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Publication mail Contract #40012157 "They looked at him and they weren't expecting him to be as tough as he was." – Wrestling coach Chris Crooks on the success of Eekeeluak Avalak of 7 71605 00200 2 at the U17/U19 Canadian Wrestling Championships in Fredericton, N.B., page 15. 2 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ Contest winner loves her 'cool dad' Matthew Kunangnat's daughter shares the story behind the March 18th winning image 2018-ᒥ, ᐅᐃᓂ ᓰᑏᓐᓇᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ by Michele LeTourneau we take him out. And he loves to have his ᐅᐃᓂ ᓰᑏᓐᓇᒃ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ "ᐱᒃᑯᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓂ" ᒫᑎᐅ ᑯᓇᖕᓇᒥᑦ Northern News Services Copenhagen, his snuff," said Seeteenak. ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ $100-ᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ Qamani'tuaq/Baker Lake "Anything to ease his mind and what not. ᐱᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᑦᑎᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᑦ– ᓯᑯᒥ Matthew Kunangnat loves to get out on He's always on the go, but everything slowed ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᒥ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖅᐱᒃᑐᔪᕐᒥ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᑉ the land when he can and his family obliges. down when he got blind." ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᒫᔾᔨᒥ, ᓯᓚᑖᓂ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ One spring day in 2018, Winnie Seet- What News readers couldn't ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᒥᓂᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑐᓂ eenak snapped a photo of her "cool dad" know is that 80-year-old Kunangnat caught ᒫᑎᐅ ᑯᓇᖕᓇᒧᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ. ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ doing what he loves – which that day was the most fish the day the winning photo was ᒫᔾᔨ 18-ᒥ. ice fishing out at Big Hips Island outside taken. Not a surprise considering he was the Baker Lake. family's provider until he was blinded in a "He loved to fish and hunt. When the welding accident more than 30 years ago. weather warms up and when it's not too "He used to be on the search-and-rescue slushy and when we're all able to help each and he used to be a carpenter and he loves other, that's when we like to take him out," the outdoors," said Seeteenak. said Seeteenak. Despite Kunangnat's blindness, his skills Moments after Kunangnat caught his first were still sought out by the community. fish, his wife Mercy cooked it up right there "Sometimes the search party, even though on the ice for lunch. he's blind now, they used to come to him to Seeteenak's image won the March 18 double-check where they should go. Nunavut News Amazing On The Land photo "They would get some pointers from contest and it's been seen by almost 11,000 him," said Seeteenak, adding he's a well- Facebook users, liked by 658 and shared by respected elder. 98. She calls him her "cool dad" because of When Seeteenak received the $100 for her own respect for him. the most-liked story the week she submitted "I try to do my best for him," she said. it, she gave the money to her father and sent Since the Amazing On the Land photo that photo to Nunavut News, as well. contest launched in December 2017, there "Here he is surprised," stated Seeteenak. have been 65 weekly winners of $100. "Once again, thank you for liking his "The Amazing On the Land Contest has fishing picture. Love my cool dad Matthew given readers an incredible window into the Kunangnat." lives of Nunavummiut, doing what people in She says she gave him the money "because Arctic love to do, getting out on to the land photo courtesy Winnie Seeteenak he's always needing this and that." and sharing their stories with each other," photo courtesy Winnie Seeteenak In 2018, Winnie Seeteenak snapped "He doesn't go out anymore. He sends said managing editor Mike W. Bryant. When Winnie Seeteenak, left, of a photo of her “cool dad” Matthew either me or his grandkids to go out to buy "It's been a big hit and I'm always won- Baker Lake won $100 in the Nuna- this and that because he's very elderly now." dering what amazing photos will show up in Kunangnat doing something he loves Kunangnat has five children, including our inbox next. We're honoured that we can vut News Amazing On The Land – ice fishing out at Big Hips Island his eldest Seeteenak, a dozen grandchildren help spread people's passion for the land for photo contest in March, she gave outside Baker Lake. The photo won and seven or eight great-grandchildren. others to enjoy." the money to her father Matthew the Nunavut News Amazing On The "He works around, outside the house. Photos can be submitted via the Nunavut Kunangnat, who was the subject of Land photo contest March 18. But he doesn't go shopping anymore unless News Facebook page by private message. the photo. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 3 Did we get it wrong? amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ Nunavut News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes and run corrections. If you spot an error in Nunavut News, call (867) 979-5990 and ask to speak to an editor, or email editorial@ nnsl.com. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. News Briefs ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᑎᑲᑕᒃᑐᑦ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ ᓇᑦᑎᕋᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᙱᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ. "ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᖅ ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᑦᑎᖅᐸᒃᖢᑕ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂ ᐅᕙᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐃᑉ ᖃᒪᓂᖅ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐅᑉ ᑐᖓᓕᖓ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᑭᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ. "ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᑦᑎᖃᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᓄᕌᒃᐸᖕᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᖅᑭᖅ ᓄᑖᙳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ." ᐊᐅᓚᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖣᕋᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐃᒻᒪᖄ, ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓵᓕᓛᓕᕆᕗᖅᑕᐅᖅ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᖑᖅᑰᔨᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ -12C ᐅᓐᓄᓴᖓᓂ ᐊᓂᕆᑭᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 9-ᒥ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐳᑎᑕᖃᙱᓗᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᓯᑭᑑᒃᑰᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᖅ: ᑲᐃᓂ ᐱᑯᔭᒃ WINNER: Cain Pikuyak ᖃᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ Hall Beach "ᐊᐳᑎᖃᙱᑲᓴᒃᐳᖅ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᓕᒫᒥᑦ Hall Beach – March 1, 12 a.m. ... ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᒃᑐᓕᐊᖅᑎᑕᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓚᖅ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ – ᒫᔾᔨ 1, 12 ᐅᓪᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐳᑎᑕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓛᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᖑᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ. Please see Catching, page 11 Our best reader photos ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ ᒪᓐᓂᖕᓂ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Do you have an amazing story from your from those submitted to editor@nunavut- and photo with the most combined likes and ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 22-ᒥ, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᕐᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ adventures on the land? Tell us your story news.com, or by mail to Nunavut News, PO shares at the end of the week wins. ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓐᓂᖕᓂ and show us your photos for a chance to Box 28, Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0. Entries will This week's winner is Cain Pikuyak. – ᑯᑰᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐊᓂ win $100. Each week, we will pick one story be placed on our Facebook page. The story Congratulations! ᒪᓐᓂᖕᓂ ᕿᓂᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᖓᓂ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᐅᑎᓂᐅᔪᓂ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᐃᒥ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕿᐊᖅ ᐊᐃᓐᔪᓪ ᑕᓱᒐᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᓄᑦ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨ ᒋᑉᓴᓐ ᐳᐊᑕ. ᑕᖅᑭᓕᒃ-11-ᓂ ᐸᓂᒐ ᑖᒥ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᓃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒐᐅᑉ ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖢᒑᐱᖕᒥ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥᑦ, ᑐᓄᐊᓂ. ᒫᔾᔨ 30, 2019. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᒋᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᕚᕙᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᓂ. ᐅᓪᓗᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᒪᐃ-ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ, ᐳᐊᑕ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. Please see Easter, page 11

ᐊᒥᐊᕆᓂᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ-ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔪᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᓚᐅᑲᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐳᓚᕋᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "SOS ᐊᒥᐊᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ". ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 9-ᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑮᓕᓂᒃ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 8-ᒥ. "ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ- ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᑎᕗᔅ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔪᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑭᐅᓲᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐱᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ-ᐅᐱᒋᓂᕐᒥ. "ᐊᒥᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ- ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑦᑐᖃᕋᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᑲᒪᓇᕐᔪᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ!" ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒧᐊᖅᑐᒃᓴᐅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ Amy Audlakiak ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᔪᒥ. Angel Tassugat Please see Painting, page 11 My 11-month-old daughter Tammy enjoying fresh air Clyde River behind an inukshuk. March 30, 2019. Beautiful summer days in Clyde River. 4 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 news ᓄĪØflî Why aren't Nunavut youth into mining? High schools lack career guidance counsellors, industrial arts classes and info about mines by Michele LeTourneau ᓖ ᖃᒪᓂᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᓅᓕᓐ ᐊᐅᐸᓗᒃᑐᖅ ᓛᓐᔅ ᐊᑯᓗᒃ, ᒧᐊᒐᓐ ᑳᑕ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ on, two weeks off. I'm missing "I go into the schools in Northern News Services ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐋᓕᒃᔅ ᐱᐅᑲᓐ, ᓇᖏᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ time with my family, but at our region whenever I can and Iqaluit the same time I'm helping my one of the things that I noticed Industry champions are ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 4-ᒥ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᒥ ᓇᑉᐸᓪᓗᐊᖓᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ family. And, at the same time, when I get in there ... I get the getting serious about interest- ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᓄᑦ- I'm gaining new family with students to brainstorm – what ing the younger generation in ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖑᔪᓄᑦ. the people I work with," said kind of jobs are there in the mining careers. Qamanirq. mining industry. The can usu- Each year, the Nunavut "Inuit have an opportunity ally come up with about five." Mining Symposium gathers if they wish to go to Baffin- But Buchan confirmed hundreds of industry-related land. They just have to have there are more than a hundred. workers in the capital to share the drive and willingness to do "We do not have guidance information about multiple it, make sacrifices. There is an counsellors in our schools topics but, for the first time, opportunity for Inuit to make a anymore. It's been at least 10 youth engagement made it on difference for themselves and years. That's a crime. How the agenda. their future." else are we supposed to get the "What seemed to be a mis- Apaluktuq works at Agnico youth to know what's going on sing element was engaging the Eagle's Meadowbank mine out there," she asked. young people, because they and is following the company's Industrial arts or trades are such an important part career path program. aren't generally taught in of our population," said Alex "That is more job security schools, either, as a spring- Buchan who, as a TMAC for me and, even right now, I board to related careers. employee, sits on the mining Michele LeTourneau/NNSL photo feel I'm going to retire with Director of technical ser- symposium's steering commit- Agnico," he said. vices for the Nunavut Impact tee. Lee Qamanirq, left, Nolan Apaluktuq, Lance Akoluk, Morgan Carter, with "Agnico Eagle is 100 per Review Board (NIRB) Tara "A lot of the things our panel facilitator Alex Buchan, pose for a photo at the Nunavut Mining Sym- cent with you." Arko explained how the regu- industry is doing is going to posium April 4 after an hour-and-a-half panel discussion with industry repre- lator reorganized itself two affect their lives and provide sentatives on how to better engage youth in mine-related employment. Getting youth into the years ago and with that found opportunities going forward industry, without four years an innovative way to transition for generations to come." atives from mines, exploration generations," said Buchan. core like nobody else. It's so away from home high school graduates into its To that end, the committee companies, federal agencies, The youth agreed not many heartening to hear that he has The youth noted they hadn't Cambridge Bay office. decided to choose two young the territorial government, of their friends were interested core there in your home and ever heard much about mining "Being a very technical people who live near each of Inuit organizations, Nunavut in working at mines, which that he talks a little bit about in their school setting. industry and technical depart- the three operating mines – Agreement institutions of pub- is likely because they didn't what he does to you," said This spurred manager of ment, we were seeing more Cambridge Bay, Baker Lake lic government and Nunavut know much about them. Buchan. Inuit employment and training and more barriers to youth and – to participate Arctic College, among others. Akoluk said he knows "Because maybe that with the Kitikmeot Inuit Asso- being accessible right out of in the symposium. Four of the Buchan, who organ- about mining, though he doesn't always happen." ciation Michelle Buchan, who high school," said Arko. youth – Lee Qamanirq, Nolan izes community meetings, doesn't work at one, because Qamanirq works for is a former teacher, to share "Youth should not have to Apaluktuq, Lance Akoluk and remarked that youth do not his father has been a long-time Baffinland and had just com- her thoughts. go and get a four-year degree Morgan Carter – formed a attend these informational employee at Hope Bay and he pleted his second two-week "When you talk about not to come back home and be panel facilitated by Buchan. events. brought core samples home. rotation. It's an adjustment. He knowing anything about min- able to practice in the territory, Those who came to listen and "I've noticed that it's very "Your dad has been pivotal misses his two-year-old son. ing, I understand. There's a lot to be participating in regula- participate included represent- hard to communicate between with Hope Bay. He can split "It's different, two weeks to learn," she said. tion, that kind of thing." kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 5 news ᓄĪØflî Bart Hanna's Sedna unveiled at Parliament Hill Our Parliament buildings move closer to perfection, says Speaker Regan by Michele LeTourneau Sarazin, Regan and Hanna stand these issues as well," ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᖅᑎ ᔨᐊᕝ ᕋᐃᒐᓐ Northern News Services removed the drape to unveil said Regan. Ottawa Sedna. "Bart Hanna's artistry and ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ ᕼᐋᓇᐅᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ Iglulik artist Bart Hanna "Sedna is one of the pieces his abiding love for his land ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 8-ᒥ. Kappianaq, creator of a new I like carving the most. Some- have breathed life into stone; Sedna sculpture for the 20th times she's called Nuliajuk, through him, Canada's new- anniversary of Nunavut's Sassuma Arna or Taka- est territory now adds its own status as a territory, received nakapsaaluk. She is a mar- chapter to our nation's story all the protocol Ottawa has to ine being that has been seen and our Parliament Buildings offer April 8. throughout the Arctic waters, move closer to perfection." The unveiling of his com- as my grandfather said one This Sedna marks the missioned sculpture began time many years ago," stated anniversary of the establish- with Elder Jeanie Okalik Hanna in a news release. ment of Nunavut as a ter- offering a prayer and light- "She is described as hav- ritory April 1, 1999 and is ing the qulliq, after which ing a head and a torso similar the final piece of artwork Speaker Geoff Regan spoke. to a human, with the bottom crafted as part of the House "When architect John half of a whale, with fins of Commons' legacy projects Pearson designed the Parlia- and a fluke. Most stories of to commemorate the 150th ment Building, he did so with Sedna seem to suggest that anniversary of Confederation, both the past and the future in she is benevolent; however, according to the news release. mind. This new edifice would I have occasionally encoun- The piece, measuring 65 commemorate the nation's tered comments that suggest cm by 84 cm, is a sculptural history, but also serve as a this is not always the case. " tympanum – the sculpture canvas on which future gen- Hanna, who has been carv- which fills a semi-circular erations of Canadians could ing since the early 1960s, was or triangular decorative wall leave messages of their past selected by a jury that includ- surface over an entrance, door and their present to a Canada ed the Dominion Sculptor, or window, bounded by a lin- of tomorrow," said Regan. invited experts from the art tel and arch. "And so the Parliament community and the Curator of This new sculpture will Building is our stories made the House of Commons. join a series of works already photo courtesy House of Commons stone and Mr. Hanna our new- "Through his art, Mr. housed in the Foyer, dating Iglulik artist Bart Hanna Kappianaq, left, and Speaker Geoff Regan unveil est storyteller. Mr. Hanna, you Hanna often addresses social back to 1978, according to the Hanna's Sedna at the West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa April 8. once said: 'I'm not a writer, issues and the negative effects release. I have to put it in the stone.' of colonialism on Inuit com- "At the suggestion of Wally to reflect the diversity of high relief, which gave the of Centre Block. Well, a hundred years ago, munities. By including char- Firth, Member of Parliament Canada's cultural heritage by artist great design flexibility." "Mr. Hanna's work is a Mr. Pearson wrote: 'I would acters that are pulled from for the , incorporating Indigenous art The sculpture is to be contemporary art piece in a rather write in stone than on shamanism or from his former Speaker of the House in the architecture of Centre displayed in West Block traditional medium, which paper.' I think you would have dreams, his work promotes of Commons James Jerome Block," states the release. until it can take up I believe makes it a perfect been kindred spirits." healing, addresses his own initiated a sculpture program "The depth of the space permanent residence in the addition to the Heritage Col- Following throat-singing experiences and inspires featuring Indigenous artists that was chosen for the tym- House of Commons Foyer lection of the House of Com- by Maatalii Okalik and Tracy others to share and under- in 1978. The intention was panum was sufficient for a following the rehabilitation mons," said Regan. ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇᐅᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓᑦᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᖃᓂᒡᓕᕚᓪᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᓛᖑᔪᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᑎ ᕋᐃᒋᓐ

ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎ ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅ, ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᒃᐸᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕋᐃᒋᓐ. ᓄᑖᖑᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᕐᔪᐊᒥᒃ 20-ᖓᓄᑦ "ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓪᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕆᕙᕗᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᔅᑕ ᕼᐋᓇ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐋᑐᕚ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 8-ᒥ. ᓄᑖᖑᓛᖑᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᕆᔨᕗᑦ, ᒥᔅᑕ ᕼᐋᓇ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑎᑦ: ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᕐᔪᐊᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 'ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ, ᐅᔭᕋᖕᒧᐊᖅᑎᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖓ.' ᕼᐊᓐᓇᓚᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᔩᓂ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᑭᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᒥᔅᑕ ᐱᐅᓯᓐ ᑎᑎᕋᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ: 'ᑎᑎᕋᖔᕈᒪᕙᕋ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎ ᔨᐊᕝ ᕋᐃᒐᓐ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐅᔭᖅᑲᒧᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᒨᙱᖔᖅᑐᒥ.' ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᓯ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᐸᓘᖅᑰᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ." "ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎ ᔮᓐ ᐱᐅᓯᓐ ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᒫᑕᓖ ᐅᑲᓕᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕋᐃᓯ ᓯᐊᕋᓯᓐᒧᑦ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖓᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓᓂ, ᐱᓕᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᕋᐃᒋᓐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᕼᐋᓇ ᐲᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᓕᖓᓂ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᓂ. ᐅᓇ ᓄᑖᖅ "ᓄᓕᐊᔪᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᖢᒍ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓛᕆᔭᓐᓂ. ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓲᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ, ᓴᔅᓱᒪ ᐊᕐᓇ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᑕᑲᓇᑲᑉᓵᓗᒃ. ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᓕᒫᖓᓐᓂ, ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᕿᒪᐃᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᑎᐊᕋ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓵᓗᖕᓂᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐋᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᒥᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒧᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. "ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᓂᐊᖁᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᒥᖓᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᐸᓗᐊᓂ ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᐅᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᒧᑦ, ᐊᑦᑎᖕᓂᖅᓴᖓᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᖅᑎᑐᑦ, ᐸᐱᕈᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒪᐅᔭᕐᒥ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒐᓚᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᑦ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᖕᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑑᔮᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ; ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᓚᐅᓱᖓᕐᒥ ᑐᓴᖅᓯᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 8-ᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ." ᕼᐋᓇ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 1960 ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ Dominion Sculptor-ᒥ, ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔨᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ. "ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᒥᔅᑕ ᕼᐋᓇ ᑭᐅᒐᔪᒃᐳᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖃᙱᓪᓚᕆᙱᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓪᓗᓂ Elder Jeanie Okalik, right, accompanied by ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᓂᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᓐᓇᒃᑑᒪᒥᓂᑦ, Maatalii Okalik, offers a prayer and lights the qulliq ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᑭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ at the unveiling of Bart Hanna Kappianaq's Sedna ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ at the West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᒋᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ," April 8. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕋᐃᒋᓐ. "ᐹᑦ ᕼᐋᓇᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᒧᑦ; ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᑖᖑᓛᖓᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᖅ, ᐊᖏᓂᓕᖕᒥ 65 cm-ᒥ 84 cm-ᒧᑦ, ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᓯᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑦᑐᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥ – ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖓᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᑕ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᖓ ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅᓯᔪᒥ ᐊᖕᒪᓗᑲᓴᐅᔭᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᓅᑉᐳᖅ ᖃᓂᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᐱᐅᓛᖑᔪᒧᑦ." ᑕᖅᓯᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓴᓂᕋᖓᑕ ᖄᖓᓂ ᐃᓯᕐᕕᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᐹᒧᑦ ᐃᒐᓛᒧᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᓕᐊᔪᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕗᖅ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓪᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓴᓂᒻᒨᖓᔪᒥ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓯᕐᕕᐊᓄᑦ. ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 1, ᐅᓇ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒑᓗᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᐅᔪᓂ 1999-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕌᓂᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᓯᕐᕕᖓᓂ, ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 1978- photos courtesy House of Commons ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᒥ. ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒑᓗᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓇᖕᓇᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ' ᑐᓐᓂᖅᑯᓯᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓂᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓕᕈᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ Bart Hanna Kappianaq's Sedna, unveiled at the ᐃᓯᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑐᒥ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᑯᓂ ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa April 8. 150-ᖓᓂ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᓐᓂᖅᓯᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᐅᓯᐊᖓᓐᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ. ᐃᓂᖓᓂ. 6 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 news ᓄĪØflî ᐆᒃᑐᕋᐅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᓇᓄᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᖅᑑᒻᒥ. Scientific waste Project finds value in polar bear excrement

