2020 ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ www.qia.ca TUSARASSAT

ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ−19−ᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕆᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ QIA COVID-19 RESPONSE

ᑭᒃᑰᓂᖏᑦ: ᑯᐃᓐᑎᐊᓐ ᓴᓚ, ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ ᐊᐅᕗᕆ ᓯᐊᐳᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ PROFILES: QUENTIN SALA, SANIKILUAQ AUBREY SHEPPARD, IQALUIT

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2 ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ − IN MEMORY – ᔮᓐ ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᑯᑉᓗ JOHNNY MALAIYA KUBLU ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ) ᕿᔅᓵᑉᐳᑦ QIA is saddened by the passing of our Igloolik Board Member, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓯᔭᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦᑎᓐᓂ Johnny Malaiya Kublu in May 2020. QIA extends condolences ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᖅ, ᔮᓂ ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᑯᑉᓗ ᒪᐃ, 2020-ᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ to his family, friends and community members. ᓇᓪᓕᒍᓱᑉᐳᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᖃᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ. “Johnny Malaiya Kublu was a kind, humble and well-respected “ᔮᓂ ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᑯᑉᓗ ᑐᙵᓇᓚᐅᕐᖓᑦ, ᒥᑭᓪᓕᑎᕐᓯᒪᕙᑦᑐᓂᓗ community leader,” says QIA President, P.J. Akeeagok, “he had ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ,” a passion for our culture and worked hard to record and preserve ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ, ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, the knowledge of Inuit Elders. He will be greatly missed.” “ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᓪᓚᕆᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᖓᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔅᓱᕈᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᖓᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖏᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ Johnny Malaiya Kublu was born in Nunasiaq, near Pond Inlet, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ. ᑭᖑᓂᖃᓈᖅᑕᐅᓪᓚᕆᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.” and raised in Igloolik. He was serving his second term as QIA’s Community Director for Igloolik. He was first elected in 2014. ᔮᓂ ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᑯᑉᓗ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓯᐊᕐᒥ, ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᐅᑉ During his time with the Board, he served as a member of the ᐱᕈᕐᓴᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ. ᑐᖏᓕᐊᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ QIA Finance Committee. Kublu was also a Government Liaison ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᒥ Officer with the Government of Nunavut. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ 2014ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑯᑉᓗ One of Kublu’s passions was his work recording Elders’ knowledge, ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ. a record which is now resource material for the Piqqusilirivvik cultural school in Clyde River. ᑯᑉᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓗᐊᙳᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ Johnny Malaiya Kublu is survived by his wife, Veronica Aqiaruq Kublu, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒻᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒻᒥ. his eight children and many grandchildren. ᔮᓂ ᒪᓚᐃᔭ ᑯᑉᓗ ᕿᒪᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᓄᓕᐊᖓ, ᕗᕌᓂᑲ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᑯᑉᓗ, ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᒐᓴᖏᑦ.

TUSARASSAT l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l 2020 3 ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT A VISIT TO SANIKILUAQ Our January visit to Sanikiluaq was a testament to the hospitality and generosity of this hamlet. Our president, P.J. Akeeagok led this community trip to Sanikiluaq to discuss QIA’s areas of priority in 2020. QIA staff joined him for meetings with ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓯᒪᓂᖅ Hamlet Mayor and council, hamlet staff, members of the Hunters and ᓴᓂᑭᓗᒧᐊᓐ Trappers Organization and the ᔮᓐᓄᐊᕆᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓯᒪᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᕗᑦ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒧᓐ Community Lands and Resources ᓇᓗᓇᕈᓐᓃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑐᓐᖓᓇᕐᓂᖏᓂᑦ Committee. The team also hosted an ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᖏᓂᓪᓗ ᕼᐋᒪᓚᒃᑯᖏᑦ. ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᕗᑦ, ᐲᔭᐃ open house for Sanikiluaq residents at ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎᒍ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᒨᕐᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᑐᒍᑦ the community hall. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᒍᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ 2020 ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᕐᑐᖅᑐᑕ. The trip began with a meeting at the ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ Hamlet chambers where participants ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑎᖃᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕼᐋᒪᓚᖓᑕ ᒪᐃᔭᖓᓂᑦ contributed to discussions about ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᓪᓗ, ᕼᐋᒪᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᖏᓂᑦ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖏᓂᑦ. ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓯᒪᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᖃᐃᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᓱᑦᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ.

4 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᒍᑦ ᕼᐋᒪᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᖓᓂ protecting the waters adjacent to ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ Sanikiluaq and how QIA could provide ᖃᓄᖅᑑᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᖁᔨᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᑉ leadership on this work. QIA also ᐊᕙᓗᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᖓᓂᖕ ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ provided an update on our recent work ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ with parks and conservation areas, ᐱᔭᑦᓴᒧᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ including discussing the details on the ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦᑎᒍ model used to secure the Agreements ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᓕᕆᕙᑦᑐᑦ, related to the Tallurutiup Imanga ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ National Marine Conservation Area and ᐱᐅᓯᕆᓚᐅᕐᑕᖓ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᓕᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area. ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕙᐃᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒃ. Afterwards, community members gathered at the community hall for an open house where ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥ everyone participated in a presentation about ᑲᑎᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᒪᑐᐃᓐᖔᕐᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ QIA’s priorities for 2020. The Hunters and ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᑎᑦ Trappers Organization provided char and other ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᒍᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ 2020 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ. country food and the evening was concluded ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᓂᕿᖃᕐᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᖕ with draws for door prizes. ᐃᖃᓗᓂᖕ ᐊᓯᖏᓂᓪᓗ ᓂᕿᓂᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓱᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᕋᑦᑕ ᓵᓚᑦᓴᕋᓱᐊᕐᑐᓂᑦ ᐹᒥ QIA staff visited Patsaali High School the next ᓇᓚᐅᑦᓵᕈᑎᑖᖅᑲᐅᔪᓂᖕ ᐊᒧᓯᔪᖃᕐᑐᓂ. day and conducted an interactive presentation ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᖏᑦ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ to all the students about our programs and ᐸᑦᓵᓕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᑐᐊᕐᖓᑦ opportunities for youth. Other team members ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᕕᐅᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᓕᒫᑦ joined the Hunters and Trappers Organization ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᒻᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓴᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓪᓗ for an on-the-land trip where they sampled ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ some of the local country food including fresh ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᑐᓄᑦ sea urchins. ᐆᑦᑐᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕿᖏᓂᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᓂᕐᒥᖕ ᐃᑎᓂᖕ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᓐᓂᖕ.

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ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖁᑎᕗᑦ WE GOT OUR ᐊᑭᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᑎᔪᔭᕗᑦ BOOKS SIGNED ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅ AT THE ANNUAL ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ AUTHORS’ EVENT ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ Every year, during Inuktitut Language ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅ, ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᑉ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ Month in February, we partner with ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆᒥ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᑲᑦᑕ ᐃᓐᕼᐋᐱᑦ Inhabit media to showcase the Inuktitut ᒦᑎᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖓᔪᓂᒃ books we help develop for young readers ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ at the authors’ event in Iqaluit. This year ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑭᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑎᓄᑦ the event was held on February 15 at the ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ Frobisher Inn and was expanded to include ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ the Nunavut Children’s Film Festival ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆ 15-ᒥ ᐳᕉᐱᓱ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ featuring short animations in Inuktitut. ᐊᖏᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓕᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔫᓕᐊᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᑯᓐᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᕕᐅᔪᔪᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᔫᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᑦ.

