪᒧᑦ." $10 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐋᓕᕗᕐ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ, ᓴᓇᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒎᕈᑎᒃᓴᒥ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ. "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᒍᑦ 100 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᐃᓴᐅᓯᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ. ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐱᔪᒪᓇᔭᖅᑕᕐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᕐᒥᔭᕐᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓕᕗᕐ. "ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖃᕈᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᔪᒥ, ᕿᓚᒥᒻᒪᕆᑯᓗᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ." ᐃᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᑦ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᒧᑦ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᒧᑦ. ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒍ 7-ᓂ 10-ᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᓂ

ᑎᑭᐅᑎᔭᒃᓴᐅᔾᔮᙱᓚᖅ, ᐋᓕᕗᕐ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᑭᒪᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ. "ᐅᓇ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ-ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᕐᕈᑎᐅᕗᖅ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ 6-ᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᒪᑭᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐸᑦ? ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓯᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ 8-ᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ (ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ) ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ," ᐋᓕᕗᕐ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᑉ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᓯᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. "ᖁᕕᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᑦᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ."

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Summit highlights training concerns Mould remediation needs to be part of college curriculum: Nunavut Housing Corp.

by Courtney Edgar

Northern News Services

Inuvik

Nunavut Arctic College's (NAC) housing maintainer trade program is going to need some changes to help the territory solve its housing crisis, Nunavut Housing Corp. (NHC) vicepresident Stephen Hooey told the 2019 Northern Housing Summit, held April 23 to 24 in Inuvik.

This is because Nunavut's local housing organizations rely on this trade to keep public housing in good condition, according to emailed responses to Nunavut News inquiries.

It is a three-year apprenticeship trade program through NAC, teaching students about carpentry, minor repairs, plumbing and heating.

Hooey was one of three NHC representatives who attended the two-day tri-territorial housing summit in Inuvik at the end of April.

To the best of the corporation's knowledge, those three representatives were the only attendees from Nunavut at the housing conference.

"The housing summit was a great opportunity to meet with our northern colleagues to share experiences and talk about innovative ways we are addressing our common housing challenges," said Hooey in an emailed statement.

NHC declined interview requests with Nunavut News to learn more about those housing innovations and instead offered emailed statements without specific action plans or details.

NHC and the Department of Family Servi-

ᓂᑕᑦ ᒍᐃᑦᓯᓐ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᔫᓯᕝ ᑳᓄᒎᕐᔅᑭ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ gram does not include any course work focused Clift says. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ 2019-ᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ on mould, The only way students learn about mould ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᕕᒃ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 24-ᒥ. remediation is if the employer hosting their

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Nihtat Gwich'in Council president Jozef Carnogursky speaks during a panel discussion on Indigenous housing at the 2019 Northern Housing Summit in Inuvik, NWT, on April 24. ces are working on updating the trade program to better meet Nunavut's specific housing needs by adding in a section devoted to mould remediation and shortening course time focused on concrete work.

Robert Clift, director of career development with Family Services, said mould is the number one issue Nunavut faces when it comes to keeping Nunavut residential units in shape.

At present, NAC's housing maintainer pro-

apprenticeship is willing to teach the students the subject – outside of the course.

"There is currently a lot of time devoted to concrete work," Clift said, referring to the current curriculum of the NAC's housing maintainer program. It is now under review and he hopes to see the changes approved by the end of the calendar year so they can be implemented at the start of the fall 2020 classes.

One whole week of the program is dedicated to various ways of working with concrete – something common in house construction in places like Yellowknife or the south, but not so much in Nunavut.

Other than a pad for an oil tank, there is very little concrete used in the territory's housing units, according to Clift.

The NHC does keep track of the number of housing units sitting unused and in need of repairs or mould remediation, but the corporation did not reply before deadline with those numbers.

Various aspects of public housing delivery were discussed at the housing conference, including wait list demands for the territories and energy initiatives.

"Demand for housing is a critical issue across the North. Meeting this demand is always a priority for NHC," said NHC's statement.