by Elaine Anselmi vummiut directly in their col- stand what is causing the wild Northern News Services lection," said van Coeverden animals to walk into towns Uqsuqtuuq/ de Groot. – what is happening out on the When you look back at the The need for accurate and land, in areas only reached by way polar bear monitoring current monitoring of the hunters who have the ability to has been done – drugging, polar bear population is par- go there? collaring and tagging bears, ticularly clear in Gjoa Haven, "The co-joining of Inuit or harassing them with heli- said Qitsualik. Studies in the (traditional ecological know- copters – there has to be a late 1990s found that polar ledge), Nunavummiut on-the- better way, said hunter James bear numbers land skills and Qitsualik. Inuit, he said, have in the area of the non-invasive always been against drugging the M'Clintock techniques – all and collaring bears. Channel, around " We want a integrated into "We wanted to find a non- King William manageable the BearWatch's invasive way, so to speak, to Island, were method – can get the same information using dropping dra- level where potentially lead different techniques," said Qit- matically, while to greater real- sualik, the former chair of the the population we don't feel time monitoring Gjoa Haven Hunters and Trap- in the Gulf of threatened.." of polar bears pers Organization. He's now Boothia, on over more of involved in a project underway the eastern side James Qitsualik their range," said with researchers from Queen's of the Boothia van Coeverden University that seems to have Peninsula, was de Groot. found that way. steadily growing. The result It is also a way of docu- And the answer is poop. was a moratorium imposed menting the changing Arctic The BearWatch program in 2001 on polar bear hunts environment. From the bear's started in Gjoa Haven in 2016- in the M'Clintock Channel, poop, collected and marked 17, working with local Inuit to which then lifted to a quota of with a specific GPS location collect the excrement of polar three in 2003. of where it was found, the bears while out on their hunts This hit Gjoa Haven hard, identity of individual bears, to be analyzed for indicators said Qitsualik, even with the their gender, what that bear of population and environ- availability of a few tags for has eaten, contaminants it mental change. the Gulf of Boothia. has ingested, parasites that "Building on developments "On the Gulf of Booth- are present, hormone levels emanating from Gjoa Haven, ia side, a lot of our elders potentially indicating how BearWatch works in collab- are concerned about younger "stressed" that bear was, can oration with the GN and with hunters because there's differ- all be determined. One can collaborators in the GNWT ent conditions, higher currents, track the movement of indi- and Alaska, as well as Dan- they're afraid of the impact on viduals "resampled" in differ- photo courtesy Peter van Coeverden de Groot ish partners in Greenland and the ice," said Qitsualik. "Over ent areas and across different A sample of polar bear poop is collected in M'Clintock Channel. Russian collaborators," said here, the ice doesn't break. It's years, as well as the differ- Queen's research scientist solid year-round." ences between groups of bears Peter van Coeverden de Groot. Qitsualik said they are in different areas. "These international col- hoping to hear back from And the project has the laborators are collecting polar the GN in July whether the benefit of 6,000 tissue sam- bear poop to derive non-inva- results of a five-year study ples from previous polar bear sive health and wellness esti- on polar bears in the region harvests, that have been col- mators of their bears." will increase the current lected by the GN and stored Along with van Coeverden quota in M'Clintock Chan- in Iglulik. de Groot, the project is led nel, which now sees 12 tags "There's almost 30 years by Stephen C. Lougheed and issued between Gjoa Haven, of samples, with near equal Graham Whitelaw, also of the Cambridge Bay and Taloyoak. sampling effort – in terms of Queen's University Depart- He said more current studies geographic coverage – each ment of Biology and Markus of the polar bear population year," said van Coeverden de Dyck of the Government of could provide better informa- Groot. "Through the analysis Nunavut. They are develop- tion for determining polar of which Stephen Lougheed ing non-invasive methods for bear quotas. Like anyone else, will tell us how the genetic monitoring polar bears using Qitsualik said, they don't want structure of Nunavut's bears genomics and the traditional to see polar bears overhunted has changed over this time." knowledge of hunters, like or the population put at risk. BearWatch is largely Qitsualik, to track and source "We want a manageable funded by Genome Canada – their specimens. level where we don't feel Innovation, Science and Eco- "The hunters have a unique threatened, where bears act nomic Development Canada skillset and the only way you like bears," he said. – and its methods could be are going to get the non-inva- For the safety of commun- adapted to other species out- sive samples for the proposed ities and the health of polar side of polar bear, to develop a monitoring is to engage Nuna- bears, there is a need to under- gauge of the changing Arctic.

amazing on- ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ the-land ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ: stories: ᐃᐊᑦᓇ-ᒧᕇ ᐅᑕᒃ Edna-Marie ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᐱᕐᓇᑎ ᔫᑎ ᑯᑉᓗ Uttak (ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓈᓇᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᐊᑦᓇ-ᒧᕇ Bernadette Judy Kublu ᐅᑕᖕᒧᑦ) ᓴᓇᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ (with the help of her ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᕐᙶᒧᑦ mother Edna-Marie ᔭᐃᑲᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ Uttak) made her first 12-ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ spring jacket at age 12 ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖅ. and she is proud of her- self. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 7 news ᓄĪØflî ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓖᑦ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖓ, ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ 2019−ᒧᑦᑕᐅᖅ. ᐅᕙᓂ, ᓄᓇᓕᖅᐸᐅᔭᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒐᐃᐳᕆᐅᓪ ᒧᐊᕆᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᐳᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᑖᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔅᓲᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ.