6 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᒪᒃᑯᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᑎᒃ Young fans gathered at the event to ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᒋᓛᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ meet their favourite writers and get their ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅᑖᒥᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᒃ books signed. QIA had a booth at the ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑐᒥᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ venue and helped celebrate the occasion ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖓ ᓵᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᐅᔪᒥ by handing out prizes to the participants. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᓯᐊᒃᓴᓂᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ. Each day in February we showcased a different children’s book on our ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ social media pages. These books were ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓈᖅᑎᖅᑐᒋᑦ produced with help from QIA. The digital ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ links to the free Inuktitut copies of the ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖓᓄᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐳᓚᐅᑎᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ. books were shared to help Inuit access ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᓱᖅᕕᒃᓴᖅᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ all the great resources available for ᐊᑭᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᒃ children and families. ᑎᑭᓴᐃᔪᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ, ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᐅᔪᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ.

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ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ NORTHERN ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᓂᖅ LIGHTS ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2020, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ CONFERENCE ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ In February 2020, QIA attended the ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖃᔪᒻᒪᑕ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᕕᐅᕙᑦᑐᖅ Northern Lights Business and Cultural ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᐸᑦᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ Showcase. This event is an opportunity ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓲᑎᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᓂ to celebrate our community and ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓂᑦ culture and connect with many ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᐸᑦᑐᓂᑦ organizations, groups and businesses ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. that work in the Inuit Nunangat.

ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ This year, QIA’s President Akeeagok ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᔪᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᓂᕐᒥ, spoke at the conference, delivering a ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᑕ presentation about the work QIA is doing ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒥᒃ to build a conservation economy in the ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ. Qikiqtani Region. His talk focussed on the ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓗᐊᔪᔪᖅ ᐱᕈᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ investments gained through the recent ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ Tallurutiup Imanga Marine Conservation ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒫᓂ Area and Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᑐᕙᐃᔪᐃᑦᑐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᒫᓂ Area Agreements. These investments ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᐅᔫᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ include infrastructure, jobs, and a new ᐱᕈᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ Inuit-governance model. ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᔅᓴᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᑖᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ− ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.

8 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT “ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ In addition to taking part in the ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓪᓚᑦᑖᖑᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᕕ ᔪᐊᓂᕐᒥ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ conference, QIA’s President and team ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ also used the Ottawa visit to meet ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ. ᐋᑐᕚᓕᐊᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᒃ with various ministers and politicians ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ-ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ to discuss QIA’s work to date and ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ- ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕐᐸᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖏᑕ our goals for 2020 and beyond. ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ.” ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕌᒐᑦᑕ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ 2020ᒥ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ. Our team also showcased new ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ publications, made lots of new ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᕗᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ connections and saw wonderful Inuit ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᑲᓲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑎᒃ art, fashion, music and ingenuity at ᖃᐅᔨᔭᕆᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑎᒃ work. QIA was proud to sponsor ᐱᐅᔫᑎᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᓂᑦ, “Tallurutiup Imanga is a Qikiqtani jeweller Matthew Nuqingaq, ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ, ᓂᔾᔭᐅᑎᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ blueprint of what a true who displayed his work at this year’s ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓇᙱᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ. conference. conservation economy could ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒃᑯᒍᓱᑉᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᔭᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᑕᑯᒥᓴᐅᑎᓕᐅᖅᑎᒥᒃ ᒫᑎᐅ look like. It is Inuit-driven ᓄᕿᙵᕐᒥᒃ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ and Inuit-led.” ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᔾᔪᐊᓂᕐᒥ. QIA President P.J. Akeeagok

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ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑦ

ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᓱᓕ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒻᒪᑕ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᔅᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᕙᑦᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᒃᑯᒍᓲᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ.

ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ, ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, ᑐᓂᓯᔪᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ 2019ᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓰᑦ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕ 5, 2020ᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒡᒍᑏᑦ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓈᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ARCTIC INSPIRATION ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ $2.6 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ (Northern Compass) ᓵᓚᔅᓴᔪᔪᑦ PRIZE $1 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᕙᑦᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ Once again, the Arctic Inspiration Prize ceremony provided ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥᓗ ᐱᔭᕇᕐᓯᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᒥᓪᓗ an opportunity to celebrate the many projects and programs ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ. mounted by Inuit across the Inuit Nunangat that foster pride in our culture and empower our youth.

QIA President, P.J. Akeeagok, presented one of the 2019 Arctic Inspiration Prize awards at the Northern Lights Business and Cultural Showcase on February 5, 2020.

Eight teams from across Canada’s North were awarded a share of over $2.6 million. Northern Compass won the top $1 million award for their program which helps northern youth in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories succeed in university and college life.

10 ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒃᑯᔾᔨᕗᑦ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᕋᔅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ QIA congratulates all the nominees and winners of the ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓵᓚᔅᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ Arctic Inspiration Prize, especially noting those from ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ the Qikiqtani Region. ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓃᙶᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ. The Arctic Inspiration Prize is an annual award that ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ provides funding for innovative projects in the North. Each ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓲᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᔅᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ year, the Arctic Inspiration Prize awards up to $3 million: ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ a $1 million prize, up to four prizes that are awarded up ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᑦᑐᑦ $3 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ: $1 to $500,000 each, and up to seven youth prizes of up to ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᔅᓴᓂᑦ, ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᓐᓇᐸᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᔪᑦ $100,000 each. $500,000ᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᓴᒪᐅᔪᙱᒐᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᓖᑦ $100,000ᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ.

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ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ Q-STEP TO ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ SUCCESS ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ QIA is proud of the Qikiqtani Inuit who ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ (ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ) completed the Heavy Equipment Training, ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖓ part of the Qikiqtani Skills and Training for Employment Partnership (Q-STEP). In ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ February 2020, QIA President, P.J. Akeeagok ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᑦᑐᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ travelled to Morrisburg, Ontario to meet with ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᑐᕆᐅᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ, recent graduates and new students. Akeeagok ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ spoke with the students about their training ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ and career goals and how Q-STEP can help ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ. ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕᒥ them achieve success. 2020ᒥ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᐲᔨᐊ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, ᒧᐊᕆᔅᐴᒡᓕᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐆᒥ Many of the graduating students expressed ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓂᒃ pride in their accomplishments throughout ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ. ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ the course and optimism for their future ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ career. Some graduates indicated interest in ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ continuing on their training and education ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᕿᑭᖅᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ paths to get additional qualifications — others ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ spoke about starting jobs using their skills as ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ Heavy Equipment Operators. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᔪᓂ.

ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒻᒪᕆᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᖕᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᑦ

12 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ The Q-STEP initiative boosts skills ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ. development for Qikiqtani Inuit. This training ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ has provided a way for our graduates to ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᒍᒪᓂᕋᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ build a meaningful career path in numerous ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ — ᐊᓯᖏᑦ industries including the mining sector. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅᑖᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᑦᑐᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ. Inuit can register for Q-STEP through QIA’s labour pool database, Tuttarvik. This online ᑖᓐᓇ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ resource includes a job posting board and ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ several free e-learning courses, as well as ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᑖᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ training opportunities such as Q-STEP. Contact ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ us at [email protected] to learn more. ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᒃᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ The Q-STEP program is run by QIA with ᓴᓇᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᔭᕋᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. support from the Government of Canada.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᐊᓂᑦ, ᑐᑦᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᖃᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᓱᕐᓗ ᐆᒥᖓ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ. ᐊᑏ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓕᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ [email protected] ᑐᑭᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ.

ᑖᓐᓇ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ.

