Educator Reflects on Almost 50 Years Teaching in Nunavut

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᖅ 50-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ

Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Vol 27 No 13 $1.00 Nunavut's Award-Winning Voice of Kivalliq Educator reflects on almost 50 years teaching in Nunavut

photo courtesy of Uliut Iksiktaaryuk Uliut Iksiktaaryuk has seen a lot of changes to the territory's education system over her almost 50-year career.

Community News ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᖁᔨᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑉᓗᒍ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᒐᔪᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ–19-ᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ Remembering Arviat man MLAs warn again of caribou who succumbed to Covid-19 overhunting, waste and sales

Publication mail Contract #40012157 "It really makes my head hurt – big-time headaches."

– Emilia Hallauk speaks of her mouldy Arviat Housing Association home she shares with up to 13 other people, page 9. 7 71605 00500 3 2 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 community ¥∂¿ú r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 3 Did we get it wrong? Kivalliq News is committed to getting facts and names right. With that goes a commitment to acknowledge mistakes and run fact file corrections. If you spot an error in Kivalliq News, call (867) 645- 3223 and ask to speak to the editor, or email kivalliqnews@nnsl. com. We'll get a correction or clarification in as soon as we can. Nunavut covid-19 situation as of March 22

Ulukhaktokí±ØÍ≤ÒáíÔÄ? ï·∆¿Í´ ≤áflúòî ÖÚÊéÔÒπØflî Ç≤úõ¿Ö≤ú Ö±Ø ÖéÍ≤ú áîéÖ≤Í´ú. íØêØ Äƒù‚ ÖÚÊéÔÒπØ≤Ò Ä¿íÒπÕ‰ÖÔÍ≤Í´ú Active cases: 0 Total vaccine doses given: 18,327 í±ØÒíÇÀ≤ú Ö±Ø ÜÒïùÖÒπ¿Í≤Ò. íò∏≤Ê›î í±ØÒπØÀ´ú Confirmed cases: 395 ï·∆¿Ò ≤áfl≤, ÇÔ¬∆¬éî Çflˆ (867) 645-3223 Ö±Ø First doses: 11,861 Second doses: 6,466 ÇÔÍ›ùÀØ¬ü ÜÒïúªÄ«, Ç„·√∏≥î Ô‰íÇÕúòîKugaaruk ééËÍ¬éî Recovered cases: 391 Çflˆ [email protected]. ÜÒïùÖËª∏≤ÖÒíflî Ç„·√∏≥î Confirmed cases by community

∂¬∂Ä‰ÖÍ¬üGameti áÀ∏∂ÒπêÖÊçí. Naujaat Total persons followed: 7,122 Arviat: 339 (338 recovered) Current persons followed: 281 Whale Cove: 23 (all recovered) Behchoko 9,697 Rankin Inlet: 19 (all recovered) Sambaa K’e Around Completed tests in Nunavut: Sanikiluaq: 2 (all recovered) Kivalliq Total deaths: 4 Source: Government of Nunavut Department of Health with Trevor Wright

Sanikiluaqᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓚᐃᖅᑐᑦ 'ᐃᓄᑦᑎᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᒥᒃ' ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ

ᓘᑭ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒦᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓕᐊᓂᓗ ᑕᐃᔮᓐ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ. ᓘᑭ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᓂᕐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 19-ᒥ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᕋᒥ, "ᐃᓄᑦᑎᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓗᒃᑖᒥᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᔭᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ, ᓯᓯᓕᐊ ᒪᑲᓚᒻ.