photo courtesy Iqaluit Chamber of Commerce The Iqaluit Chamber of Commerce Small Business Week, held for the second time last year, is planned for 2019 as well. Here, former City of Iqaluit economic development officer Gabrielle Morrill chats about funding options for new and mature businesses. Better together, chamber seeks members DeBeers Canada to present at June breakfast meeting by Michele LeTourneau open the main camp around a.m. breakfast meeting. These Small Business Week has retailers and the public. "To be an effective cham- Northern News Services the CH-6 kimberlite," said would be a little more casual, been successful the past two "But by the end I think ber of commerce, we need Iqaluit head of external and corpor- more of a networking event, years and will continue. A everyone understood what it to understand the common The Iqaluit Chamber of ate affairs for DeBeers Can- but would feature one of our Shop Local initiative will be was all about and was really issues that all our members Commerce, resurrected in ada Tom Ormsby. own members to give a casual repeated for the second time. well-received," said Walker. experience. As such, com- early 2017 after an inactive "We're going to do a drill introduction of themselves to Last year's was a bit of learn- As the chamber notes in its munication with our members phase, is seeking to up its program on that this summer the rest of the membership." ing curve for the chamber, membership drive material: is the key to our success." membership from 42 to 55 to enhance some of the know- in 2019. ledge that we have around That's a far cry from the the kimberlite. That drill pro- ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ 18 members – eight of which gram will probably take place ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓖᑦ were lifetime members – in July through September. Also ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᐳᑦ early 2017. There are roughly during the summer, we're ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᕐᕈᖓᓂ 300 businesses in Iqaluit. going to continue to enhance ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ Already, the two-week some of the collection of the ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ membership drive has yielded environmental baseline data." three new members, with sev- Ormsby says the com- ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᔪᒥ. eral pending payment of dues, pany also plans on installing said chamber president Ted a wind measurement station. Walker. "To try to understand "As a long-term goal it what's the potential for wind would be very nice to have power as a renewable energy 100 per cent membership," supply," he said. The Iqaluit Chamber said Walker. Community engagement is of Commerce plans on "We're still developing our ongoing, for example at the holding a second Shop programming, activities and Nunavut Mining Symposium benefits we're able to offer. earlier this month, where Local Iqaluit initiative "As things progress, hope- Ormsby explained the com- this year. fully we'll be able to attract pany's procurement process. photo courtesy Iqaluit Chamber of Commerce more and more members." "That engagement will Currently, there are a var- continue," he said. iety of reasons why people would want to join, Walk- Advocacy, Small Business er adds. One of those is the Week, after-hours events monthly chamber breakfast and more meetings – except in July and The chamber also plays an August – featuring speakers advocacy role. and topics pertinent to the "At every one of our board local business community. meetings, we have one person "Those seem to be really on our board who is dedicated popular. A lot of our mem- to keeping up-to-date with bership really enjoy a lot of the city, one person who's the topics and the discussions dedicated to the GN and one that happen at those events," person who's dedicated to the said Walker. feds. At every meeting we Actual dates depend on the have a quick news report to availability of the speaker and the rest of the board," said May's has yet to be confirmed, Walker. but Walker is excited about The board then discuss- the June breakfast meeting. es whether to take action, a "We'll be organizing stance, reach out or provide a breakfast meeting with comments. DeBeers and asking them to "We want to start making talk to our membership about more efforts to take public how they plan on integrating stances on things as we're get- into the business commun- ting going a little bit more on ity and what kind of support certain issues," said Walker, the local companies might be adding one issue the cham- able to provide," said Walker. ber was involved with was Currently, DeBeers Can- the City of Iqaluit's business ada is preparing to submit its bylaw revamp. project scope for the Chidliak Walker says the chamber diamond project, 120 km plans on regular quarterly from Iqaluit, to Nunavut regu- after-hours business events. lators. 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J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕆᑦ. ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, PUBLISHER, CEO: Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᖄᖏᖅᓯᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᕙᒃᑭᕗᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ Chief Financial Officer: Judy Triffo MANAGING EDITOR: Mike W. Bryant – [email protected] ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐱᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᐅᖃᓕᒫᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕙᓗᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ACCOUNTING: [email protected] Florie Mariano • Cindy Minor • Amy Yang ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑕᑕᒥᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᒥᔪᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ. ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᖄᖅᑯᑦᑎᔪᒪᓲᓂᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᐃᑦᑑᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ editor: Michele Taylor ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᓛᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᒥ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᑎᑭᓲᓂᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ, Nunavut News editor: Casey Lessard Editorial board: ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖁᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓂᑦ. Bruce Valpy • Mike W. Bryant • Casey Lessard ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐃᓂᖅᑎᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᓂ, ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔪᒃᓴᐅᕗᑎᑦ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᓱᓕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓂ ᑭᓱᖃᖅᐱᑕ? ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᖅ, ᐳᓚᕋᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᒻᒧᑦ ᓚᐃᓴᓐᓯᖓᒍᑦ NEWS EDITORS Ezra Black ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᓲᖑᕗᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖅ? ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒥᑭᑦᑑᕗᑦ "ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒃᓴᐅᔪᒧᑦ," ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᙱᓚᖅ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ Editorial Production: [email protected] ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᓪᓗᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓕ – ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ. ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓚᐅᖅᑕ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᖢᒍ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ – ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᐅᑐᒃᑕᑐᐊᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑕ Sports: James McCarthy – [email protected] Arts: [email protected] ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᓕᒫᖑᔪᒥ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. Business: [email protected] Advertising production Production co-ordinator: Jennifer Reyes B.V. Logsdon • Diana Mathisen • Zdena Kunderlik Randy Hiebert ADVERTISING Support mines that Baffin – Laura Whittle [email protected] Kivalliq/Kitikmeot [email protected] All departments: [email protected] National: Dawn Janz support Nunavummiut Classified Advertising: [email protected] Northern News Services Therefore we must put in what- CIRCULATION – [email protected] Whether you notice it or not in ever effort we can muster to support Circulation Director: Emma Thomas The issue: Eric Aschauer • Jewala Jhankur your daily life, all reports show a glit- responsible mining operations. This Strong economic outlook Subscriptions: tering economic forecast for Nuna- means bringing the Nunavut Land One year mail $70 vut. Online (entire content) $50/year, $35/6 months We say: Use Plan to completion. As Picotte Speaking at the Nunavut Min- Work to keep mining attractive notes, the Conference Board of Can- ing Symposium, Bank of Canada ada's concern is that progress may NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED governor Stephen Poloz noted that 100% Northern owned and operated be hindered by the uncertainty over Publishers of: the territory is set for the strongest because employment with the land use. Drum • Kivalliq News Yellowknifer • Hay River Hub growth among all territories and mines is far more accessible to Inuit And while we support progress NWT News/North • Nunavut News provinces for 2019, at a rate of nine than government work is. The mines that will bring more Nunavummiut Member of: Canadian Community Newspapers Association per cent. are located near smaller commun- out of a lower economic bracket, we Ontario Community Newspapers Association Manitoba Community Newspapers Association "That's pretty spectacular stuff," ities – DeBeers' Chidliak investment must consider the side effects of a Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Poloz said. "That's not some fiction, Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association excepted – where Inuit are the bulk boom. Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta Press Councils that's real." of the population and unlike almost Just as growth is high, so is infla- Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce Nunavut's senior economist Fran- every well-paid government job, the tion. At three per cent, it's double Contents copyright – printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited cois Picotte piled on the good news, work does not require a degree. the national rate and while workers noting the territory will see very high Plus on-the-job training is available. can bear the increased cost of liv- We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons financial support of l'appui financier du growth for the next four years. Government has a lot of progress to ing, those living week-to-week may the Government of gouvernement du Canada. Canada. All of this is thanks to mining, make in this area. be pushed over the edge into desti- which is becoming such an econom- Picotte noted the effect of rising tution. Member of the Ontario Press Council. The Ontario Press Council was created to defend freedom of the press ic force in Nunavut that it will sur- high school graduation rates in the And with newfound prosperity, so on behalf of the public and press alike and to consider specific, unsatisfied complaints from readers about the pass even government in its weight communities near mines. Get a dip- comes the risk of social problems. conduct of the press in gathering and publishing news, opinion and advertising. in the territorial economy. loma, get a job. There are few better Managed properly and carefully Complaints should go to: You read that right and we expect motivators to success than good with the correct supports in place, The Ontario Press Council, 2 Carlton St., Suite 1706 Toronto, Ont., M5B 1J3 this is blowing the minds of the prospects for decent employment the risks can be outweighed by the Email: [email protected] Fax: 1-416-340-8724 www.ontpress.com local pundits who like to pile on the and being surrounded by others so benefits that come from honest, government for its role as Nunavut's employed. reliable work. Send us your comments top employer. Email us at: [email protected]; mail to Box 28, It's naive to think there are other You may have heard that Ontario Iqaluit, NU, X0A 0H0; or drop your letter off at our One caveat is that, for the industries that could have such a wants to change the slogan on its office at 102 Tumiit Plaza. 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That's benefits they can generate. ones who benefit. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 9 editorial – opinions whmK5 ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᖅ: ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕕᓯᐅᒃ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᖅᓯ? ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ/ Chesterfield MIKAN no. 3842804 ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᑐᕋᒐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᐸᑦ ᒐᓚᓐᔅ/ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖓ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᓃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᖁᖅᓯᓯᒪᕕᖓᓐᓂ Inlet ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᓅᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᙵᖏᑦ ᑐᐱᖓᓐᓂ Strutton ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ, ᑎᑎᖃᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᕕᓂᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐋᑐᕚᒥ. ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒥᐅᑦ. ᓄᑕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᕕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐸᐸᑦᑎᕕᖕᒥ street talk ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 1946. (ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᒃ www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit-ᒥᒃ). ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒡᕙᓃᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᑦ? ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑐᔪᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᑦᑎᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑐᕌᕈᑎᓕᖕᒥ photo@ with Glen Brocklebank ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ nnsl.com ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑐᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕗᖓ Box 2820, Yel- ᐊᑐᖅᓱᓂ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᓪᓗᓇᑎᑐᑦ, lowknife, NT X1A 2R1 ᖃᓄᕐᓕ ᓵᓚᒋᓲᕆᕕᐅᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᒥ ᓄᒫᓱᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓯᓚ ᐃᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ? How do you beat the winter blues when weather keeps you inside?

ᑲᐃᑎ ᒪᒃᐸ "ᒋᑖᒐ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔫᑲᓚᐃᓕᒐ ᐱᙳᐊᓲᕆᕙᒃᑲ." Katie Makpah "I play my guitar and ukulele."