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Kugluktuk scores big at soccer tournament

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Twice is nice for The Bay Cambridge Bay men's basketball team successfully defends title at Arctic Shoot-Out

by James McCarthy

ᑎᐊᕆ ᐊᒃᓇᕕᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᐳᖅ ᔨᐊᕆᒥ ᐴᑦᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥᐅᑕᒥᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ShootOut ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᒪᐃ 12-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

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The Bay from Cambridge Bay returned this month to the scene of arguably one of their biggest triumphs ever in basketball: the Arctic Shoot-Out in Yellowknife.

They came in as the defending champions on the men's side and they went out still the champs – but they went through a war to do it.

The Bay was taken to double overtime in the men's final of this year's tournament and overcame Team Dwayne Johnson by a score of 98-96 in one of the best basketball games ever seen in the North. It was a reversal of fortunes from the round-robin meeting between the two teams as The Bay were beaten in a game which also went to overtime.

Peter Ohokanoak, the team's captain, said the final was all about seeing who had more gas left in the tank.

"It's a marathon weekend every year but then you remember that your opponents are just as tired and burned out as you are," he said.

"You just have to dig deep and we just dug a bit deeper."

It wasn't the easiest of rides to the final this year for The Bay as they lost their first two round-robin games and needed to win the third just to sneak into the playoffs. Fortunately for them, they did that and the run was on.

The final was just as much a nip-and-tuck affair as the round-robin meeting with the lead changing hands more than once. The waning moments of regulation time saw Team Dwayne Johnson up by three but The Bay had the last possession in regulation. They put the ball in the hands of Nathaniel Cziranka-Crooks and Travis Schindel of Yellowknife, who played with The Bay on the weekend, described how it all went down.

"We're down three with four seconds to go," said Schindel. "We called a timeout, got our shooters on the floor, the ball skips over to Nathaniel, pump fakes and strokes the three."

That sent the game into bonus basketball and Ohokanoak said the job was to see who could outdo one another at that point.

"I think both teams thought about that – who's going to make the big play?," he said.

The first overtime session solved nothing, meaning a second overtime period was needed, and the closeness still prevailed. Down the stretch, it was Team Dwayne Johnson that had the last possession and they went for the win but Simon Markowski's three-point attempt at the buzzer rimmed out, giving The Bay the

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Terry Aknavigak of Cambridge Bay guards Jeremy Bird of Yellowknife during the men's final of the Arctic Shoot-Out basketball tournament in Yellowknife on May 12.

victory and a second-straight crown.

"That's the first time we've beaten that team," said Ohokanoak. "Last year, we beat Fort Simpson (NWT) in the final and that was wild but this year, we finally beat Simon's team. Hats off to them, though, because they're one of the best teams in the North."

Ohokanoak said both titles are satisfying and while the first one is the one he'll always remember, winning it a second time makes it so much better.

"It's such a relief to be able to defend that title," he said. "You can never take away the feeling of winning it the first time but this year was more of a business trip. We had a job to do and I couldn't be happier for the boys."

And in case you're wondering, the plans are already underway for a return trip and a shot at a three-peat.

"We always like going to Yellowknife because it's such a great tournament," said Ohokanoak. "But I know Simon and his team want another crack at us."

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Team North returns home Whitehorse The 2019 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships wrapped up in Whitehorse on May 12 and Team North is back home following the event.

For the first time, the girls' squad finished ahead of the boys' as they ended up in sixth place overall out of the nine that competed from across Canada. They ended up getting to the quarterfinal round before losing to BC, 3-0, on May 9. They got that far after winning both of their qualifying round games against Eastern Door and North and New Brunswick.

The boys had originally finished in eighth place after losing the seventh-place game to Eastern Door and North, 5-2, but that was bumped to seventh following the expulsion of Alberta from

ᓇᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᓯᕌᓐᑲ-ᑯᕈᒃᔅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᕿᓂᖅᐳᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥᐅᑕᒧᑦ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᒫᑲᐅᔅᑭ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᕆᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ Shoot-Out ᐹᔅᑭᑦᐹᓪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᒪᐃ 12-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

Nathaniel Cziranka-Crooks of Cambridge Bay looks to get past the guard of Yellowknife's Simon Markowski during the men's final of the Arctic Shoot-Out basketball tournament in Yellowknife on May 12.

the tournament before the gold medal game.