photo courtesy of Daniel Qarliksaq KIA is holding a poster contest asking entrants to draw inspiration from the greater Baker Lake area. KIA hosting poster contest for Inuu'tuti Baker Lake The Kivalliq Inuit Association (KIA) lands department is holding a poster contest for its Inuu'tuti Program. The program entails water sampling and monitoring in the Baker Lake area including lakes and rivers which flow from Baker Lake out into Hudson Bay. It utilizes scientific knowledge and traditional knowledge from Elders in Baker Lake. The posters can be done in any form and of anything that a participant likes. People are asked to draw inspiration from the greater Baker Lake area. The prize package for the winning poster includes. a cooler, water jug, a spool of rope, a lantern, a stove, .223 bullets, three fishing rods, two 25-litre Jerry cans, one set of camping dishes, a headlamp and a 20-gallon gas slip. Posters can be submitted to the Baker Lake KIA office, open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The contest ends at 5 p.m. on March 31. photo courtesy of Diane Sammurtok Indigenous women's entrepreneur The late Luki Sammurtok is seen here with his wife Diane Sammurtok. Luki Sammurtok, who died on Dec. 19 after being stricken with Covid-19, was a "very kind and humble person all his life," says his sister, workshop at end of month Cecilia MacCallum. Rankin Inlet The National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Asso- ciation (NACCA) and the Kivalliq Business Develop- ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᖁᔨᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ment Corporation (KBDC) are holding an Indigenous women's entrepreneurship workshop on March 30 for ᖃᓄᐃᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓕᕋᔭᖅᐸᑦ Indigenous women in Rankin Inlet. It's a one-day workshop on how to start your own ᕿᓚᒥᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ, ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ-19 ᓘᑭ 1000-ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ "ᐅᖃᕈᒪᔭᕋ ᐸᓂᖕᒪ ᓂᐅᒥ ᒪᑲᓚᒻ business and is being held at the Siniktarvik Hotel. ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ Facebook- There will be four laptops to be won as prizes. ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᔾᔮᕈᓐᓃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᒍ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ. ᑯᑦ: 'ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓ ᐊᖓᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ ᓘᑭ The deadline to register is March 26 and there is a ᓘᑭᒥᒃ. 59-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ maximum of 50 people allowed due to Covid restrictions. ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 19-ᒥ, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓄᑦ – ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᓪᓗ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᖁᓇᔭᕐᒪᒍ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ. Those who are interested can email Mark Macneill at ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᒃ ᐅᖓᑎᑦᑎᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ [email protected] or submit their name to the ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅᑖᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᒃᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ – ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑑᑉ ᓄᓕᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑎᒋᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ KBDC. More information can be found on the KBDC "ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᒪᖁᔨᓇᔭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ website. ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᕋᑉᑕ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑕᐃᓕᖁᓗᒋᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᒍᓐᓃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ "ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᑲᓚᒻ. ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᔭᖓ ᓯᓯᓕᐊ ᒪᑲᓚᒻ. ᑕᒡᕘᓇ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ, ᒪᐃᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Hamlet office resuming "ᐃᓄᑦᑎᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓗᒃᑖᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑉᓗᒍ ᓄᓕᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᖃᑎᒥᓄᑦ most regular services ... ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᒃᑲᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᑕᐃᔮᓐ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᕐᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ Arviat ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ. ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᒃᑳᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐅᐃᖓ ᓘᑭ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᙶᕐᒪᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ. The Hamlet of Arviat will be resuming regular ser- ᐃᓄᑦᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᒃᖢᓂᓗ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ "ᐱᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᔾᔮᖅᑰᖏᑦᑐᒍᑦ vices at the hamlet office for everything outside of road ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ. ᕿᒃᓵᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐆᒻᒪᑎᖓᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕈᑉᑕ tests for driver's licences, said a March 18 announcement. ᐃᑲᔪᒃᑲᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᖁᖓᔮᒃᑲᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᓯᙱᓪᓗᑕ People are recommended to call 867-857-2841 or ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕇᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᑭᒃᓴᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᓯᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ email [email protected] ahead of time to make an ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐃᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ, appointment. ᐱᖁᑎᓂᒃ ᓅᑎᕆᕙᒃᖢᓂ. ᓄᓕᐊᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ, The hamlet office is not yet fully staff and people are ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐊᖁᔨᑉᓗᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᖁᑎᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ expected to wait a little longer than normal for hamlet ᐊᖓᔪᒥᓂᒃ/ᓄᑲᕐᒥᓂᒃ, ᓇᔭᖕᒥᓂᒃ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᓂᒃ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ. services. People are asked to wear a mask and use hand ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᖏᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ," ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ "ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᙱᒃᑯᑉᑕ ᐱᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ, sanitizer. ᐅᔪᕈᖏᓐᓂᒃ." ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᐃᓐ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑕᐃᔮᓐ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᖃᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ They hope to be able to offer road testing once restric- ᒫᑦᓯ 11-ᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᒪᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᕋ (ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ) ᑕᒡᕙᓂ tions ease in the future. The community hall, drop-in ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ–19-ᒥᒃ, ᐊᐅᓚᖁᑎ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᑉᓗᕐᒥ." ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᓯᓚᑖᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. centre and arena will remain closed until the current bflA public health measures ease. ᐊᑦᑎᒃᓯᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᒪᑲᓚᒻ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᒪᑦ Arviat m4WZz ᓂᐸᐃᓚᐅᐱᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓂᖓᑕ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᒍᑦ. 7 4 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 Extra help for Arviat needed, Main says Premier assures government prepared to deal with backlogs, will conduct evaluations