ᑳᔅᒥᐅᕐ ᕿᑎᖅᖢᒃ "ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓲᖑᕗᖓ, Project naming: ᓂᕐᕆᓯᓕᕆᓪᓗᖓ, ᐃᒡᓗ Do you know your elders? ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᒐᓚᒃᖢᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐃᐹᑦᒥ MIKAN no. 3842804 able photographic database available in , English and ᐱᙳᐊᖅᖢᖓ." Bud Glunz/National Film Board of Canada photo French. The goal of this project is to identify Inuit in the photographic Two Inuit women and three children in their tent on the Strutton collections of Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa. Casmir Islands, James Bay. The new information is added to these historical photographs at Kriterdluk January 1946. (www.collectionscanada.ca/inuit). Come visit. "I stay at home, Can you help identify the people in this old photograph? Please send submissions to [email protected] or mail to Box 2820, wash the dishes, Project Naming is a trilingual Web exhibition and search- Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2R1. clean the house a little and play with the iPad." In my ᓵᓐᑎ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ Changing of the season View "ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᓇᓱᐊᓲᕆᕙᕋ Harry Maksagak is a Cambridge ᐊᓄᕆᕝᕙᓗᖕᓂᖓᓂ." Northern News Services We've heard many times that our actions and Bay resident and former Sandy As the season is changing so quickly, we reactions and engagements are relative to every- underground miner at the Lupin gold mine. He has been married Sammurtok begin to think and plan for this happy time. We thing about our existence. Our work affects our for 43 years and has five children, are now waking up to sunlight and soon we'll health; our habits, such as smoking and the use 28 grandchildren and four "I try to enjoy be going to bed in the sunlight as well. There is of substance and cannabis, affect our health and great-grandchildren. the howling of renewed energy and expectancy in the air. well-being. the wind." We learn so much from our observance of the Over a prolonged period of regular use, we of behaviour growing up or they will determine environment and the behaviour of the animals soon find that we cannot go without it. This that they will never indulge in drugs and alcohol and we have also learned to apply this to our changes your mind, muscles, stomach, pancreas, because of the damage to the family unit and the daily routines. As the weather changes, so do our liver, kidneys and lungs and certainly affects relationship between mom and dad. ᕋᐊᐃ ᒪᓕᓐᔅ thoughts and attitudes. your will to stay on the job and so on. So as the season changes, why not consider "ᐱᙳᐊᓲᖑᕗᖓ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᓐᓄᑦ, It is well known that actions speak louder Through all of these activities we are being doing some personal changes, such as a real- ᑕᓚᕖᓴᖅᖢᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒃᑐᕋᓲᖑᕗᖓ than words and we have to be conscious of this watched by the little ones and they say, "If mom ity check, to see what your attitude is towards ᓂᕿᓕᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ." as our children come of age. Whatever we do or and dad can do this stuff, so can I". substance and the use of substance, whether can- Roy say, they copy or mimic. When we are consider- One of two things happens as a child is grow- nabis or alcohol. Mullins ate and speak kind, gentle words, they want to be ing and observing what is going on with mom And remember we are being watched by engaged and they try to be considerate and kind and dad and the rest of the group. tender, innocent eyes and listened to by tender, "I play on my and speak gentle words. Either they will indulge as they saw this type innocent ears. phone, watch TV and experi- ment with my ĪØùÕúò∆¿ cooking." ᕌᑉ ᕼᐊᒻᐱ ᕼᐊᐅᓕ ᒪᒃᓴᒐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ "ᐳᐊᕐᕆᔭᓲᖑᕗᖓ. ᓯᓚ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᓄᓇᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓗᐱᓐᑯᑦ ᐱᔭᒃᓴᖃᑲᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᖅ." ᒍᓗᓯᐅᕐᕕᕕᓂᖓᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ 43-ᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 5 Rob ᕿᑐᖓᖃᖅᓱᓂ, 28-ᓂᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑕᒪᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᐅᖃᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ. Humby ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ "I shovel. It keeps me really ᓯᓚ ᐆᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕᓗ, "ᐊᓈᓇᒐ ᐊᑖᑕᒐᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᐸᑕ, ᐊᐅᔭᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓱᒪᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᖅᓯᑲᐅᑎᒋᕙᖕᒪᑕ. ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕆᕗᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ." busy." ᐸᕐᓇᒍᑎᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᐅᔭᖅ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒑᖓᑦᑕ, ᓂᐱᖃᓗᐊᖏᖦᖢᑕ, ᐃᓚᐅᒍᒪᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᑦᑐᖃᖅᐸᒃᐳᖅ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑐᐸᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᓂᐱᖃᓗᐊᖏᖦᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒍᒪᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᖕᓂᒡᓗ ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓗ ᓯᕿᓐᓂᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᓕ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᖅᓯᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒥᓯᐅᓪ ᐊᒪᕈᖅ ᓯᓂᒐᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᓕᕆᓪᓗᑕ. ᐆᒻᒪᕆᒃᓯᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᑐᓴᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᖅᑕᖅᖢᑕ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᒍᒪᖏᖦᓗᑎᒃ "ᐸᓂᒃᑲ ᐃᒐᖃᑎᒋᓲᕆᕙᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᓯᓚᒥ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᕆᔭᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᒍᒪᖏᖦᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂ ᒥᖅᓱᓲᖑᕗᖓ." ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᖕᒪᑕ. ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᓗᐊᕐᓂᑯᒧᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐸᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ; ᓲᕐᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ Michelle ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᑎᒍᑦ. ᓯᒡᒐᓖᖅᑐᓗᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑕ ᓱᐳᖅᑐᒐᕐᓗᒃᑐᓗᐊᖅᐸᒃᖢᑕᓗ. ᐊᖓᔪᖄᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖕᒪᑕ. Amarok ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᓱᒪᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕙᒃᐳᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦ ᓯᓚᓗ "I bake with my ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅᐳᓪᓗ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕆᓪᓗᓂ. ᓄᑭᑦᑎᓐᓂᓪᓗ, ᐊᑭᐊᕈᑦᑎᓐᓄᓪᓗ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᑎᒥᑦᑕ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ, ᓲᕐᓗ girls and do ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓗᐊᓂᒥᐅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᑎᖑᒃ, ᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐳᕙᐃᑦ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᕋᓱᐊᓕᕐᓗᓂ, ᐊᑐᕈᒪᖏᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᖓᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ sewing projects." ᓂᐱᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦ ᓴᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᒍᒪᖏᓕᖅᖢᓂᓗ. ᐃᒥᐊᓗᖕᓂᒡᓗ. ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓗᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒋᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᑕᖃᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑕᐅᒐᑦᑕ ᓱᕈᓯᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ. ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᑕᖃᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑳᖓᑦᑕ. 10 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 amazing on-the-land stories ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ Amazing on-the-land ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ: stories: Jenny ᔭᓂ ᐊᕋᕈᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅ Arragutainaq ᓴ ᓂ ᑭᓗᐊ ᖅ ᓯᓚᑦᑎᐊᕙᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ It was so nice again and we were play- ᐊᓃᕋᔭᒃᐳᒍᑦ ᓯᓚᒥ ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒃᑲᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ing outside with my friends and I had ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖓ, ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓗᒃ, to take a picture, it's nice isn't it! April ᕼᐃᓖ! ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 3, 2019. 3, 2019. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 11 Around Nunavut ∂´êÄ∏∂Ò ¥∂fl±´ Phone: (867) 979-5990 Email: [email protected] Fax: (867) 979-6010

Catching lots of seals ᔭᓂ ᒨᓯᓯ, ᓯᕗᓂᐊᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᐊᕋ ᑯᒃᓯᐊᒃ ᐊᐅᕕᒃᓴᓕᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕕᒐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓗᐊᓯ /Hall Beach ᐊᓕᑲᑐᒃᑐᖕᒧᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 6-ᒥ. Seal hunting has resumed in Hall Beach after a period when conditions weren't so conducive. "Lately we're seeing lots of seals and catching lots of seals here," said Abe Qammaniq, vice-chair of the Hall Beach Hunt- ers and Trappers Association. "There was a spell when there was no seals for a long time due to conditions like (it being) windy and high currents when it's full moon and new moon." Jigging for trout and, perhaps, some char will begin soon as well, he said, noting that it felt like spring on a -12 C afternoon with little wind on April 9. Hunting for other prey remains challenging due to the ongoing lack of snow, which makes snowmobiling difficult, according to Qammaniq. "There's hardly any snow throughout this region ... so there's not that many caribou hunters at this time," he said, adding that he remains hopeful for more snow before spring sets in for good. – Derek Neary Easter egg hunting Uqsuqtuuq/Gjoa Haven On April 22, residents of Gjoa Haven are invited to hunt for eggs – the chocolate kind. In addition to the Easter egg hunt, the recreation depart- ment has planned an afternoon of games, such as relay races. Cash prizes will be given out to the winners, said recreation co-ordinator Gibson Porter. Activities will be held along the oceanfront, he said. Recreation staff are also sorting out details for the commun- ity's annual spring carnival, known as the Qavaavak Games. Although dates aren't set yet, the festivities will be held in mid- May, Porter noted. – Derek Neary Year of programming wraps up with igluvigaq-building workshop photo courtesy Celine Jaccard Qikiqtarjuaq Jenny Mosesie, front and Sarah Kokseak cut blocks for the igluvigak-building workshop led by Loasie Nunavut Youth LEAP (Land-based Educational Adventure Alikatuktuk in Qikiqtarjuaq the weekend of April 6. Programs) hosted an igluvigaq-building workshop led by Loasie Aliqatuqtuq in Qikiqtarjuaq the weekend of April 6. Painting self-love Influencers Motivating Influencers, which addresses issues "This was the final event of year 2018-2019 for Pisuktiit such as mental illness, anti-bullying, building leadership skills, Ikaluktutiak/Cambridge Bay programming, that included many ski outings, some commun- goal-setting and boosting self-esteem. The group Influencers Motivating Influencers made a stop ity first aid training and variety of other activities," said Celine "We painted what self-love looks like to each of us and we Jaccard. in Cambridge Bay last week as part of a tour of Nunavut com- all shared stories and advice on how to love ourselves. It was The Pisuktiit Project is a year-long program delivered munities. awesome!" under the umbrella of Nunavut Youth LEAP and is mainly for One of the activities was titled "SOS painting workshop". It The motivational group is scheduled to be in Sanikiluaq Qikiqtarjuaq youth. attracted one male and nine female participants who wanted this week. "The program was funded by Quality of Life Secretariat and to learn about healing through art at the Kiilinik High School – Derek Neary QIA (Qikiqtani Inuit Association). We are very grateful for their gym on the evening of April 8. support," said Jaccard. "We talked about self-love and what it means to us and – Michele LeTourneau growing as a community," said David Devos, manager of Art for healing and strengthening youth voices ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔪᓂ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐃᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ-ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ Mittimatalik/Pond Inlet ᐳᓚᕋᕐᓂᖃᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᖅ, ᐃᐅᓪᐳᕐᓕᓐᒥ, ᑳᓂᐊᓐ'ᑭᕼᐊ, ᐅᐃᕖᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᑦᔅᒥ ᑎᑕᒃᑎᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻ ᑯᒪᒃᓯᐅᑎᒃᓴᖅ, Pond Inlet artist Jamesie Itulu was the first invited guest in ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᖕᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᙱᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᒃᓴᔭᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒪᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᒥ ᐳᕋᐃᔭᓐ ᒍᓘ, a project run by Queen's University student Kaitlyn Gillelan. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑕᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ. Itulu taught nine Grade 7/8 girls some drawing basics. "I asked them what they wanted to draw. We made a short list," said Itulu. The girls chose to draw mitts. "I taught them how to draw shapes, to make the sketch of it, step by step." After the mitts were done, Itulu walked them through building an inuksuk on paper. Gillelan, who first spent time in Pond Inlet during the sum- mer of 2015 as a volunteer peer health educator, is back on an OceanPath Fellowship through the Coady Institute. "Our idea is to use art as a medium for self-expression, to go through the journey of strengthening the voices of youth. This will take shape through freestyle, workshops and a cul- tural revitalization component of connecting youth to pieces of historical art from within their own community," according to Gillelan's biography. While Itulu was the first guest, there will be more from the community working with the girls. "We just started to incorporate the guest speakers because the focus was first building trust with the group of girls and deconstructing the meaning of art," said Gillelan. "Next week will be a pretty big week for us in regards to the push on programming surrounding positive well-being. We are collaborating with an Indigenous community in the Kim- berly region of Australia, a community of 500, to do a suicide prevention campaign – writing letters of hope and strength sending home the message 'that no matter where you are in photo courtesy David DeVos the world you are never alone' as Pond and this community are The year-long Influencers Motivating Influencers pan-Nunavut wellness tour is well underway, with Elber- literally on the opposite sides of the world." lyn, a Kanien'Keha, French Canadian and Dutch musician and artist, William Komaksiutiksak, also known Gillelan says the girls meet every Tuesday and Thursday as rapper Northern Knowledge, originally of Rankin Inlet and magician Brian Glow, conducting workshops and are now looking to add Fridays. and performing for communities. – Michele LeTourneau 12 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 around Nunavut ᓄkᓴNKusi Inuk heart surgeon 'one to watch', says Queen's University alumni association