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ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᖓᓐᓂ WINNERS OF THE FOURTH ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ANNUAL QIA SONG/POEM ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑕ ᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᓛᖑᓂ- CONTEST ᑭᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ/ QIA hosted a song/poem contest during Inuktitut Language ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᑦᑎᐊᓛᖑᓂ- month in February. ᑭᓴᐅᑎᑎᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ The winners were: First Prize, $400 winner – Jeremy Attagutsiak, from Arctic Bay, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᐅᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᔪᒻᒪᑕ/ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᑎᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᔪᒻᒪᑕ submitted a song called “Isiravin” which describes “a person coming ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. in and lighting up the room and lighting up the future with their ᓵᓚᔅᓴᔪᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ: energy”. Jeremy has been working on this song for a long time and was motivated to complete the lyrics for the contest. $400 ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᓵᓚᔅᓴᖅᑐᖅ, ᔨᐅᕋᒥ ᐊᑕᒍᑦᓯᐊᖅ. ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ. ᑐᓂᓯᔪᔪᖅ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒎᓯᓕᒃ “ᐃᓯᕋᕕᓐ”. Second prize, $300 winner – Charlie Quasa, from Igloolik, wrote ᐃᙱᐅᓯᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓕᒃ “ᐃᓄᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᓯᕐᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ a poem called “Aqiattuttiapaa” about “going out hunting and ᐃᓪᓗᕈᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᒻᒪᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖓᓂᒃ fishing during winter and spring, harvesting for the Elders and the ᐃᑉᐱᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ”. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓂᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᓕᐊᕆᒐᓱᔅᓯᒪᔭᖓ community, enjoying having a feast with families and friends”. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᒪᓕᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᐅᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᔪᖃᓕᕐᖓᑦ Third prize, $200 winner – Ivan Angili Koonoo and William Koonoo, brothers from Pond Inlet, performed an original song $300 ᑐᖏᓕᐊ ᓵᓚᔅᓴᖅᑐᖅ, ᓵᓕ ᖁᐊᓴ. ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ. “Tullugakuluk” featuring Ivan on keyboards and William on vocals. ᑎᑎᕋᔪᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᒻᒥᒃ “ᐊᕿᐊᑦᑐᑦᑎᐊᐹ”, “ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓯᒪᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᐱᕐᖔᑯᓪᓗ, ᐊᖑᓂᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑐᓂ ᓂᕆᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖃᑎᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ”

$200 ᐱᖓᔪᐊᑦ ᓵᓚᔅᓴᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᐃᕙᓐ ᐊᖏᓕ ᑯᓄ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻ ᑯᓄ. ᑕᒪᒃᑮᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᑖᒃ. ᐃᙱᐅᓯᓕᐊᒥᓂᖓ “ᑐᓗᒐᑯᓗᒃ” ᐊᐃᕙᓐ ᐱᐊᓇᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐃᓕᐊᒻ ᐃᙱᖅᑐᓂ

ᐃᓯᕋᕕᓐ ISIRAVIN 14 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᔪᒋᓕᖅᑕᖓᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR QIA ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑎᒻᒪᑕ IS OFFERING $205,000 $205,000ᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ IN SCHOLARSHIPS ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᓂᑦ QIA provides scholarships worth $2,500 to 80 Qikiqtani students each year. These ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᒻᒪᑕ 80ᓄᑦ are awarded on a first-come-first-serve basis ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ $2,500ᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ to students from Qikiqtani who are pursuing ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ−ᑐᔅᓯᕋᐅᓯᐅᖅᑳᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ post-secondary education. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᐸᑦᑐᓄᑦ. QIA also awards the John Amagoalik ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᔮᓐ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᒃ $5,000ᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ $5,000 Scholarship to one student ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ each year. This scholarship honors the ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓲᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ efforts of John Amagoalik towards ᔮᓐ ᐊᒪᕈᐊᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ. ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ the betterment of Inuit in Nunavut. ᐄᒪᓕ ᖄᐱᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᐅᔪᔪᖅ 2019ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. Iqaluit’s Emily Karpik was the recipient for 2019.

“ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕐᐹᓘᔪᓯ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᓪᓚᕆᒻᒪᑦ! ᑖᒃᑯᐊ “Thank you so much for the great news! ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᒃᑲ ᖁᔭᒋᑦᑎᐊᑕᒃᑲ!” This scholarship is very much appreciated!” - ᑭᐅᕋᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ - Karen Aglukark

“ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑐᓴᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑕᐅᒐᒪ, “Thanks for the great news, this payment ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑏᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ will be a great help for my schooling.” ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓐᓄᑦ.” - Charlie Qumuatuq - ᓵᓕ ᖁᒻᒧᐊᑦᑐᖅ “I’m excited about this scholarship, “ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓪᓚᕆᑦᑕᒃᑲ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ thank you very much.” ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᒃᑲ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᓪᓚᕆᐊᓗᒃ.” - James Kuplu - ᔭᐃᒥᓯ ᑯᑉᓗ “I want to thank QIA for this “ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ scholarship. I’m really grateful for the ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᓐᓄᑦ, ᖁᔭᓕᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᖓ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ help towards achieving my Masters ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᒃᑲ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᓐᓄᑦ, of Business Administration.” - James Arreak ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᖁᕝᕙᓯᓐᓂᕐᐹᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ.” - ᔭᐃᒥᓯ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ 15 ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐃᓗᓕᖃᐅᕐᑐᖅ. ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ - ᓴᐳᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᑦ ᑐᕙᐃᔪᑦᑑᑉ TALLURUTIUP ᑕᕆᐅᖓᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᓴᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑏᑦ $190 ᒥᓕᔭᓂᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ IMANGA - NEW ᐊᔪᕆᕐᓯᐅᔾᔨᒍᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ OUTREACH ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᕐᑖᕈᑎᑦᓴᖏᓄᓪᓗ ᐋᒋᓯ 1, 2019ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᕐᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ 39ᓂᖕ GUIDE ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᖓ ᑐᕉᑐ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓪᓚᑦᑖᓂᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᑦᓯᔭᕐᑐᓕᕐᑐᓂ ᐱᔭᕇᕐᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓖᓂᐊᕐᓂᕋᕐᑐᑎᖕ ᓴᓇᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ On August 1, 2019 Prime Minister Trudeau ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᕐᔪᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ visited Iqaluit to announce the successful ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᕐᑖᕈᑎᑦᓴᖏᓄᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ. completion of the Tallurutiup Imanga ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᒍᑕᐅᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᖕ Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement and ᑐᕙᐃᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᖓᓄᓐ. ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓯᐊᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ interim protection for Tuvaijuittuq Marine ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓕᖅᑭᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ Protected Area. ᑕᓪᓕᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᐅᓗᑎᖕ ᑭᖑᓂᖔᑦᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᕐᑖᕈᑎᑦᓴᖏᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᓪᓗ The Tallurutiup Imanga Inuit Impact and (IIBA) ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ $54.8 ᒥᓕᔭᓂᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒌᑦᓯᐊᑐᐊᖅᐸᑕ Benefit Agreement (IIBA) represents a $54.8 million investment in Nunavut. The Agreements related to interim protection for Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area include over $190 million dollars of investment in Nunavut. The Tallurutiup Imanga IIBA created 39 new meaningful jobs within the Qikiqtani Region and will provide investments in infrastructure in each of the five impacted communities.

The success of these Agreements is a blueprint for the future and shows what can be achieved when Inuit and the Federal Government work together. These unprecedented Agreements ensure Inuit governance of the protected areas, jobs for Inuit as environmental stewards and funding to build new marine infrastructure.