by Derek Neary Premier Joe Savikataaq, who also represents assistance from outside of the territory." happens again, what can we do better next time? Northern News Services Arviat as an MLA, said he intends to visit the On March 15, Main called for a formal What really worked well and what didn't work Arviat community once public health measures allow evaluation of the government's actions to be well?" the premier said. The Government of Nunavut should draft a it. There have been 339 cases of Covid diag- undertaken to better understand what could In the meantime, he urged Nunavummiut not recovery plan to help Arviat rebound from its nosed there since November. have been done better during the pandemic, and to let their guard down. He advised residents to Covid-19 outbreaks and lockdowns that lasted "As soon as Arviat starts opening up, and where gaps exist. continue wearing masks, venture outside only months, MLA John Main says. restrictions start being lifted, I know that all the "My hope is that such a formal evaluation when necessary and wash their hands frequent- He's seeking extra help for the community's departments will be in there to do any catching would be of use and it would strengthen future ly, despite increasing numbers of vaccinations health care, mental health counselling, dental up, if need be," Savikataaq said. "I talk to all efforts to tackle public health matters, perhaps, against the coronavirus. care, development and renovation of existing my ministers daily, and I've been assured that if such as tuberculosis, which we know as a public "People who still never received vaccine housing, business development and support, K to there's any backlog of any services in Arviat that health issue that has plagued Nunavut for far too shots may have that disease and will not show 12 and adult education, basic government servi- they will be doing their best to get it caught up long," Main said. symptoms," he said. "Life is too precious and we ces, social work, family support and child care. as soon as available. Savikataaq replied that once the virus has could stop this deadly disease by following simple "It's unprecedented ... without a co-ordinated "Maybe we can do (it) with our own resour- been vanquished in communities, the CPHO instructions given by CDC (Centers for Disease approach, I feel that the negative effects could ces. If we need any other resources, then the and the health department conduct an evaluation Control and Prevention) and Dr. (Michael) Patter- linger longer than necessary," Main said in the appropriate the departments, or the CPHO (chief and debriefing. son. Let's do our part so that we can normalize legislative assembly on March 5. public health officer) or whoever else can ask for "It's not to lay blame. It's so that OK, if this our living environment we had before." Vaccine promotion campaign targets youth 'Although this is such a scary time ... if we stick together, we will be OK,' says Annie Buscemi by Derek Neary ference with several federal ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐋᓂ ᐳᓴᒥ Northern News Services ministers and national media Nunavut on March 17 to promote its ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᒦᑉᐳᖅ 41-ᓴᑲᓐᒥ Pauktuutit Inuit Women ongoing "For My Commun- ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ of Canada has been encour- ity" public health safety and ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ aging Nunavummiut to get inoculation campaign, which ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ the Covid-19 vaccine, and to has included the distribution ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᓯᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥ get that message through to of 5,000 masks over the past ᐅᓇᑕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ. youth, the organization has several months. enlisted a social media influ- Rebecca Kudloo, the encer. organization's president, said Iqaluit's Annie Buscemi stars Annie Buscemi of Iqaluit, she has received both doses of in a 41-second video pro- who Pauktuutit named as its the Moderna vaccine, as have Young Inuk Woman of the many residents in her com- duced by Pauktuutit to encour- Year Award winner in Feb- munity of Baker Lake. age Nunavut youth to get vac- ruary, appears in a newly- Those ages 18 and over cinated against Covid-19. released video stating that she are eligible to receive shots, image courtesy of Pauktuutit intends to get the vaccine as but priority groups, including soon as it's available to her. Elders, were first in line. like Annie Buscemi, who 35-year-old mother of five, ters in Ottawa, said Inuit are get inoculated among some "I believe (the vaccine) will "Many youths think they can speak directly to their who died in Winnipeg on Jan. among the targetted popula- Indigenous people due to tremendously help us protect are invincible, and that they peers and possibly other youth 3 after contracting Covid-19. tion to receive the vaccine sometimes not having "the our communities, our Elders won't get very sick even if across Canada too, because "We acknowledge her and because higher prevalence best relationship with research and ourselves," Buscemi says they get Covid-19," Kudloo none of us are safe until all of offer strength for her family," of the virus and because it's or with the medical system, in the 41-second video. said. "Since Inuit youth will us are safe." she said. harder to access health servi- where they've had difficult, "Although this is such a soon be able to get the Covid- During her presentation, Dr. Evan Adams, deputy ces in geographically isolated painful experiences in the scary time, I believe that if we 19 vaccine, Pauktuutit felt Kudloo lit a candle and held a chief medical officer with Northern communities. past." stick together, we will be OK." it was important to engage moment of silence in tribute to the First Nations and Inuit He admitted that there is However, he pointed out Pauktuutit held a press con- young women role models, Sanikiluaq's Silatik Qavvik, a Health Branch headquar- a distrust and hesitation to that support from medical personnel has also led to many positive outcomes in many lives. Side effects related to the vaccine have been few and mostly mild, said Adams, who added that the medical community is willing to respond to the public's questions about the vaccine. Minister Mona Fortier, who oversees the federal port- folio of Middle Class Prosper- ity, acknowledged that Covid- 19 has affected certain communities more than others, including Inuit, First Nations and Metis. The federal government has provided millions of dollars in financial aid to Nunavut during the pandemic and is sponsoring Pauktu- utit's vaccine education campaign. Buscemi, who has close to 12,000 followers on Tik- Tok, said she's honoured to be part of the vaccine promotion campaign. "I especially want to encourage Inuit youth to get the vaccine and feel proud that we are doing our part to help everyone get through the pandemic," she said. bflA ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ m4WZz 8 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 5 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 'ᐱᖏᖕᓇᖅᓯᔪᑦ,' ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᖁᔨᔪᑦ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᖁᔨᔪᓪᓗ ᐱᕗᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑐᒃᑐᖏᓐᓂᒃ

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᓂᑉᓕᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐱᖏᒋᓕᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᕝᕕᒋᓯᒪᔭᕋᓂᒃ ᐸᑎᖅ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, ᐊᐃᕕᓕᖕᒥᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ, "ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᐅᖏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ, ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓕᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ," ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᖁᒍᑉᓯᐅᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ, ᐊᐃᕕᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᐸᑎᖅ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ. "ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᑖᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓕᐊᖓᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᒍᑦ." ᓂᑉᓕᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᕗᓕ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑐᒃᑐᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᒥᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᑐᒃᑐᒐᓱᒃᑕᐅᔪᑑᖃᑦᑕᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᖁᓂᐊᕈᑉᑎᒍᑦ, ᑐᒃᑐᒐᓱᒃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥᐅᓄᑦ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ. ᐱᖏᖕᓇᖅᓯᔪᖅ. ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᖅᑕᕋ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ "ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᑦᑐᑦ. ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᖁᑉᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᓗᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᑕᖅᑕᐅᒐᔪᖕᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᒥᒃᓴᓄᑦ. ᐱᐅᔫᓇᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓕᐅᖅᐸᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ... ᑐᒃᑐᐃᕈᑎᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᑕ." ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᓂᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᑯᕆᒃ ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖃᙱᒻᒪᑕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓᓂᒃ ᔫ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᓲᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᕕᑲᑖᕐᒃᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᖓ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃᑯᑦ. $400-ᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ $600- ᓯᓚᓕᕆᔭᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᕈᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐱᕗᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑐᒃᑐᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐊᔪᔪᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᖕᒪᑕᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖅᓯᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᒥᐊᓲᑦ," ᑕᐅᑐᙱ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᓗᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓄᑦ – ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ, ᓄᖑᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑕᓪᓕᒻᒥᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓴᕕᑲᑖᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ "ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᑐᑕᐅᔪᕕᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᒋᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐱᕗᓕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓐᓄᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᓲᑦ. ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑐᒃᑐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐅᖃᖏᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᑐᒃᑐᒍᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ," ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᙱᑕᖓ. ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓄᖑᑎᕆᓗᐊᖅᑕᐅᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᓱᒋᒍᑉᑕ." ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᔭᕐᓂᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᖁᑎᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᑲᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐋᒃᑐᐃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᓱᓇᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᔭᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐆᒃᑑᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᒃᓴᐅᓲᑦ." ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓕᐊᒃᑰᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᒃᑐᓄᒡᒎᖅ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕈᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ photo courtesy of the legislative assembly ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ. Patterk Netser, Aivilik MLA says, "Within the Nunavut Land Claims "ᐱᖏᖕᓇᖅᓯᖕᒪᑦ ᓴᓪᓕᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ bflA Agreement, it states that any Inuk can sell caribou. However, if we want ᕿᑭᖅᑕᖓ ᐊᖏᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᖏᖕᓇᖅᓯᔪᖅ Kivalliq our future generations to have wildlife to hunt, then we have to start ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᑐᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ. m4WZz 6 doing something about it now.

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WINNER: Pierre Ikakhik Arviat Top picture taken at Land- ing Lake and the one with rabbit, left, at our 3rd Bridge. 6 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᓂᑉᓕᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᓕᕐᒥᖕᒪᑕᒎᖅ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᖑᑎᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble/Wikimedia Commons photo Kivalliq MLAs are speaking out once again about threats to caribou in the region due to sales of meat and wasteful hunting by some individuals. Kivalliq sales of caribou 'getting very worrisome,' Netser says

ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᑯᕇᒃ ᓯᒪᐃᓚᒃ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ MLAs renew call for greater action to protect ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓕᐊᕐᒦᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᒃᑐᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ. Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds

by Derek Neary very expensive price. It is like example, clothing." Northern News Services $400 to $600 per caribou. I Netser said he's hearing Iqaluit/Kivalliq want to support hunters that from residents who are telling Kivalliq MLAs are once hunt properly, but then there him action needs to be taken again voicing concerns over seem to be many other people to protect the caribou. sales of caribou meat that they who just kill caribou and leave "That it is becoming very Baker Lake MLA Craig say could do lasting harm to it behind," Towtongie, MLA worrisome because Coral the Kivalliq region's treasured for Rankin Inlet North-Ches- Harbour is on an island, and Simailak believes the herds. terfield Inlet, said in the legis- although its a big island, it is GN should be prepared Patterk Netser and Cathy lative assembly on March 12. becoming worrisome people to reopen certain sec- Towtongie both spoke of "Additionally, sometimes are selling caribou from that tions of the Nunavut pressures on the Beverly and we can see caribou that has herd too. We are getting wor- Agreement to effect- Qamanirjuaq caribou herds, been hunted and just thrown ried about them. ively protect the Kivalliq which is hunted not only by away because they don't "My constituents keep caribou herds. harvesters from Nunavut, but have any fat. They just get calling me about it, saying also from the Northwest Terri- left behind. They just get the that we need to do something photo courtesy of the legislative assembly tories, Manitoba and Nunavut. tongue, and that is not the about it," said Netser, Aivilik "Caribou in the Kivalliq traditional Inuit way. MLA. "Within the Nunavut are in a crisis. A lot of it is "We have to think of ways Land Claims Agreement, it due to overhunting and inter- to teach the younger genera- states that any Inuk can sell net sales ... There is currently tion of hunters how they can caribou. However, if we want no control of the sale of the skin the caribou properly, and our future generations to have meat, and some individuals what uses there are for differ- wildlife to hunt, then we have will sell caribou online at a ent parts of the caribou; for to start doing something about it now. "It's getting very worrisome. So I encourage our minister to sit with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and have meetings about it. It would be good if they could do that before we run out of caribou." Baker Lake MLA Craig Simailak asked Environ- ment Minister Joe Savikataaq whether his department meets with neighbouring jurisdictions on the status of the Bev- erly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds, and if there are agree- ments in place to ensure all jurisdictions are doing everything possible to prevent the continued decline of the herds. Savikataaq assured that work is ongoing with co- management partners in the NWT and the provinces, as well as with the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Man- agement Board. He added that a total allowable harvest on the herds could be set within Nunavut, "if we feel there's a conservation issue." Simailak said he believes that the GN should be prepared to reopen certain sec- tions of the Nunavut Agree- ment to effectively protect the Kivalliq caribou herds, if necessary. kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 community ¥∂¿ú r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 7