Ian Attungala of Baker Lake was named Team North's male leadership award winner.

Derby season Arviat Listed below are the names of the prize winners in both categories of the Arviat Trout and Pike Fishing Derby in Arviat from May 3 to 5, including the length of their catch and the amount of their prize money.

Trout: No.1: Karen Panigoniak, 97 cm, $5,000 No.2: Tie: Lissie Anaviapik, 96 cm, $3,500 No.2: Tie: Dorothy St. John, 96 cm, $3,500 No.4: Joy Suluk, 93 cm, $2,000 No.5: Tie: Joe Netser, 91 cm, $875 No.5: Tie: Pierre Koomak, 91 cm, $875 No.7: Lucy Netser, 89 cm, $500 No.8: Ludovic Onerk, 88 cm, $400 No.9: Tie: Kukik Baker, 87 cm, $250 No.9: Tie: Danny Curley, 87 cm, $250 Pike: No.1: Shannon Kalluak, 109 cm, $5,000

No.2: Lydia Mikiyungnik, 107 cm, $4,000 No.3: Hannah Muckpah, 106 cm, $3,000 No.4: Tie: Margaret Aulatjut, 104 cm, $1,500 No.4: Tie: Peter Mikiyungiak, 104 cm, $1,500 No.6: Vivian Muckpah, 102 cm, $7,500 No.7: Tie: Theresa Akammak, 99.5 cm, $450 No.7: Tie: Joseph Koomak, 99.5 cm, $450 No.9; Tie: Jackie King, 98 cm, $200 No.9: Tie: Mary Aulatjut, 98 cm, $200 No.9: Tie: Martha Akatsiak, 98 cm, $200 -Darrell Greer

Dipping for cod Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet Rankin Inlet will be hosting its own fishing derby later this month and it's all about cod.

Everything begins on May 24 at midnight and will continue through to May 26 at 11:59 p.m. It's all about the longest fish people can catch with the longest fish netting $10,000 for the winner.

The top eight catches will all receive prize money of some sort.

Once the derby ends, the measuring will begin at the recreation hall from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. with the prizes handed out later in the evening at 6 p.m.

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Two-for-two for Kugluktuk Community's boys' soccer team wins title at Grade 4-5 Yellowknife Soccer Tournament

by James McCarthy

Northern News Services

Yellowknife

Seems the Kitikmeot region made Yellowknife its own stomping ground sportswise earlier this month.

On the backs of Cambridge Bay's win at the Arctic ShootOut basketball tournament, the boys' soccer team from Kugluktuk was on the indoor pitch at the Grade 4-5 Yellowknife Soccer Tournament that same weekend and just like The Bay, they, too, came out on top.

Kugluktuk defeated Weledeh Catholic School of Yellowknife by a score of 6-3 in the final to win its division to give the community a second soccer title in less than a month. It was a backand-forth game for much of it as both teams traded goals in the early going but Kugluktuk was able to find a little extra down the stretch to go away winners.

Liam Clarke once again helped coach the community to victory, just as he had when Kugluktuk won the Grade 6 boys' banner at Junior Super Soccer late last month, and said he was taken by surprise at how fast the opposing team was.

"They were a really good calibre of team," he said.

"They play much like we do: they move the ball around well and they're an attacking team."

Weledeh opened the scoring in the final, which was answered quickly by Kugluktuk, which was answered

ᐋᓐᑐᕋᐃ ᐃᕼᐅᒪᑕᖅ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕗᖅ ᐊᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐴᖅᓯᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓯᐅᑎᖓᓂ ᖁᑦᑎᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥ 4-5-ᒥ ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝᒥ ᐊᕿᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᒪᐃ 12-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

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Andre Ihumatak of Kugluktuk waits for the ball to come to him for a shot during the boys final of the Grade 4-5 Yellowknife Soccer Tournament. again by Weledeh, which was answered again by Kugluktuk to make it 2-2 at halftime.

Kugluktuk came out quickly

in the second half to pot two to take a 4-2 lead but Weledeh wouldn't go away quietly as they notched one to get it back

to 4-3 but that's as close as they would get as Kugluktuk popped two more in the late stages to seal the deal.