16 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓂᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐸᐅᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᖐᒍᑕᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓂᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒥᖕ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕐᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓯᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᖕ ᐸᐸᑦᓯᔨᐅᓗᑎᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦᑎᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒥᐅᑕᓕᕆᓂᖕᒧᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᕐᔪᐊᓂᑦ.

ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆ 2020ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᓄᑖᒥᖕ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᔪᕆᕐᓯᐅᔾᔨᒍᑎᓂᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕙᐃᔪᐃᑦᑑᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓂᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᔪᕆᕐᓯᐅᔾᔨᒍᑏᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᒋᐊᕈᓯᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑖᒥᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐱᕕᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᑕ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᓂᖕ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᕐᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᖕ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓐᖑᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑑᕐᑐᑎᓪᓗ.

ᐊᔪᕆᕐᓯᐅᔾᔨᒍᑏᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᓴᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓕᖓᓪᓗᑎᖕ: ᐃᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᖑᔪᕐᑕᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᖏᑦ. ᑐᖑᔪᖅᑕᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᑦ. ᖃᑯᖅᑕᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓐᖑᐊᓂᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔾᔨᓐᖑᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᓂᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᓂᑦ ᓇᐃᓈᕐᑐᒋᑦ In February 2020, QIA launched an outreach pages and the white pages. The blue pages ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᕙᐃᔪᐃᑦᑑᖅ guide for the Tallurutiup Imanga National explain key terms needed to understand the ᑕᕆᐅᖓᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᖏᓂᑦ. ᖃᑯᖅᑕᖅ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᖏᑦ Marine Conservation Area and Tuvaijuittuq Agreements. The white pages include maps ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᑐᐃᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓂᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ Marine Protected Area Agreements. and infographics and plain language summaries ᐱᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᑐᐃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ This guide explains the new approach to to illustrate the key elements contained in ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᕐᔪᐊᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ governance and investments and allows the Agreements pertaining to the Tallurutiup ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᓂᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᕐᑎᑦᓯᒍᑏᑦ. Inuit to have full access to all the benefits Imanga and Tuvaijuittuq marine areas. The negotiated in these Agreements through white pages explain the roles of governing ᐊᔪᕆᕐᓯᐅᔾᔨᒍᑏᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕋᑦᓴᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ infographics and plain language text in both bodies and they also highlight information on ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᑦᑕ ᐱᑐᕝᕕᖓᒍᑦ. Inuktitut and English. infrastructure investments and job creation.

The guide is divided into two sections: the blue The guide can be accessed through our website.

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$100K ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ $100K TO HUNTERS ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᑦ AND TRAPPERS ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ORGANIZATIONS IN FIVE ᓄᓇᓕᖏᖕᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔪᑦ TALLURUTIUP IMANGA ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ (ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ) ᑐᓂᓯᐅᖅᑲᐃᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ COMMUNITIES $100,000ᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ (ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ) ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᑕ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒪᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᕙᑖᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ QIA distributed $100,000 to Hunters and Trappers Organizations ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᔪᒃ, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ (HTOs) in the five Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ. Area communities of Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet and Resolute Bay. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᓄᑦ ᐋᔩᕋᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ The funds are part of the benefits negotiated as part of ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓄᑦ (IIBA) ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᒡᒌᓯ 2019ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. the Tallurutiup Imanga Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA) with the Government of Canada in August 2019. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᐅᒍᒫᕐᓂᐊᕐᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓯᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ The money is intended to assist Hunters and Trappers ᕿᓄᕕᐅᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖏᓐᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒋᑦ Organizations strengthen their capacity to respond to an increase ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖏᑦ, ᓴᖅᑭᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ in requests related to their duties under the Nunavut Agreement, ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒫᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒃ. arising from the establishment of Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area.

18 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ Under the Tallurutiup Imanga Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑎᒍᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ the five HTOs will receive $250,000 each fiscal year. ᑐᓂᓯᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ $250,000ᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᕖᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒋᑦ. The $100,000 for each HTO is the allocation for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal years. $100,000 ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ 2019-2020ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 2020-2021ᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᕖᓐᓄᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓐᓄᒃ. QIA conducted consultations with each of the HTOs in January and February 2020 about their needs and plans for these funds. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᖃᔪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ Many of the HTOs are planning to use the money to bolster their ᔮᓐᓄᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍᓗ 2020 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ office space, procure necessary equipment, conduct research and ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᒋᒋᓕᐊᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ host community events. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓄᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᒫᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᖃᕐᕕᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓂᐅᕕᐅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᖅᑖᕆᒋᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᔅᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ.

“ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ “Our goal with this Agreement was not only to ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ, “ᑐᕌᒐᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ protect our waters but also to provide opportunities ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓂᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᐊᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᒪᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ for our communities. Hunters and Trappers ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕋᔅᓴᖃᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖁᑎᕗᑦ. Organizations are at the heart of Qikiqtani ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒻᒧᐊᓃᒻᒪᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ, communities, they play a central role in keeping our ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᐹᖑᕙᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ traditional skills alive, monitoring our environment ᐆᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ and feeding our communities.” ᓂᕆᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ.” QIA President P.J. Akeeagok ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᐸᐅᓗᓯ ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ

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ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ HARVESTING WITH ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᓂᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑎᓂᑦ THE POND INLET ᐋᒡᒌᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑎᒋᔪᔭᕗᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ NAUTTIQSUQTIIT ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᑐᑕ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᒧᑦ. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑎᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ In August, QIA accompanied the Pond Inlet Nauttiqsuqtiit on a ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᑖᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦ ᐋᔩᕋᕈᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ harvesting trip to Eclipse Sound. The Pond Inlet team is one of ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ the new Nauttiqsuqtiit branches in the five Tallurutiup Imanga ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᒡᒌᓯ 2019ᒥ. communities, these new positions were negotiated through the Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement ratified in August 2019. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓗᑭᐊᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ, ᐃᔨᒋᔭᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᓯᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒧᑦ. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᕙᑎᖓᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ The Nauttiqsuqtiit, or Inuit stewards, are the eyes and ears of ᖃᓂᒋᔭᖓᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᑖᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᑦᑐᑎᒃ the conservation area. They monitor the regions near their ᐊᖑᓂᑦᑕᒥᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ, ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᑦ communities and also share their harvests with community ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑎᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ. members. In Pond Inlet, we currently have three Nauttiqsuqtiit.

ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑎᕈᓚᐅᕋᑎᒃ ᓱᓕ, ᔭᐃᒥᓯ ᑯᓄᒃ, ᓕᐅ ᒪᒃᑖᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᕋᐃᔭᓐ Before they were Nauttiqsuqtiit, James Kunuk, Leo Maktar, ᐊᕐᓇᑲᓪᓚᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᕐᓂᕐᒥ and Ryan Arnakalak were involved in QIA’s community-based ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ 2017ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ monitoring program. This program began in 2017 and was ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐆᑦᑐᕋᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ operated as a pilot project for monitoring, training, skills ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᓴᕐᓂᒥᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ development and capacity building in the community. This ᐱᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓯᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᑦ is where the Pond Inlet Nauttiqsuqtiit got their start at QIA. ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

20 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT “ᖁᔭᓕᔪᖓ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ “I’m glad that I got hired as a Nauttiqsuqtiit,” says Leo Maktar, ᓕᐅ ᒪᒃᑖᖅ, “ᐃᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᔪᖓ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ “I want to learn more about the land and teach my young kids ᕿᑐᕐᖓᒃᑲ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᕗᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ.” so the traditions can go on.”

ᓂᐅᕐᕈᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑖᑉ ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᖓᓄᑦ ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᒥ, ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ During the visit at Maktar’s cabin in Eclipse Sound, the ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔪᔪᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᑐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒫᓂ, ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Nauttiqsuqtiit made observations on vegetation in the area, ᐱᐅᓯᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᒫᓂᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓪᓗ. ᐊᖑᓂᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ weather conditions and the movements of marine life and ᓇᑦᑎᕐᓂᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᖅᑕᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᖏᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ. birds. They also harvested seals which were shared with Inuit in Pond Inlet. ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓖᑦ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᒫᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᕕᒻᒥ. ᓂᕆᐅᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᑲᓐᓂᓛᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ Our Pond Inlet Nauttiqsuqtiit are doing important work in the ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᔅᓴᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area. We ᐱᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒻᒥᐅᓂᑦ, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒻᒥᐅᓂᑦ, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᓂᑦ hope to share more pictures and videos from our other teams ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᓂᓪᓗ ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᔅᓴᑎᓐᓂ. in Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord.

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ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅᑖᖅᑲᐅᑦ NEW GUIDES ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ TO HELP INUIT ᓄᓘᔮᓕᓂᕆᐅᑉ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ UNDERSTAND ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2020, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ THE MARY RIVER ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ PROJECT ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓂᑦ (ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ). In February 2020, QIA launched a guide ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᖓᑕ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂᑦ for the Mary River Inuit Impact and ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ Benefit Agreement (IIBA). ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᔅᓴᐃᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᓪᓗ, ᐃᑲᔫᑎvᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ, The IIBA addresses important considerations ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᕐᓱᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ such as Inuit employment and training, ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐸᓚᕐᔫᒥᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ support for communities, project monitoring ᑳᓐᑐᓛᒃᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕋᔅᓴᓂᑦ. and environmental mitigation measures, and contracting opportunities. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᕕᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᕋᔭᒃᓴᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ In June 2020, QIA and Baffinland Iron Mines ᐊᑎᓕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ signed an Inuit Certainty Agreement (ICA). ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᔫᓐ The commitments agreed to under the ICA 16, 2020ᒥ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ will be incorporated into the Mary River ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ Project IIBA and Commercial Lease. ᓄᓘᔮᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕈᑎᒧᓪᓗ.

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ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᐋᖅᑮᔪᑦ The ICA sets a new benchmark for Inuit ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᓂᐊᓕᕐᒥᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ benefit agreements. The ICA provides ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓄᑦ. greater Inuit control and oversight, direct ᐊᖏᕈᑎ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ community benefits and new and expanded ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᓐ- programs for Inuit in communities impacted ᓇᕐᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, ᑐᕌᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ by the Mary River Project. ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂ The Mary River IIBA and ICA Outreach ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ Guides are an initiative designed to make ᓄᓘᔮᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ. the Mary River Agreements more accessible and easier to understand. QIA created the ᓄᓘᔮᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ outreach material to ensure that Inuit in ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ the Qikiqtani Region had full access to and ᐋᖅᑭᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓘᔮᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ information about the benefits outlined in ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᓂᕐᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ the Agreements. ᑐᑭᓯᔭᕐᓂᓂᕐᓴᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᓴᓇᔪᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓘᔮᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ The guides can be accessed through EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE SUBSIDY ᒥᔅᓵᑦᓄ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑎᓂᑦ our website. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᖃᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᔅᓴᐃᑦ

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓘᔭᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓂᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖃᐅᖅᑐᑎᑦ Inuit employed through the Mary River Project who have children ᒥᔅᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᑦ 14−ᓂᑦ ᑐᖔᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᖅᑖᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᓖᑦ under 14 years old and live in Nunavut, will receive a fixed subsidy ᐊᑐᓂ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᐅᒐᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᒪᓗᑎᑦ. per child, per day.

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᑐᖔᓂᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ $19 ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᒧᑦ, This subsidy will be at least $19 per child, per day. ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ. This subsidy is intended to reduce the barrier of affordable childcare ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᒋᔭᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕝᕕᐊᕈᑎᖃᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᕋᒃᓴᓂᑦ that many Inuit workers face, especially women. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ. ᐸᐃᕆᕕᓐᓄᑦᓄ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᕈᑎᒋᓲᕆᒻᒪᒋᑦ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᔪᑦ.

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ. INUIT AND NON-INUIT FIRM SPEND ᓄᓘᔮᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ 26 MARY RIVER INUIT CERTAINTY AGREEMENT ᓄᓘᔮᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ $ $ ᒥᔅᓴᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᔭᔅᓴᐃᑦ.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖒᔪᓄᑦ Reporting requirements for money spent on Inuit and Non-Inuit Firms ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓘᔭᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓄᑦ ᕚᐸᓐᓛᓐ−ᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ for the Mary River Project will now require Baffinland to provide more ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ detail to QIA. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ. This will provide greater clarity for QIA to properly determine that benefits ᓱᖅᑯᐃᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐱᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ are flowing to Inuit-Owned firms and ensure that the IIBA is being ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒍᓐᓇᓕᕋᔭᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖃᖅᑐᓅᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ followed properly. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ ᒪᓕᑦᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ.

ᓄᓘᔮᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎ 30 MARY RIVER INUIT CERTAINTY AGREEMENT

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ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑏᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᖕᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᖏᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ WILLING AND WAITING TO HELP NURSES IN THE QIKIQTANI REGION REFLECT ON THEIR JOBS

ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᓗᐊᙳᐊᓕᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓗᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑎᑦ Now, more than ever, is a time to celebrate and appreciate the nurses ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑲᒪᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑲᐅᑦᑎᐊᙱᑎᓪᓗᑕ. ᒪᕐᕉᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑎᓂ who care for us when we are unwell. QIA spoke to nurses from the ᐅᖃᓕᒪᖃᑎᖃᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᖏᑕ Qikiqtani Region about their work during Nursing Week 2020. ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᖓᓂ 2020ᒥ.

ᐅᓖᐱᑲ ᓛᖕᓯᑎᐊᓪ Rebecca Lonsdale

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ There is never a dull moment working at an ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓗᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ out-patient clinic and the in-patient unit. This ᐅᓖᐱᑲᐅᑉ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᖓᑦ is something Rebecca Lonsdale realized on ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ the job at the Qikiqtani General Hospital as a ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2006ᒥ. new nurse in 2006. What started as a routine ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᔪᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᐊᖃᕋᓱᒋᓪᓗᖓ patient call became an experience of a life ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙ ᐅᐸᓗᖕᓇᖅᓯᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ minutes later when Lonsdale single‑handedly ᐃᓄᑑᔾᔨᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᕐᓂᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ. delivered a baby.

“ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᒻᒪᑎᓐᓂ “The hope that I carry in my heart is for the ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᒍ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ health systems to improve and evolve for Inuit ᐱᐅᓯᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᑦᑐᑦ and remote communities,” she says. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓗᑎᒃ,”. “The positive impact that a nurse can have for “ᐱᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᒍᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᑦ people can be small or it can be tremendous,” ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᑯᓗᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓘᒍᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ,” she adds. ᐅᖃᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ.