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(Sig) Sigvaldason ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᔨ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᓪᓚᕆᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ: MLA wants housing issues resolved to reduce harm from next crisis Bruce Valpy – [email protected] ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᔭᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ: Judy Triffo ᑲᒪᔨ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎ: ᑯᕆᒃ ᒋᐅᐳᑦ by Derek Neary brothers among them. ᓘᑭ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 19–ᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᓚᐳᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ Craig Gilbert – [email protected] Northern News Services "Now, the difficulties of going ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧ, "ᑐᙵᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᕆᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ Arviat through this pandemic is obvious, ᒥᑭᑏᓐᓇᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᖓᓂ," ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᔭᖓ ᓯᓰᓕᐊ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐅᕆ ᑖᐱᓐ – In a short time, Covid-19 took and when you think of his widow [email protected] ᒪᑲᓚᒻ. ᑲᓕᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ Luki Sammurtok away from his now, Diane Sammurtok, she con- ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (867) 873-4031 family forever. tributed a lot. ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 The 59-year-old Arviat resident "Even though her husband Luki ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ: Box 2820, ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ X1A 2R1 died on Dec. 19, a little more than had passed away and although she ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓᑦ: (867) 873-4031 two weeks after being diagnosed was obviously grieving and her ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 with the dreaded virus. heart was also causing her issues, ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: [email protected] she continued to comply with the ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nnsl.com "It was very difficult for all of us as we were hoping to see him measures and publicly asked her get better," said his sister, Cecilia fellow residents to faithfully fol- MacCallum. "He was a very kind low these health measures enact- and humble person all his life ... he ed by the chief medical officer," Contents copyright. Printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited. No photos, stories, advertisements was the kind of person who would Main said, adding that Diane also or graphics may be reproduced in any form, in whole give someone the shirt off his back. encouraged Arviammiut and Nuna- or in part, without the written approval of the publisher. "He was caring, loving and hum- vummiut to get vaccinated. Subscriptions ble man, he didn't judge people. He MacCallum told Nunavut News One year mail $70 was always helpful, smiling and that there certainly are there are Online (entire content) $50/year had to be doing something, whether helpful words that others can heed cleaning up or changing furniture in light of her brother's death. around at his place. He loved his "I would like to quote what my Send us your comments wife dearly and all his brothers, daughter Naomi MacCallum said You can email us at [email protected]; mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife X1A 2R1; or drop your letter sisters, their spouses, nieces and on Facebook: 'I know what my off at our office at 5108-50th Street. nephews." late Uncle Luki would want his All letters submitted must be signed with a return address and daytime telephone number so that we On March 11, the National Day death from Covid to be an example can confirm it came from you. of Observance for Covid-19, the to all. He would tell people how Not all letters will necessarily be published. Prefer- ence is given to short letters of broad interest or con- flags outside Nunavut's legislative dangerous this virus is and ask that cern. We particularly encourage new contributors as assembly flew at half-mast. Inside, everyone stay home and stay safe,'" we attempt to publish a cross-section of public opinion. territorial politicians held a sombre stated MacCallum. photo courtesy of Cecilia MacCallum Letters of more than 200 words, open letters and moment of silence for the thou- Main told his peers in the legis- those published elsewhere are seldom used. We Luki Sammurtok, who died on Dec. 19 after being stricken reserve the right to edit for length or taste and to sands of Canadians who perished lative assembly that the crisis Covid eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. from the coronavirus, including created has deep roots that lie in a with Covid-19, was a "very kind and humble person all his We may also choose to use a letter as the basis life," says his sister, Cecilia MacCallum. for a story. Sammurtok. number of areas, and they must be John Main, MLA for Arviat addressed. We acknowledge the Nous reconnaissons North-Whale Cove, offered his "I don't think we will make financial support of l'appui financier du health, and economic development, ments, it will not result in any the Government of gouvernement du condolences to the surviving any progress if we just talk about as our governments have to imple- changes, but I really wanted to Canada. Canada. family members: Sammurtok's the pandemic without resolving ment these improvements," he said. remember (Sammurtok) when this wife and his four sisters and two our housing crisis that impacts our "Without tangible improve- day arrived." 8 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 'It's been my life:' Longtime educator reflects on almost 50 years of work Uliut Iksiktaaryuk has taught generations of Baker Lake students while striving to preserve the Inuktitut language