Much of the boys' team was made up of players who had suited up for Junior Super Soccer and Clarke said it was the first time many of them had played at the Grade 5 level.

"You always get better as a youth player when you play kids at your own level," he said.

Something else which greeted Kugluktuk's players was the Yellowknife Fieldhouse, which is indoor soccerspecific and a venue which the boys had neither seen nor played on before.

Clarke said it was definitely a change from the gym floors the boys were used to playing on.

"It's a much smaller area for Super Soccer so when you get to the Fieldhouse and you go to seven-a-side, you have to reshuffle everything and it changes your style of coaching," he said. "We normally play in a diamond formation on the gym floors but with the Fieldhouse, we had to get everyone into new positions, have players stay back on defence and move the ball in different ways. Most of them transitioned well, though."

Not only were the boys the first team from Nunavut to win a banner but they were the first ever team from the territory to make the trip in to play in the tournament.

Joe Acorn, the tourna-

ment's organizer, said he was surprised to even hear from Nunavut in the first place.

"I don't know how they found out about the tournament," he said. "I had been concentrating on getting teams in from (the NWT communities of) Behchoko and Hay River but they called me and asked if they could come so I said sure."

Clarke said they were able to go to both Super Soccer and the Grade 4-5 tournament thanks to some government grants.

"We applied for two grants and we got approved for both of them," he said. "That covered the airfares and it costs about $20,000 to go to a tournament in Yellowknife so that was a big help, for sure."

Sadly, the boys won't be back to defend their title next year but they will get a chance to defend the Junior Super Soccer title as most will be moving up to the Grade 6 division.

Clarke said he's just happy the boys had a chance to be able to do something they'll talk about for a long time.

"We need to thank the organizers for putting on tournaments like this because they'll grow up and remember this," he said. "I'm grateful to be able to give the kids this kind of opportunity and they won't forget it anytime soon.

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Vince Carter, you've finally been vindicated Northern News Services The Raptors also needed to win to show the fans that what Boing, boing, boing, boing, euphoria. they were doing was working. This is the greatest chapter of Those were the sounds of the Toronto Raptors moving on the franchise's history with playoff runs now not only attainable to the NBA's Eastern Conference Final on May 12 as Kawhi but expected. All of the talk about rebuilding won't work now.

Leonard made a fall-away jumper from the baseline over Joel No more waiting for next year – success is expected right now Embiid to beat the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their semiand there is a genuine belief among Raptors Nation that this final series. could be their year.

Find me another great Toronto sporting But let's not look past the Milwaukee Bucks moment in the last 26 years and I'll show you because that's who the Raptors have to get by this to one-up you. I say 26 years because no in order to play for the big trophy. Milwaukee one had managed to make a city go nuts since and Toronto were the two best teams in the Joe Carter took Mitch Williams deep in Game 6 Eastern Conference this season and the Bucks of the 1993 World Series. with James McCarthy won three of the four meetings between the Oddly enough, it was the Toronto Blue Jays two teams during the regular season. Does that that beat the Philadelphia Phillies that year. mean anything? Of course not but it's a stat Funny, eh? people like me like to use.

Toronto and Philadelphia have had some of the best sports But back to the Toronto-Philadelphia thing for a moment: moments over time. Whenever the Maple Leafs and Flyers those of us old enough to remember 2001 will recall the Sixers and Raptors meeting in round two that year. It was the year meet up, it's always a rough and fun series to watch. The Jays Vince Carter went to his college graduation ceremony the morand Phillies will forever be connected because of 1993. ning before the game. He then went out and missed a baseline jumper to win Game 7 and send the Raptors through to what Now this. would have been a match-up with the Indiana Pacers.