by Michele LeTourneau ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖑᔪᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᒧᑦ ᐱᓚᒃᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᓇ ᒪᐃ ᑭᒻᒪᓕᐊᕐᔪᒃ ᕿᑎᐊᓂ, ᐱᕗᖅ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒥᓂᑦ Northern News Services Kingston, Ont. ᑯᐃᓐ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᑯᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓐᓂ ᓕᐊᕆᒥ ᒨᓱᕐᒥᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᐃᓐ Canada's first Inuk heart surgeon Donna May Kimmal- ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓂ ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᐅᐃᓪ iardjuk received the One to Watch Award at the Queen's Uni- versity Alumni Association Awards Gala April 6, one of 11 awards given to outstanding graduates. Before moving on to the University of Calgary, where she attained her medical degree, Kimmaliardjuk earned her bach- elor of science degree at Queen's University in 2011. "These recipients are trailblazers and community builders," alumni association president Jeremy Mosher stated on the association's website. "Through volunteerism or their jobs, they have made a sig- nificant impact on Queen's, their cities and the country." During her time at Queen's, Kimmaliardjuk served as presi- dent of the Queen's Native Students Association. Kimmaliardjuk is now in her fifth year of six in a residency at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The One to Watch award is presented annually to a recent alumnus/alumna, fewer than 10 years out of either an under- graduate or graduate program, who is making significant contributions in their field of endeavour, setting an example for future Queen's alumni to follow, according to the association. Kimmaliardjuk previously received the youth Indspire award in 2017 and she is quoted as saying, "Harness inspira- tion to shape your dreams. Pursue education to bring your dreams into focus. Use your dedication, passion and the sup- port of others to bring your dreams within reach." photo courtesy of Bernard Clark Though raised and schooled in the south, Kimmaliardjuk Canada's first Inuk heart surgeon Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, centre, receives her One to Watch Award has family in several Nunavut communities, including Ches- from Queen's University Alumni Association president Jeremy Mosher, left, and Queen's University principal terfield Inlet and Rankin Inlet, among others. Daniel Woolf. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 13 photo story ᓄphoto stories

It was a real joy and honour to watch this performer, Philip Ugjuk of Rankin A star of the drum dance festival this year! Here is 12-year-old Shayna Inlet. He is hearing impaired but learned how to dance at a very young age. He Nanook of the Natchilik Dancers of Taloyoak doing her very best to drum dance learned by watching his parents and others to drum dance and do the pihiit. in front of her grandfather and the audience at the opening of the festival held He really enjoyed himself and when he danced the pihiit and drum he really in Cambridge Bay. Shayna had an emotional speech at the workshop to thank put his whole body and soul to his performances. He had a great time. Quana her grandfather and all her elders and fellow participants, a proud week of for giving us hope Philip. It was an honour to meet you. learning for this youth. Ayaya! festival Feature by Navalik Tologanak Ikaluktutiak/ ᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ Cambridge Bay

Northern News Services making, ways to fundraise The 2019 drum dance and other concerns related festival was held in Cam- to keeping pihiit alive. The bridge Bay April 8 to 11, high costs of air tickets and with approximately 60 to accommodations, etc., was a 70 participants dancing the big concern. pihiit of their ancestors. It was a real pleasure Participants from having each of you visiting , Naujaat, our community. Naujaat will , Taloyoak, Gjoa host next year's event. Keep Ayaya! Here is drum dancers from around Nunavut performing Pihiit at the grand opening of the drum Haven, Rankin Inlet and up the pihiit, quana for the dance festival held in Cambridge Bay April 8-11, 2019. Here is main organizer Julia Haogak Ogina dancing Cambridge Bay gathered for beautiful sound of the drum pihiit like her ancestors wearing the same outfits they wore, which were made of caribou hides. Today the workshops, discussing how beat. Our ancestors were same pattern is used but with contemporary store-bought material. Beautiful all homemade drum dance to preserve and teach the smiling at each of you as you songs of the pihiit, drum performed. Quanaqquhi. outfits. Quana Haogak for giving us inspiration and hope that pihiit will live on for generations.

It was great joy to sit and listen to the beautiful Here is world reknowned drum dancer Attima pihiit of the Gjoa Haven Drum Dancers, the past Hadlari and his sister Bernadette Uttaq singing to the present – from the land to the heartbeat Here are your 2020 drum dance hosts from Nau- pihiit at the drum dance festival held in Cam- – here is Miriam Nalungiak Aglukkaq, Holly Por- jaat, where the next festival will be held. Here are: bridge Bay. They travel together to perform around ter, Mary Akilgiak, Robin Ikkutisluk, Ruth Krikort, standing back – Kendra Kringayark with Mother the world bringing the voice of our ancestors to life Salomie Qitsualik. Such an honour to meet all the Rosalina Kringayark. Front row: Charlie Uttak, again. A beautiful way to spend a cultural week pihiit performers. David Nimiqtaqtuq. listening to their songs with the beat of the drum. 14 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 around Nunavut ᓄkᓴNKusi Youth to develop community initiatives Federal program to help address social and economic barriers face by young Northerners by Michele LeTourneau 15 to 30 in five Northern commun- ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ ᓯᖅᑯᐊᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, Pontiac ᑯᐸᐃᖕᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐃᓪ ᐊᐃᒪᔅ, Northern News Services ities – two in Nunavut, east and west ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓯᑯᒥᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᖓ ᓕᓐᑕ ᐳᕋᐅᓐ, ᐃᓯᓕᑦᑎᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ Ottawa – to engage youth in leading ser- The four Inuit regions are getting vice activities that address the issues, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᓴᓇᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐊᑭ ᐅᑲᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᒐᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨ $660,000 to help address the signifi- opportunities and needs of Northern ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒥᐊᒡ ᐱᐊᑯᓪ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓇᐃᑕᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ cant social and economic inequalities communities. ᓯᑯᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒋᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᔨᐊᕝ ᒍᕇᓐ ᑲᑎᙵᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ faced by Northern youth, which cre- "Canada Service Corps (the $660,000-ᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ-ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ- ate barriers to developing the know- funder) responds to community ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕚᓪᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 8-ᒥ. ledge and skills needed to support needs through innovative programs their communities, from a new fed- like Expedition to Community. Such eral program called Expedition to programs enable youth in rural and Community (E2C). remote areas to enrich their com- The Students on Ice Foundation munities and build a better Canada. I will take the helm on E2C. cannot wait to see the growing impact "Students on Ice is thrilled to that young leaders have across the support this youth-led initiative," Stu- country," stated Pontiac Quebec MP dents on Ice founder and president Will Amos, who made the announce- Geoff Green stated in a media release. ment April 8. "Building on nearly 20 years of E2C is intended to support the working with youth and partners development of project management across the North through our educa- and leadership skills, enabling youth tional expeditions and outreach initia- to initiate and lead meaningful and tives, we embrace the opportunity to sustainable community initiatives, further our support of Inuit youth in according to the release. Prime Min- developing the knowledge and leader- ister Justin Trudeau announced the ship skills to benefit their commun- design phase of the Canada Service ities." Corps in January 2018, earmarking photo courtesy Yuri Curumthaully Students on Ice, a charitable foun- $105 million to March 2021 for the Elder David Serkoak, left, Pontiac Quebec MP Will Amos, Students on Ice alumni team lead dation, leads educational expeditions Canada-wide program. to the Arctic and Antarctic for inter- "The result will be a cohort of Lynda Brown, alumni program coordinator Becky Okatsiak, Canadian Museum of Nature presi- national high school and university youth with new leadership skills, dent and chief executive officer Meg Beckel, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed and students, including Nunavut students. entrepreneurial experience and an Students on Ice Foundation president and founder Geoff Green together announced $660,000 The foundation will work with enhanced sense of community ser- in funding from Canada Service Corps for youth-led, community-enhancing initiatives in Inuit a core group of youth leaders ages vice," the release states. Nunangat April 8. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 15