by Ezra Black was sad about that but that's when not try something else?' So I agreed," Northern News Services my life as an educator started," she she said. Baker Lake said. After taking a three-year course, Uliut Iksiktaaryuk, a Grade 5 She was only 16 years old. she worked for a year as an acting teacher at Rachel Arngnamaktiq Ele- The decision meant she could school principal with an eye toward mentary, is closing in on 50 years of avoid attending a residential school eventually becoming a superintend- experience as an educator. in Yellowknife, Inuvik or Iqaluit, she ent. "But by then my mom's health She has taught generations of said, which was probably a fortunate was deteriorating so I finished off Baker Lake students, championed thing, though she didn't know it at my acting principal year and went the Inuktitut language and she's still the time. back to teaching." going strong. "Being a teenager, I didn't know Things have changed quite a lot "It's been my life," she said. "The what the reasoning was for my par- over her career, she said. only way I was able to last this long ents to not send me out," said Iksik- "Back then, when I first started, is I work with a lot of good support- taaryuk. "I had seen my brother the kids that were coming into the ive teachers." being taken away from us when I school spoke Inuktitut very well but Coming up through an educa- was just a toddler to attend school they didn't understand a word of tion system that originally intended and I remember one time in the English," she said. to suppress her Inuit culture and middle of winter we were rushing to That's why perhaps the most language, Iksiktaaryuk has had a come back to Baker Lake from the important part of her career was the tremendous impact on her students land and it turned out my brother 13 years she worked as a language and the community. had walked from the community to consultant helping to incorporate "I was the last one in my family maybe 30 or 40 miles to our camp Inuktitut into the curriculum – a to be born in an iglu out on the all by himself, walking to run away remarkable achievement considering land," she said. "I have no recollec- from the school," she said. she herself was shamed for speaking tion of ever living in an iglu or a "I guess he was being mistreated the language when she was a student. tent because I was brought into the and he wanted to see us but my "I was forced to not to use the community at the age of six when parents were afraid they'd get into language when I first started school," my parents were told I had to attend trouble because my brother ran away she said. "I used to get punished for school, so I started attending federal from school, so I remember rushing that, so I try to encourage any stu- photo courtesy of Uliut Iksiktaaryuk day school. him back with a dog team," she con- dent that I see that comes through my Uliut Iksiktaaryuk has seen a lot of changes to the territory's "But I do remember starting our tinued "I was a toddler but I remem- doors at the school. I try and speak to education system over her almost 50-year career. life in Baker Lake in a shack, which ber bits and pieces." them in Inuktitut and explain to them was not heated," she added. After many years working as a what I'm saying. "Most of my day is spent worry- stuff like that with family." Her career in education began classroom assistant, Iksiktaaryuk "At first they were shy because ing about classes and then going And at 63 years of age, Iksik- in 1974 when her principal asked received her standard teaching cer- it's no longer their first language so I home, it's just home and school life taaryuk has no plans to retire just whether she'd like to train as a class- tificate in 1993. try my best to make sure we keep the right now," she said. "Especially with yet. room assistant instead of going to Then in 1997 she was offered the language alive," she continued. Covid going on. "I keep trying to retire but some- high school. chance to become a school admin- Right now she's in the middle "Every once in a while, I see my thing else keeps coming up," she "I didn't want to be the only one istrator. of trying to conduct parent teacher grandchildren. We're in the same said. "My teaching certificate has left behind from my peers but he told "At first I didn't want to but then I interviews over the telephone and community but because of Covid it's been extended again so we'll see me I had to listen to my parents so I thought, 'Well I've gone this far, why dealing with report cards. really hard to plan gatherings and what happens." ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒧᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖓᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ 'ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦᑕ, ᖃᓄᐃᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ' ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᓂ ᐳᓴᒥ

ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓂ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓄᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒥ. ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᑐᐊᖅᐸᑦ. "ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕙᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᒍᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᒥ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ "ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖓ (ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎ) ᐃᑲᔪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ," ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖕᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔨᐅᔪᒥ. ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ," ᓘᒃᑖᖅ ᐊᕙᓐ,ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑕ ᐋᓂ ᐳᓴᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐳᓴᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ 41-ᓴᑲᓐᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐊᖑᔪᒥ. "ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᒡᓕᐊ ᐊᓪᓚᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᒥ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒃᓴᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᐳᖓ ᑲᑎᙵᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦᑕ, ᖃᓄᐃᔾᔮᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ." ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐋᑐᕚᒥ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓵᓚᖃᖅᑎᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᕕᕈᐊᕆᒥ, ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ–ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓵᖅᑐᒥ ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᙱᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᒪᓗᐊᙱᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᐊᒻᒪᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᓂ ᒫᔾᔨ 17–ᒥ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ "ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ" ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ "ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ, ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖃᖓᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ." 5,000–ᓂ ᒪᑐᐊᕐᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᖕᓄᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᓄᑦ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑎᒃᑯᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᕇᐱᑲ ᑲᓪᓗ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᒪᑑᕐᓇ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᕐᒥ. ᓴᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ 18–ᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒥᑭᐸᓗᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐋᑕᒻᔅ, ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓅᓕᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᐅᔪᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ. "ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ "ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓗᐊᕋᔭᙱᓐᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19–ᑖᕋᓗᐊᕈᑎᒃ," ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐆᒪᙵᑦ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᑲᓪᓗ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓛᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ," ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. "ᐃᓱᒪᕗᖓ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᓂ ᐊᔾᔪᒥᒋᔭᕐᒥ, ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ … ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᕗᖅ." ᓲᕐᓗ ᐋᓂ ᐳᓴᒥᒥ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑑᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐳᓴᒥ 12,000 ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᒪᓕᒃᑎᖃᖅᑐᒥ TikTok–ᑯᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᒥᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᒃᑲᑦᑕ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᑦᑕ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖅᑐᒥᑦᑐᓐᓃᕈᑦᑕ." ᖁᕝᕙᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑲᓪᓗ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑕᒥ ᐃᑭᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ "ᐊᔭᐅᕆᔪᒪᓗᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂ ᐱᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐱᖃᙱᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᑲᒃᖢᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᒧᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᕇᒃᑯᑎᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᑎᒃ ᖃᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ, 35-ᓂ-ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ, ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓂᒎᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ," ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᐃᓂᐱᐊᒡᒥ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 3–ᒥ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 news á·∆¿ÖÀîᓄ r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 9 'It smells like mud in this apartment' Emilia Hallauk says her family suffers chronic health problems because of their mouldy apartment