It was one of those nights not only because of the moment Everyone, including myself at the time, put the blame but because it was a game – and a series – that the Raptors had to win. Leonard came to Toronto in the off-season in the block- squarely on Carter's shoulders. Why would he go to North buster trade that sent DeMar Derozan to San Antonio. Raptors Carolina and not prepare for Game 7 which, at that point in general manager Masai Ujiri was questioned about it for a long time, was the biggest game in the franchise's young history? He time and Derozan was more than a little pissed off at being missed that shot. Toronto hated him for it. But that's in the past dealt but the deal is paying off more and more by the day. now. Even with all of the hatred Raptors fans had for Carter Not only did Ujiri need vindication, the Raptors had to win and the way he left town, amends have been made and Carter is if only to give Leonard a reason to stay in Toronto. Derozan now welcome in Toronto again. was loyal to the city (recall his tweet the day Chris Bosh left He's also vindicated for that shot ... at least to me, he is. to go to Miami) and while Leonard was an extremely capable Leonard made a buzzer-beater to beat the Sixers in round two. replacement, he was no DeMar Derozan. As soon as Leonard All is forgiven now. got to Toronto, the questions began about how long he would And so we move on with the hope that the self-proclaimed stick around.

Fun Guy – Leonard – sticks around and maybe, just maybe, More often than not, superstars who go to Toronto end up a superstar sticks around. Maybe Toronto will get a victory going elsewhere (see Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, Bosh) and parade involving a team that plays out of Scotiabank Place.

Leonard was thought of as just another rental player who would Maybe we'll get to talk about the first team from Canada to win play out his contract and seek greener pastures such as Los the NBA Championship.

Angeles or anywhere else but Toronto.

Maybe.

ᑳᕼᐃ ᓚᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒥ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᔫ ᑳᑕᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᒪᐃ 12-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓯᒪᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

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On May 12, Kawhi Leonard provided Toronto with perhaps the biggest sporting moment since Joe Carter's heroics. Let's hope it's enough to keep him around.

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Nunavut Sivuniksavut graduates 32 students ᖁᕕᐊᓐᓂᐊᔪᒥ ᓇᓗᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᑮᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ-ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᐃᑎᓐ ᐊᓄᒑᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ ᓂᐱᓴᕐᒧᑦ.

Administrators relieved as GN restores funding terminated in March

by Derek Neary

Northern News Services

Ottawa

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The joy is apparent on the faces of first-year Nunavut Sivuniksavut graduates Aiden Anawak and Shelton Nipisar.

A wave of relief came for 32 students on Wednesday as they officially became graduates of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut (NS) college program.

Likewise, NS administrators breathed a sigh of relief because they received a commitment from Nunavut's education minister during a graduation ceremony address that territorial government funding for the NS program is being restored. There was an outcry in March when the minister of Family Services announced that $175,000 in annual support for NS wasn't going to be renewed. That represented close to 11 per

cent of the program's finances.

"The funding issue has been resolved," said longtime NS co-ordinator Morley Hanson, who added that he will also be returning to the program for at least a couple more years.

There were 26 graduates from the first year of the NS program on May 15 and six from the second year. Six more students are eligible to graduate in December through the new third year of the college program. Hanson said they are doing "exceptionally well."

All told, NS has produced more than 500 graduates in its 33-year history.

Lena Korgak-Stokes of Iqaluit, a brand new graduate of the two-year NS program,

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᑉᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᒪᐃ 15-ᒥ. 32-ᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ-ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ-ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ.

Nunavut Sivuniksavut students gather at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa for their graduation ceremony on May 15. Thirty-two students completed either the one-year or two-year college programs this year.

said her education has helped her better grasp her identity.

"I've always struggled with not feeling 'Inuk' enough, and looking back and seeing my growth as an individual, as an Inuk, as a student, makes me proud," she said. "The most memorable moments are when you see that in yourself but also among the other students and it is extremely empowering."

Overcoming her shyness and finding the courage to leave home to attend school in Ottawa were challenges she had to overcome, she acknowledged.

Her plans for the next few months include working as a summer student for the Department of Environment, which has her excited.

Longer term, she's hoping to be accepted into the Environmental Technology Program at Nunavut Arctic College and then off to university for additional environmental studies.

Then she hopes to work for the Department of Environment full-time.

The 2018-19 school year also saw NS in a position to offer accommodations to students for the first time as the program acquired three apartment complexes.

"The residence has been a wonderful addition to our organization. They're quality, secure apartments a mere 15-minute walk away from our centre," Hanson said. "With the exception of families, which we can't accommodate in these apartments, we haven't had to find any other housing for students. We actually had a surplus of rooms which we were able to rent out to local students – something which helps our revenues to pay for the buildings. So yes, we have enough capacity there to meet our needs."

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