Volleyballers take home Sports Talk: big prizes Sports & Recreation Farewell to Bob Cole Page 16 Sports hotline • James McCarthy Page 17 Phone: (867) 873-4031 • Email: [email protected] • Fax: (867) 873-8507 Silver lining for Eekeeluak Avalak Cambridge Bay wrestler wins silver medal at U17/U19 Canadian Wrestling Championships by James McCarthy ᐄᑮᓗᐊᒃ ᐊᕙᓚᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑐᓂᓯᕗᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ U17/U19 ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᓇᑕᙳᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ Northern News Services ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᕗᕋᑐᕆᒃᑎᓐ, ᓅ ᐳᕋᓐᔅᐅᐃᒃᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 6-ᒥ. ᐊᕙᓚᒃ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᖃᑯᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᔭᒥᖕᒥ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ U17 Fredericton, N.B. 55-kg ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᓵᓚᐅᒐᓚᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᒎᓗᒧᑦ ᐅᔭᒥᖕᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, 6-3-ᒥᑦ. There's a wonderful thing about being from Nunavut and going to a national championship. No one takes you seriously until you beat them and even then, they still don't take you seriously. Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay was in that situation at the U17/U19 Canadian Wrestling Championships in Fredericton, N.B., on April 6 and very nearly rode it right to the top. The 15-year-old copped himself a silver medal in the boys' U17 55-kg weight class, dropping a tight 6-3 decision to Logan Smith of Ontario in the final. Had it not been for a couple of small mis- takes, the result could have been different, according to his coach, Chris Crooks. "It was a little bit of inexperience on his part but it was a good match," he said. "He had some errors but they were small." Avalak had the benefit of a first-round bye, meaning he began his road to the podium in the round-of-16 against Logan Kennedy of Alberta, which he won by technical superiority, or by mercy, 15-5. Any match which reaches a 10-point spread at any point results in an immediate victory for the wrestler in front. Next up was Elliot Merriman of Ontario and Avalak didn't need points to win that one as he won by pinfall at 3:59 to advance to the semifinal. Crooks said it was fun to watch Avalak keep his opponents off-guard. "I know Eekee's opponents went into those matches thinking he wasn't prepared," he said. "They looked at him and they weren't expecting him to be as tough as he was." Avalak's semifinal opponent was Zachary Ortencio of Ontario and it was another dominant performance as Avalak won by tech- nical superiority again, 13-0, to advance to the gold medal match against Smith, where his luck would run out. "The Ontario kid in the semifinal was a bit wiser but he still didn't take Eekee seriously," said Crooks. "They were taking him seriously by the final." In reflection of Avalak's result, Crooks said a medal was an outside chance but the realistic result was getting to the quarter- final at least. "I thought he would get a top-five and maybe catching a medal with a good draw," he said. In addition to the nationals, Avalak had a chance to try out for the Canadian team that will be heading to the Cadet Pan-American Games in Mexico later this year. He didn't make the team but it was all about the experience, said Crooks. "He lost all four of his matches but it was a good experience for him," he said. "The difference between the trials and the nationals was everyone was first-year U19 and the weight classes were a bit different. I asked him if he wanted some more matches and he said sure. We talked about it and he knew it was going to be stiff competition." To put into perspective just how tough Avalak's trials matches were, all four of his opponents have wrestled in events outside Canada, including one who has already fought 50 matches so far in 2019. "That one kid has fought more matches in one weekend than Eekee has fought all year," said Crooks. "He's wrestling every photo courtesy of Paula Cziranka single weekend." Eekeeluak Avalak of Cambridge Bay gives the thumbs-up in between matches at the U17/U19 Can- The next big event for Avalak will be the Western Canada Sum- adian Wrestling Championships in Fredericton, N.B., on April 6. Avalak captured a silver medal in the mer Games in Swift Current, Sask., this coming August. boys' U17 55-kg category, narrowly losing his gold medal match on points, 6-3.

at the Arnaitok and Arctic Winter Games Arenas and continued More tournament time right through to the playoffs, which started on the final day. Ikpiarjuk/ sports The championship games for both divisions were played on the Speaking of the Qamutik Cup, the 2019 edition of the senior evening of the 14th. See the next Nunavut News for the results. men's hockey tournament gets going this evening, April 15, with Check five teams scheduled to take part from Arctic Bay, Hall Beach, with James McCarthy Hockey camp time Pond Inlet, Iglulik and Clyde River. email: [email protected] Ikpiarjuk/Arctic Bay Thomas Levi said he was finalizing on April 12 what he Hockey players in Arctic Bay got the chance to hone their hoped would be a charter for players to make it into the com- skills on the ice at the Tununirusiq Arena earlier this month with munity in order to play. Tournament time for Toonik Tyme someone who knows what it's like to play in the National Hockey Games are scheduled each evening at the Tununirusiq Arena Iqaluit League. for the duration of the Nunavut Quest, which is being run from The 54th annual Toonik Tyme Festival is well underway in Doug Sulliman, who played more than 600 games in the NHL Pond Inlet to Arctic Bay this year. the capital and one of the big events of the festival has already with the New York Rangers, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Dev- Levi also said there's an officiating clinic during the tour- happened. ils and Philadelphia Flyers, was in the community from April 11 nament and that all came together following a conference call The Toonik Tyme Cup senior men's hockey tournament to 15 to work with players from seven and up – including adults between the communities taking part. wrapped up on April 14 with 12 teams from Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, – for four days of instruction on the ice followed by a school visit He said only one community – Iglulik – had a certified offi- and Cape Dorset playing in two divisions, all look- on April 15. Thomas Levi, Arctic Bay's recreation co-ordinator, cial and the goal is to have at least one certified official from ing to win one of the final big tournaments of the season. said Sulliman stayed in the community for an extra day so he each community so future tournaments can draw from a pool Everything started on April 11 with the round-robin games could be part of the Qamutik Cup opening ceremonies. of people. 16 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò Serve-ivors ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ Gold Diggers ᓕᐹᓪᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᒥ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ 7-ᒥ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ-ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓵᓚᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ A-ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖅᓯᐅᒻᒥ. ᐅᑯᐊᖑᕗᑦ, ᓴᐅᒥᖕᒥ, ᕗᓗᐊᕋ ᐊᖅᕕᒃ, ᓯᐊᕆᓐ ᑕᒃᑭᕈᖅ, ᒫᑕ ᐳᐊᑕ, ᑭᐊᕆᓐ ᐋᓗᒃ, ᓂᓴ ᐋᓐ ᓴᓕᕆᓇ, ᒫᓖᓐ ᐊᒃᑭᑯᖕᓇᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᐊᑦᓂ ᑕᒃᑭᕈᖅ.

photo courtesy of Kim Rowley The Serve-ivors of Gjoa Haven captured the women's title at the Gold Diggers Volleyball Tournament in Gjoa Haven on April 7 thanks to a five-set win over The A-Team in the final. They are, from left, Flora Arqviq, Sharon Takkiruq, Martha Porter, Karen Aaluk, Nessa Ann Sallerina, Marlene Akkikungnak and Courtney Takkiruq. Volleyball teams share the spoils Gjoa Haven and Naujaat win titles at Gold Diggers Volleyball Tournament

by James McCarthy The top four teams in each division ended raising, said Arqviq. region event," he said. "The challenge is with Northern News Services up making the semifinal with each team "We ran six bingos and two bazaars," she the dates being so close to the Nunavut Open, Uqsuqtuuq/Gjoa Haven getting a three-game guarantee. The Gjoa said. how would we get a team there in time?" Big money and big bragging rights in the Haven Lightnings won the third-place game Their efforts paid off as more than $20,000 Schutz said the board of Volleyball Nuna- were up for grabs on the to take home the bronze medal and a cheque was raised for the tournament. vut will be sitting down to talk about how to volleyball court earlier this month. for $2,000. This was the seventh year that the tourna- make it fit in the schedule and that conversa- The Gold Diggers Volleyball Tournament The reward for the Serve-ivors was a win- ment has been held in Gjoa Haven and Arqviq tion would most likely include the boards of brought together a total of 16 teams – eight ner's share of $5,000 and the gold medals is hopeful it will become a bigger event on the the LGM and Iqaluit Open. men's and eight women's – from Taloyoak, while The A-Team won silver and $3,000. Volleyball Nunavut calendar with the ultim- "Right now, timing is the issue," he said. Naujaat and Gjoa Haven, the host community On the men's side, Team Naujaat took the ate goal of being part of the Nunavut Open "We've already been preparing for the Nuna- and when the dust settled, Gjoa Haven and title and $5,000 back to the Volleyball Tour (NOVT) – the newly-created vut Open for two months so getting a team Naujaat left with the spoils. thanks to their win over Team Taluk of initiative by Volleyball Nunavut to help deter- from the Kitikmeot region in April would be The Serve-ivors of Gjoa Haven took the Taloyoak in the final. The Warriors of Nau- mine the teams that will play in the Nunavut tough to do. women's title thanks to a 3-2 win in sets over jaat ended up third to win the bronze medal Open Championships next month in Iqaluit. "The scenario could look like doing the The A-Team in an exciting final that literally and $2,000. The tour includes the LGM in Rankin Kitikmeot region first, then the Kivalliq, went back and forth, according to tournament "The teams from Naujaat told us that they Inlet and the Iqaluit Open as part of the tour then the Baffin region but that would involve organizer Flora Arqviq, who also happened had more fun playing in our tournament than but there was no stop in the Kitikmeot region, dates being adjusted. We just need to get to play on the championship team. in the LGM (Laura Gauthier Memorial)," said something Scott Schutz, Volleyball Nunavut's everyone around the table and develop a sea- "We won the first, they won the second, Arqviq. "That was really nice to hear." executive director, hopes will change going son because it's obvious people want to play we won the third, they won the fourth and we Getting the prize money and medals forward. volleyball. won the fifth," she said. together took almost a year's worth of fund- "I'm hoping it will become the Kitikmeot "Our job is to help them play."