The mother of six has reported the problem to authorities.

photos courtesy of Emilia Hallauk Emilia Hallauk, 36, has shared photographs of the mould in her home.

by Ezra Black sister now lives with her boy- images of her home on social Northern News Services friend because "we don't have media. Arviat enough room," she said. "I kept asking for help but An Arviat mother whose She has been living in the got no response," she said. "So, home is overrun with mould home for 12 years, she said, I just started to post pictures to said the problem is making her and first noticed the mould get attention so my family will family sick. issue about a year ago. She said have a healthy lifestyle. I don't Emilia Hallauk, 36, is the problem has been making want them to be here." worried about how the mould her family members sick. Two Arviat Housing Asso- could affect her elderly father, "My dad (who) is over 60 ciation staff visited her home who has respiratory problems, years of age started to lose on March 17 and said the prob- and her three-year-old daugh- his voice and get respiratory lem would be taken care of, ter, who has been asthmatic problems and my three-year- she said. since birth. old girl has been asthmatic Hallauk wants the mould "It smells like mud in this since birth," she said. removed, but she is also open apartment," she told Kivalliq "It really makes my head to moving to a "three or four News. hurt," she added. "Big time bedroom" unit "because this Home for Hallauk is a headaches." little apartment is so small for two-bedroom Arviat Hous- She raised the issue with my six kids." ing Association apartment she the Nunavut Housing Corpora- "I just want my kids to be shares with up to 13 other tion and the Arviat Housing healthy," she added. people, including her six chil- Association about six months A representative from the dren, her parents, two brothers ago, she said. Nunavut Housing Corporation Hallauk said her family suffers chronic health problems because of the mould and three sisters, although one Last week she shared declined to comment. in their home.

Hallauk said she "kept asking for help but got no response," so she shared images of her home on social media. 10 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 sports & recreation Îé¯≤ú & ÄÎÖ∏ÙÄÕÍ≤Ò r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 24, 2021 11 Clocking in a win for the ages Team Jose Kusugak wins Rankin Inlet Hometown Hockey Tournament

by James McCarthy In the A division final, Team Kowmuk opened the Northern News Services scoring courtesy of a goal from BJ Tanuyak before that Rankin Inlet was answered by Quentin Issaluk of Team Kusugak to It's only fitting that the son of one of Nunavut's tie the game at 1-1. Kris Okpatauyak, Craig Beardsall founding fathers would pot the winning goal on a team and Steven Panika would score three unanswered named after that very same man. goals for Team Jose Kusugak to give them a 4-1 lead The Rankin Inlet Hometown Hockey Tournament after two periods of play. Team Kowmuk would get emanated from the Rankin Inlet Arena from March 18 one back thanks to Aglukaq Tartak to cut the lead in to 21 with eight teams in action but not just any eight half, followed by another courtesy of Tristan Dias to teams. They were made up of players from the senior cut the gap to 4-3. men's hockey league, oldtimers league, U18 and U21 Makpa Uluqsi would restore Team Jose Kusugak's divisions. Each team was put together through a draft two-goal cushion at 5-3 but Team Kowmuk wasn't with each captain getting to pick from those signed done. Wendel Kaludjak scored on the power-play to up to play. make it 5-4 and Tristan Dias would get his second The final – and perhaps, most fitting – touch? Each with less than three minutes to go to tie the game at of the eight teams was named after some of the elder 5-5. fans who have passed on, those fans who were some Sudden-death overtime was required to decide it of the most well-respected and well-known in the and that's where Pujjuut Kusugak played the hero's community. role as he banged in a puck which came off the glass Pujjuut Kusugak played on the team named after and right in front of him to give his team a 6-5 win. his late father, Jose Kusugak, and he said it was a "We got fortunate on that one," said Kusugak. "We special feeling to be able to do so. had a couple of lucky bounces off the glass and one of "The organizers (including Troy Aksalnik) con- those landed right at my stick. I had an empty net to tacted to let me know they were hoping to do it and look at and put it in." it was a great honour," he said. "I asked my mom and In the B division final, Team Misheralak would sisters first to see if they were OK with it and they skate away victorious thanks to a 5-2 win over Team gave their blessing. It was a real classy gesture by Tattuinee. the organizers to include people that we remember as As with the minor hockey tournament held earlier being at the rink all the time, never missed a game, this month, this tournament employed 12-minute per- contributed so much to hockey here – it was very iods for round-robin games and 15-minute periods for special." the playoffs. There were also no fans allowed in the The teams were divided into two divisions with stands due to Covid-19 restrictions. three games guaranteed in the round-robin and at least Kusugak said it was a format which he felt went one playoff game. The winners of each divisional play- over well. photo courtesy of Pujjuut Kusugak off game would advance to their respective final and it "It felt a little longer in the playoffs but it was good David Clark, left, and Pujjuut Kusugak celebrate with the cham- would be Team Jose Kusugak versus Team Kowmuk for the round-robin because every game took around pionship trophy after Team Jose Kusugak won the Rankin Inlet in the A division final while Team Misheralak and one hour to play," he said. "I think the format may Hometown Hockey Tournament in Rankin Inlet on March 21. Team Tattuinee did battle in the B division decider. stick around for a while." Sensible and not so sensible decisions Northern News Services A sensible decision ᑕᒥᐅᕐ ᓱᒻᕼᐅᕐ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ Look, if you don't agree with the rules, there are other ways So the World Women's Curling Championship will be hap- ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᒪᒃᓯᑯᒥ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᑉ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐸᓗᐊᓂ. to go about showing your displeasure than what this prime pening after all. Curling Canada announced it will happen ᕿᒪᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᑳᕋᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐅᔪᒥ specimen did at Disney World in Florida. inside the bubble in Calgary, where everything has been hap- Kelly McKin was at the (allegedly) Happi- pening for curling over the past month. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓯᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᓈᓚᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ. est Place on Earth earlier this month and went You'll recall that the World Curling Federa- without a mask. Now, it's Disney's rules so you Sports tion cancelled the original version, which was have to wear a mask. If you don't want to, you supposed to happen in Switzerland this month can simply not go, as I would do. But McKin Talk but for reasons only known by just about every- decided it would be prudent to not only refuse one who's still drawing breath, it got canned. to put one on but proceed to load up and spit with James McCarthy The World Men's Curling Championship was on the guard that reminded him. That's battery already set to happen inside the bubble so it only in the state of Florida and he was rightfully made sense for the women's version to be held. charged with a crime. Not only is it a crime but it's just disgust- They couldn't honestly hold the men's event and not host the ing, no matter what age we're living in. I would have dealt with women. That wouldn't have been fair and I would have raised a it differently but you knew that already. stink about it. Anyway: Besides, there's Olympic qualification on the line and no event for the women would have made things awfully tough to It's a card collection, dude determine who would have the right to go to Beijing for Darren Rovell is an analyst in the world of sports betting and the 2022 Winter Olympics. sports business. He's also a pure dingbat of the highest order as For once, international sport bureaucrats got something evidenced by his latest misadventure. right. Rovell was tagged by a gentleman by the name of Frankie Everiette on Twitter on March 13 with a photo of his late fath- And finally ... er's card collection. There are all sorts of cards: Topps, Don- Good Idea: Walking off the tennis court in protest over russ, Upper Deck, Fleer etc. Anyone who collected cards like I something serious. did in the 1990s will know those names because they were the Bad Idea: Walking off the tennis court over one call. card companies you wanted, if you ever wanted to sell. I have seen outbursts like this before and only in tennis can Now, card collecting has taken a nosedive in recent years one player become so agitated to the point where they end up and judging from Everiette's collection, he wouldn't exactly acting worse than my five-year-old when her iPad gets taken photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons set off the jackpot bell with what's there but that wasn't good away. Damir Dzumhur walked off the court during a enough for Rovell. No, Rovell decided the entire collection was Damir Dzumhur was playing in the ATP 500 event in Aca- junk. That's right – Mr. Everiette goes through his late father's pulco, Mexico earlier this month in men's singles versus Botic match in Mexico earlier this month. Before he cards and Rovell is worried about the monetary value of it all. van de Zandschulp. It's 5-5 in the opening set, 11 th game, left, he had some words for the chair umpire which Which, by the way, wasn't even mentioned in Everiette's tag deuce. Van de Zandschulp hits a forehand slice which the line caused a few ears to perk up. to Rovell and was pointed out by a few people who responded judge felt caught enough of the back service line and called it to Rovell. Rovell tried to puff his chest out and convince people in. Dzumhur didn't think so and wanted the umpire to overrule. Well, that was enough for Dzumhur, who fist-bumped van that the reason he was tagged was to get a price on it and It didn't happen. de Zandschulp and walked off but not before giving the chair everyone knew he was full of high-grade horse fertilizer by that You know what's coming next, right? umpire one last parting shot. point. This is what Rovell's modus operandi is. He's someone Dzumhur did what most professional tennis players do when If you watch the video and listen close, you'll hear Dzumhur who once got mad at another sportswriter about the grab bag they don't get their way: go to the umpire, complain, tell them tell the umpire something which sounded close to how he was during a Super Bowl media week so I wouldn't expect anything how horrible they are and continue to do so for the rest of the going to kill him. It's not totally clear but it sure sounds like it. less. It's Rovell's job to write about the business end of sports match. Dzumhur must've said the magic word because he was Now, it looked like the ball was out and if Dzumhur wants but Everiette didn't want to monetize things. He simply showed given a court violation and a warning in between games. to ask about it, he's well within his rights to. But this does noth- Rovell his collection and that's it. After winning a point in the next game, Dzumhur kept it up ing to convince people that tennis players are sulky and spoiled. Someone needs to learn to just take the L. and was given another court violation, which was a point penalty. I'll say this, though: he's no Viktor Troicki. 12 kivalliq news, Wednesday, March 24, 2021 r?9o3ur?9o3u iWK5, iWK5, WzJx8i, W1ZJx8i, ᒫµ5y5y 24, 2021

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