photo courtesy of Kim Rowley Team Naujaat took the men's title. Representing Naujaat were, in alphabetical order, Robinson Katokra, Moses Kopak, Simon Kopak, Dino Milortok, Ray Milortok, Brett Tuktudjuk and Ray-Curtis Tuktudjuk. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su, wSD 15, 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 17 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò You've done it, Bob Cole ... you've done it Northern News Services when Canada beat the Soviet Union. Hewitt Most of us who are my age – 29 or so, did the TV call and Cole was on radio. give or take 10 years – didn't grow up on There are so many choices for great calls Foster Hewitt and his calls on Hockey Night by Cole and you could pick any one of them in Canada. We grew up on Bob Cole. and be right. One of his best in the early He was the soundtrack to my Saturday days was when the Central Red Army team ᐹᑉ ᑰᓪ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ-50-ᓂ nights because I didn't get to stay up and from Moscow travelled to Philadelphia to ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᖓᓂ ᕼᐋᑭᒥ listen to Don Wittman doing the games out play the Flyers in 1976. The Flyers were lit- west for the Edmonton Oilers. erally beating the Red Army ᐱᙳᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᒥ- You see, my dad is a Maple into submission in the first ᐱᙳᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ Leafs fan (explains a lot) and Sports period and they decided to ᐃᓱᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᐃᑉᕆᓕ because the Oilers played two leave the ice because of the 6-ᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ hours later than Toronto, he Talk rough play. Cole was doing ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅᐹᖓᓂ sent me to bed before I could with James McCarthy the play-by-play for CBC and ᐱᙳᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ: ᑐᕌᓐᑐ watch. described it this way: ᒪᐃᐳᓪ ᓖ Thanks, dad. Really. And "They're going home! They're no, watching the game the going home! Yeah, they're day after on VHS wasn't the same. going home!" Cole is one of the greatest play-by-play The Russians returned, reportedly after people to ever don a headset and he called it being told by the National Hockey League a career on April 6 after 50 years of doing that they wouldn't get paid for the game if what he did best for so long: keeping us they quit. photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons excited and enthralled with hockey. Fitting From there, take your pick. Bob Cole's 50-year career in hockey play-by-play came to an end on April 6 that it was a game between Toronto and Announcing the ascension of the Oil- as he called his final game: the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Montreal Montreal and even more fitting that it went ers in 1984, Brad Smith's goal for the Leafs Canadiens. to a shootout to end it. We didn't want it to against St. Louis in the 1987 playoffs, Niko- end because that meant no more Bob Cole. lai Borschevsky's goal when the Leafs beat I always wondered why he didn't get the listen to it because I'm terrible at describing Ever the professional and all-around nice Detroit in the 1993 playoffs, Curtis Joseph's chance to call curling in addition to hockey. greatness. guy that he is, Cole kept trying to get Greg save against Dallas in the 1997 playoffs, his Not like he wouldn't know what was going There will be many more play-by-play Millen, the colour man, to have a conversa- death-like delivery when the Czech Republic on. Maybe the best thing that happened was people who will fill the shoes and someone tion with him during overtime and the shoot- beat Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics, that he didn't because Vic Rauter wouldn't will replace Cole in the booth but no one out but Millen would have no part of it. He Steve Thomas' overtime winner for Toronto have become the king of curling play-by-play. will ever replace the way he did it. His final did the respectable thing and let Cole do it against Ottawa in 2002, Joe Sakic's goal to Overshadowed in all of the sentimental words after Montreal won went like this: on his own. make it 5-2 in the gold medal game of the thoughts of Cole's final game was Montreal's "That's all she wrote." It was 1969 when Cole first started doing 2002 Winter Olympics etc. Ryan Poehling, who announced his arrival Bob Cole wrote a soundtrack that will last play-by-play for VOCM Radio in New- As I mentioned, you aren't wrong if you to the NHL by scoring a hat trick in his very forever and perhaps the good thing about liv- foundland and Labrador, his home province pick one because Bob Cole had so many. first game. He even scored the shootout win- ing in the age that we do is that technology and started doing Hockey Night in Canada And a bit of trivia for you: did you know ner just for good measure and got the stand- will allow us to go back and re-live Cole's telecasts in 1973. What you may not know is Cole was also quite the curler? Yes, sir! He ing ovation due for any rookie who makes a greatest hits. Cole was one of the people who called Paul represented Newfoundland and Labrador debut like he did. Cole's call on Poehling's At least I don't have to blame my dad for Henderson's goal in the 1972 Summit Series at the 1971 and 1975 Brier tournaments. shootout goal was vintage Cole. You should that. 18 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15, 2019 news ᓄĪØflî Critiquing of Nunavut's education system 'We leave it to the bureaucrats and the bureaucrats are out of touch' by Michele LeTourneau ᓄᖅᑲᖓᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᐱᐊᕆ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ "But I was also appalled by the "Thirdly, we need to bring par- Northern News Services ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᖓᓐᓂ system which was not serving the ents into the picture more and make Iqaluit needs of many kids I met. It was them realize, 'Look, you've got to The last time Nunavummiut ᖃᐱᓚᓇᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ: 40-ᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ either disorganized and/or more push. You've got to encourage.' And heard from retired teacher Nick ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓐᓂ (ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ), recently trying to impose a foreign – I think the DEAs (district education Newbery was at a 2015 ceremony, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓴᓪᓗᕕᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ Alberta – curriculum on a bunch of authorities) could do a lot of that for when he donated 3,600 photographs ᓯᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ. rural native children." us." to the Government of Nunavut. Newbery adds that unless you Newbery realizes his book will (Those photos remain available make the education cross-cultural, it not change the world. for download and use by Nunavum- won't work. "But I don't find anybody really miut.) "I did that for 17 years in Iqaluit writing about education and criticiz- Now he's written Never a Dull and it worked. I've known other ing it, or critiquing it. The teachers' Moment: Forty Years in Education teachers who have done it and it association – which is a neutral body in Canada's North (and in a few other worked," he said. and can criticize government, which places), a 192-page autobiography "But we don't seem to do it as an individual teachers can't do – I don't recounting historic events, as well education department." find says a lot to really inform the as his take on Nunavut's education The photographer and author says public and criticize the government system. he wanted to express his ideas and and list options," he said. Newbery had several reasons for have other people read them. "So what are we left with? The writing his collection of personal "We don't discuss education very DEAs really represent their locale anecdotes, which takes the reader much. We leave it to the bureaucrats and they don't get together very from Europe, including Northern Ire- and the bureaucrats are out of touch. much. So, I wrote a book. I wanted land, to Toronto, then various Nuna- (They) can't sit in their ivory towers people to think about these things." vut communities – Taloyoak, Pang- and tell everybody how to do things. He says he tried to make the nirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq and Iqaluit. They need to talk to the teachers on book fun and interesting and provide "I'd had two surgeries last sum- the front line," he says. real-life examples of what could be mer and I wasn't allowed to do any- photo courtesy Nick Newbery Newbery is further appalled by done. He wants Nunavummiut to thing, so I thought, 'What do I do Retired Nunavut educator Nick Newbery shares his thoughts the territory's graduation rate. read Never a Dull Moment. with the summer?'" said Newberry. about Nunavut's education system in Never a Dull Moment: "That's telling you something. "It's their children. It's their sys- "Since I do quite a bit of writing, Forty Years in Education in Canada's North (and in a few other They're walking and why are they tem. If people don't start thinking this seemed like a natural thing to walking? There's lots of reasons, but and discussing and getting a little do. It was on my bucket list." places), which he will launch at Iqaluit's Arctic Ventures Friday one of the major reasons would be annoyed about it, it's not going to And, he says, the North was good and Saturday. that the curriculum is totally unsuit- change," said Newbery. to him. able. The other thing we need to do is The book will be available for "You get so much freedom as of things you wouldn't normally get or whatever – and I was able to do to orientate new teachers so that they purchase at Arctic Ventures in Iqal- an individual. Professionally you're to do down south – whether you're things in education I found reward- know what they're getting into before uit, or it can be ordered from New- allowed to try out a whole bunch in health, journalism or education, ing," he said. they get there," he said. bery himself. kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15 , 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 19 20 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15 , 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 21 22 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15, 2019 kNKu W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15 , 2019 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 23 24 nunavutnews.com, Monday, April 15, 2019 kNKukNKu W?9oxJ5,W?9oxJ5, N[Z/su,N[Z/su, wSDwSD 15, 2019