24 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᓄᕝᕕᔭ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ Nubiya Enuaraq

ᑕᐃᒪᙵ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᒍᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᕝᕕᔭ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ For as long as she can remember, Nubiya ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕈᒪᓯᒪᐃᓐ- Enuaraq wanted to become a nurse. She ᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᔭᖓᓄᑦ/ was inspired by her aunt who worked as an ᐊᑦᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᓵᔨᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ. Interpreter/Translator at the local Health Center in Clyde River. “ᐊᓯᖏᑦᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑕᐅᒍᒪᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᖓᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓂᒃ,” “I wanted to be one of the people who are willing ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ, “ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᕝᕙ and waiting to help,” explains Enuaraq, “that is ᐱᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑎᒋᓲᒃᑲ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ what motivates me to take care of people to ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒋᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ connect with them at their most joyful times and ᐊᒃᓱᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ.” at their most vulnerable times.”

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕌᓂᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ Since graduating from the Nunavut Nursing ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ 2017ᒥ, Program in 2017, Enuaraq worked in a variety of ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓂᒃ departments at the Qikiqtani General Hospital ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒥ (QGH) in Iqaluit. ᐃᖃ ᓗᓐ ᓂ.

ᐊᓰᓇ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ Asenath Idlout

ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ The COVID-19 pandemic has been a game ᓯᐊᒻᒪᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ changer for health care professionals and ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᕙᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ a lot of people are showing their respect. ᓂᑲᒍᓱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑎᒃ. Last month, RCMP, by-law officers, ᑕᖅᑭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ, ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᑦ, ᒪᓕᒐᕋᓛᓕᕆᔩᓪᓗ, firefighters and other first responders ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔩᓪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᓐᓂᑦ gathered at the Qikiqtani General Hospital ᑲᒪᔨᐅᖅᑳᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᔪᒻᒪᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒻᒥ to show their support. Asenath Idlout, a ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓰᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᑎᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᑎᒃ. nurse since 2004, was one of the people ᐊᓰᓇ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯᐅᖅᑎᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ working there at the time. 2004ᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ. “Seeing that parade of first responders saying thank you, that just makes you "ᑕᑯᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓯᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᖏᓕᕇᑦᑐᑎᒃ want to work more,” she says, “I felt ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᕐᐸᑦᑐᑦ humbled and proud, it was amazing!” ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᑐᑎᒃ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᓂ," ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ, "ᒥᑭᓪᓕᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᒃᑯᒍᓱᑦᑐᖓᓗ, ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ!

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ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ: PROFILE: ᑯᐃᓐᑎᐊᓐ ᓴᓚ QUENTIN SALA ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᒫᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ Everyone knows Quentin Sala in Sanikiluaq - ᓵᓚᒥᒃ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥᐅᒥᒃ − ᑖᓐᓇ he’s the guy at the centre of most community ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᓗᐊᓲᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ, events, particularly those related to sports ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓂᑦ and recreation. Now, Quentin has been able ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕐᓱᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓂᓪᓗ. ᒫᓐᓇ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ to transform his passion for Inuit games, ᓵᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᒍᓐᓇᕐᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓗᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ sports and recreation into a job that helps to ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ serve his community. ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᕐᓱᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕆᓯᒪᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᐸᑦᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑐᒍ. Quentin got his job as a Recreation Director at the Sanikiluaq hamlet after successfully running ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ a sports camp for youth focussed on Inuit games. ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ The spring break camp led to a full-time job as ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥ Hᐊᒪᓚᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ Recreation Director with the hamlet. As part ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᒥᒃ of his job, Quentin runs a popular after-school ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐅᐱᕐᖔᒃᑯᑦ program for children between the ages of five to ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑲᐃᓐᓇᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓ 13. The group takes part in a host of activities ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓯᒍᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔭᖓ including Inuit games, volleyball, and soccer. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕇᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᒍ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ Hᐊᒪᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓᓄᑦ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓲᖅ Recently, Quentin applied for funding for ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᕋᐃᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ a year-long Inuit games program. QIA is ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᑦ 13ᓄᑦ. a proud supporter of this program which ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ started in January 2020. ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᕚᓕᕚ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕿᓂᖅ. In October 2019, Quentin was recognized by the Recreation and Parks Association of Nunavut ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᑐᔅᓯᕋᐅᓯᐅᔪᔪᖅ with their 2019 One Ocean Expedition Youth ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖅ-ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ Leader of the Year award. In December 2019 he ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᕈᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᓂᑦ. was one of four youth to receive the Recreation ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑉᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ and Parks Association of Nunavut’s Recreation North Scholarship for students who want to ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᔪᔪᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ pursue post-secondary education in the field of ᔮᓐᓄᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2020. physical education or recreation at a college or university. In March 2020, Quentin’s hard work was again acknowledged when he was selected

26 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᐅᑐᐱᕆᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2019, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᓯᐊᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ • 21ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ 2019ᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᕕᒻᒥ • ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓯᒪᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒥᒃ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃ. ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 2019ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ • 2019ᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᐅᔪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯ ᓐᓂ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐃᒪᕕᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᓯᒪᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᒐᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᒥ • 2019ᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᔭᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯ ᓐᓂ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᓴᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2020ᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᒥᕐᖑᐃᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᐊᔅᓱᕈᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᔅᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᑑᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ 2020 ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ • ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔪᖅ 2020 ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒥ. ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒥ ᒫᓐᓇᕋᑖᖅ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᓕᐊᔪᔪᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᒥ • ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥ Hᐊᒪᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔭᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᐅᓂᑦ. as one of two leaders to represent Nunavut at the 2020 Youth Summit in Vancouver. • ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᓲᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑎᐅᓪᓗᓂ, Hᐊᑭᖅᑎᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑦᑎᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᐊᓘᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Recently, Quentin traveled to Arctic Bay for the ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ first time to help deliver a sports camp in that More about Quentin ᑲᔪᖏᕐᓴᐃᓲᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓂᑦ ᓂᒪᔭᔾᔫᒥᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ community. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᑲᔪᓯᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. “ᐱᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᖅ • 21 years old As an athlete, die-hard hockey fan and ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ • Lives in Sanikiluaq ᐆᒻᒪᑦᑎᐊᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᒥᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᒪᔭᑦᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑕ Recreation Director, Quentin encourages • ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑕᓗ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ, “ᑕᐃᒫᓪᓗ everyone to get active and stay active. 2019 recipient of the Recreation and “Recreation programming helps us live a healthy Parks Association of Nunavut’s One ᑲᑎᒻᒪᓗᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᕐᒥᒐᑦᑕ.” Ocean Expedition Youth Leader of the lifestyle through physical activity and sports,” Year award ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ ᐅᑉᐱᕈᓱᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂᒃ explains Quentin, “It’s also a good way to spend ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᒥᒃ time together.” • 2019 recipient of the Recreation ᐃᓱᒪᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᓱᒪᖃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᓪᓗᓂ and Parks Association of Nunavut’s Recreation North Scholarship Program ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᓲᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Quentin believes in a healthy mind, body and ᑎᑎᕋᕐᐸᑦᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ the power of positive thinking. To keep his mind • Nunavut representative at the 2020 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕐᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 2018ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑯᐃᓐᑎᓐ focused he keeps a journal and writes poems Youth Summit in Vancouver ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᑎᓕᐊᒥᓂᖓ “ᐃᓅᓯᖅ” ᐱᖓᔪᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ about his thoughts and experiences. In 2018, • Recreation Director at the ᓵᓚᔅᓴᔪᔪᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᙱᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ Quentin’s poem “Innusiq” won third place in the Sanikiluaq hamlet ᐅᖃᓗᕋᐅᔭᐅᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᒥᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ. QIA Inuktitut song and poem contest. “Innusiq” • Volunteers to help adults and Elders in “ᐃᓅᓯᖅ” ᑎᓕᐅᕆᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᑦ encourages people to do their best and to keep the community live healthy lifestyles ᐱᓇᓱᐊᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖁᔨᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓈᒻᒪᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ a positive and resilient attitude. ᒪᑭᑕᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᐅᓯᖃᖃᑦᑕᔨᖁᓂᕐᒥᒃ. TUSARASSAT l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l 2020 27 ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT

ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ: PROFILE: ᐊᐅᕗᕆ ᓯᐊᐳᑦ AUBREY 11ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᒥᕐᓱᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ SHEPPARD ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅᑐᖅᑕᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ (COVID-19) 11-YEAR-OLD FROM IQALUIT SEWS TO LEND A HAND ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕈᓐᓇᕋᑦᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ DURING COVID-19 ᓴᓇᒍᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᕈᒃ ᑖᓐᓇ 11ᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ ᐋᕗᕆ ᓯᐊᐳᑦ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᑮᓇᕐᒧᑦ A lot can happen when people start using ᒪᑐᐊᔅᓴᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ creativity to help others in need. Just ask ᖃᓂᒪᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ 11-year-old Aubrey Sheppard, who is making ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᕐᓱᖅᑐᓂ face masks for the community during the ᓴᓇᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᔅᓴᖃᐅᑎᒋᓕᖅᑕᖓ COVID-19 pandemic. What started out as a ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᖓᒍ ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖁᓇᒋᑦ fun task has become a project to help keep ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᓄᐊᓴᐃᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᔫᒥ Iqaluit safe and raise money for Joamie ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒻᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᕐᒥᑕᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᒧᑦ. School’s breakfast program.

ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᑦ To help her community, specifically her ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖃᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒻᒥ, ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ fellow classmates at Joamie School, the ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ, ᐋᕗᕆ ᑐᑭᑖᕈᑎᖃᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅᑑᕈᑎᒋᔪᒪᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ.

ᐄᐳᓗ ᓄᙳᖏᓐᓂ, ᐋᕗᕆ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᑐᐊᕐᒥᑦ, ᐊᑐᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᕋᑖᕐᓯᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᓴᐃᔾᔪᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᖓᒍ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᕐᒥᑕᖅᑎᑦᑎᒍᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

ᓴᓇᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒫᓂ 40ᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᑮᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᑐᐊᕐᓂᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓖᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓂᑦ $100

28 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᔫᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒻᒥ ᐅᓪᓛᕈᕐᒥᑕᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ primary school in Iqaluit, Aubrey decided “I’m proud of myself,” says Aubrey, “I want to ᐃᖏᕐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒃ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ. to do something. keep making the masks because of COVID-19, it’s been a little bit crazy, and you want to be “ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᒃᑯᒋᔪᖓ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ In late April, Aubrey was taking part in a protected and stay safe.” ᐋᕗᕆ, “ᓱᓕ ᒪᑐᐊᓕᐅᖏᓐᓇᕈᒪᔪᖓ contest sponsored by the Nunavut Literacy ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖏᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅᑐᖅ,” Council for the most creative face mask, Aubrey is finding a balance between doing “ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓯᒪᔪᐊᓘᒻᒪᑦ, ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᒍᒥᓇᕐᖓᑦ she decided to use her newly acquired her school work and making masks. She says ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᕈᒥᓇᖅᑐᓂᓗ.” skills to raise funds for Joamie School’s there were a few challenges with gathering breakfast program. materials to meet the demand. Thankfully, ᐋᕗᕆ ᐱᕕᔅᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ Emily Joanasie, owner and operator of ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ Aubrey made about 40 face masks in the Miqsuqta, is donating some supplies to ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᕐᒧᑦ ᒪᑐᐊᓕᐅᕐᐸᑦᑐᓂ. ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ first two weeks and has donated over $100 support the project. ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᑲᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᑦᑐᓂ ᓴᓈᔅᓴᓂᑦ to help keep the Joamie School Breakfast ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᓪᓚᕆᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᐄᒪᓕ Program up and running while school ᔪᐊᓇᓯ, ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑎ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖁᑎᓕᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑕᒥᒃ, is closed. ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ ᓴᓈᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

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“We spent time at our cabin and went fishing with our grandchildren, we enjoyed every moment of our camping and outings.” Myna Maktar

“ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᑦᑎᓐᓃᑲᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑕ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᕗᓪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑲᔾᔮᖅᖢᑕᓗ ᓅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᑕ.” ᒪᐃᓇ ᒪᒃᑖᖅ

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ᖃᓂᒌᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᖅ SOCIAL DISTANCING ON- ᓅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᑦ THE-LAND WITH HELP ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ FROM QIA ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓂᒌᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ To support social distancing and promote harvesting to provide ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᖁᓗᒋᑦ, healthy country food to our communities, QIA offered Qikiqtani ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᕙᒃᑯᑎᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᑕᒻᒫᕐᕕᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ Inuit, who have established camps or cabins, over $2 million in ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖃᖅᑐᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ $2 ᒥᓕᔭᓂᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ short-term financial assistance to go out on-the-land. ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᔭᐅᑲᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓅᓯᒪᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ. Every Qikiqtani household had the opportunity to apply for a ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᖅ one-time grant of $1,500. Priority was given to Inuit who are ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑕᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᒥᒃ $1,500−ᓂᑦ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ willing to spend 14 days or more on-the-land. This program ran 14ᓄᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓄᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓘᓐᓃᑦ. from April 3 until June 30, 2020.

ᐊᑐᕐᓗᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑖᔅᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᓕᐅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᐃᓇ ᒪᒃᑖᖅ Using funds from this program Leo and Myna Maktar of Pond ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᐅᒃ ᓄᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᒦᒍᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑑᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᒃᑖᒃᑯᑦ Inlet recently spent time on-the-land. The Maktar family ᐃᓚᒌᑦ 70ᓂ ᑭᓚᒦᑕᓂ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕋᓛᖃᕐᕕᒋᔭᖓᓄᑦ travelled about 70 kilometers to their camp where they ᐃᖃᓗᒃᐱᖕᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᖃᓕᒐᓕᖕᓂᓗ. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᖕᓂᒃ harvested char and turbot. The highlight of the trip was when ᖁᕕᐊᓇᓛᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑲᖅᑎᖅᐹᖅ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖓ, ᐱᓕᑉ, ᐃᖃᓗᒡᔪᐊᕋᒥ their youngest grandchild, Philip, pulled up a Greenland Shark on ᖃᓕᕋᓕᓐᓂᐅᕈᑎᖓᑕ ᐊᒻᒧᑎᖓᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓗᐸᓕᐅᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᐅᒃ. their turbot line and thought it was a Qalupalik (sea monster). ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᙶᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ The money for this program comes from the Federal ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ (ICSF) ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ Government’s Indigenous Community Support Fund (ISCF). ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᒫᑦᓯ 25, 2020ᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

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ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᕗᑦ HELPING OUR ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕗᑦ ELDERS DURING ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 THE COVID-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑕᐅᖃ- PANDEMIC ᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒍ Working in partnership with Arctic Co‑operatives, QIA allocated $3 million ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓂ, to mitigate the impact of the pandemic ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ $3 ᒥᓕᔭᓂ on Qikiqtani Inuit Elders. The funds were ᐃᑯᓪᓚᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᒍᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ distributed as $250 vouchers every other ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᓂᒪᓐᓈᓗᒃ week. These vouchers were for Inuit Elders ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ 60 years and above. ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ $250ᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᑎᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᐱᖃᑖᓂ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓂᐅᕕᕈᑎᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ Elders in Clyde River have received ᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᖕᓂ 60ᓂ grocery hampers with help from the ᐅᖓ ᑖᓂᓗ. Ilisaqsivik Society. ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᖕᒥ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖅᑖᕈᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᖕᓄᑦ.

ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᐳᕙᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓄᑦ ᓱᕐᓗ ᐆᒥᖓ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19 (ᓄᕙᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ), ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᐸᓗᖓᐃᔭᐅᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᑖᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓴᓗᒻᒪᖅᓴᐅᑎᒃᓴᓂ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᑯᓇᙶᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ (ICSF) ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᒫᑦᓯ 25, 2020ᑎᓪᓗᒍ.

ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᒃᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᖄᖓᒍᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓂᖃᑖᕈᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᔪᓚᐃ 21, 2020ᒥ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓂᕿᑖᕈᑎᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᓴᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ

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ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓᓂᑦ.ᑖᒃᑯᐊ Elders are at higher risk of respiratory ᔪᓇᐃᑎᑦᕗᐄᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᑎᐊᕆᐆᑉ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖓᓃᑦᑐᑦ infections such as COVID-19. This emergency ᑐᓂᓯᖕᒪᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ $62,000ᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ financial support helped them access healthy ᐃᖃ ᓗᓐ ᓂ. food and necessary cleaning supplies. The money for this program comes from “ᖁᔭᓕᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕋᑦᑕ ᔪᓇᐃᑎᑦᕗᐃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ,” the Federal Government’s’ Indigenous ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᑕᐃᕕᑦ Community Support Fund (ISCF). ᐅᕕᐅᓪᒪᓐ, “ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂ.” In July, we partnered with Tukisigiarvik Society to give additional food vouchers for Inuit Elders in Iqaluit. These gift cards are not under the agreement between Arctic Co-ops and QIA. The United Way of Eastern Ontario provided $62,000 specifically for Inuit Elders in Iqaluit.

“This is generous support from the United Way,” says Tukisigiarvik Executive Director David Wilman, “and it is great that we can do it in association with QIA.”

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ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᕆᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᑎᓪᓗᒍ

ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᓂᕆᔭᔅᓴᖃᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᕗᑦ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅᑐᖅᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓚᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᔪᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ. ᒫᑦᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᑎᒋᔪᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ $5,000ᓂᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ SUPPORTING HTOs TO HELP FEED ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᔪᔪᑦ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖃᓕᖅᑐᑎᒃ THE COMMUNITY DURING COVID-19 $10,000ᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᑦ. ᔪᓚᐃᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓯᔪᔪᑦ To help feed our communities during the the Qikiqtani Region with an additional ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ height of the pandemic, QIA extended contribution of $6,577. ᓂᕿᑦᑎᐊᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᑖᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ funds to Qikiqtani Hunters and Trappers ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓂᓯᔪᔪᑦ Organizations (HTOs). In March, QIA This money is to assist with community ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ matched Nunavut Tunngavik’s $5,000 hunts and help minimize the impacts of ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᒃᑲᓂᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᓕᓐᓂᑦ $6,577. donation to Qikiqtani Region's HTOs for COVID-19 on Inuit facing economic hardship and food insecurity. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᑦ a total of $10,000 for each community. In ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᖏᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ July, QIA accessed the Community Food Members of the Iviq Hunters and Trappers ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᑲᒻᒪᓗᐊᕐᔭᐃᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 Center's Canada’s Good Food Access Fund Association in Grise Fiord are using funds ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑐᑦ and through this presented each HTO in to help feed the community during the ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ. COVID-19 pandemic.

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ᑲᑎᒪᔨᑦ ᐊᐃᕕᖅ ᐅᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥ Priority for distributing the country food was ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ for Elders and families who do not have the ᓂᕿᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ability or means to hunt. However, due to the ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19. bounty of the harvest, every household in Grise Fiord got some country food. ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑎᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᕝᕕᒃᓴᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. The community was also able to donate 250 ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᓂᕿᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ, kilograms of Muskox meat to the Hunters and ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. Trappers Organization in Arctic Bay.

ᓄᓇᓕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ 250ᓂ ᑭᓗᒍᕌᒻᔅᓂ “At this time of the pandemic we wanted to ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᓕᖕᓂᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᕕᓂᕐᓂ ensure country food is secure for members ᐅᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥ. of the community,” said Iviq Secretary- “ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᑎᒍ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ Treasurer Marty Kuluguqtuq, “if there’s food ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19ᒥ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᖁᔨᓯᒪᓚᐅᕋᑦᑕ left over, we’ll be happy to share it with other ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᐅᓂ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᐃᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒡᓚᒃᑎᖓ communities. Hunters and providers have ᒫᑎ ᖁᕐᓗᕈᖅᑐᖅ,” ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᖃᖅᐸᑦ, ᐄ always shared their harvests with others. ᑐᓂᓯᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ. The only difference now is that they’re ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐊᖑᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐸᔪᖅᑎᕆᖃᑦᑕᐃᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ getting paid. It’s a win/win/win situation.” ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒥᓄᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑕᑐᐊᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ.”

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ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒋᑦ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᑎᑦ HELPING TO ANSWER ᕿᑐᕐᖓᕕᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᖏᖕᓂᒃ CHILDREN’S QUESTIONS ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ABOUT COVID-19 ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᓇᐃᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᕐᓂᒃ QIA produced a series of short animations (GIFs) to help Qikiqtani ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒐᓚᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᙳᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ families talk about COVID-19 and to answer common questions ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᖕᒥ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19−ᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ children have. We have turned these GIFs into comic strips below, or ᑭᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᑯᑎᒋᒃᑲᔪᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒐᓚᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ you can see the animations at www.qia.ca/covid-19-news-updates/ ᐊᐅᓚᙳᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑦᑎᓇᖅᑐᕈᖅᑎᓯᒪᕙᕗᑦ ᐊᓪᓕᕐᒦᑦᑐᑎᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ covid-19-videos/. ᑕᑯᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᑎᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒐᓚᓕᐊᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᙳᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ www.qia.ca/covid-19-news-updates/covid-19-videos/.

ᑭᓲᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ? WHAT IS COVID-19?

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ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᑦᑐᖃᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᓇᖅᑐᒧᑦ (COVID-19)? HOW DOES SOMEONE GET COVID-19?

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ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᓂᒻᒪᒃᑯᒪ ᑕᐃᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᒃᑲᔭᖅᑯᖓ? WHAT HAPPENS IF I GET COVID-19?

38 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑕ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ−19−ᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕆᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ l QIA COVID-19 RESPONSE

ᓱᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᖃᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᓚᖓ? WHY CAN’T I PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS?

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ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ QIA WORKS WITH ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ BECKY HAN ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᖃᓲᑦ QIA worked with Becky Han, of Arctic Bay, to create several mini music videos to ᕕᐊᑭ ᕼᐊᓐ−ᒥᒃ help inform Inuit about COVID-19. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᕕᐊᑭ ᕼᐊᓐᒥᒃ, BE KIND ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᖕᒥᐅᒃᓴᔭ, ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᓇᐃᑦᑑᒐᓗᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᓂᔾᔭᐅᓯᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᓕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒍ “Kindness ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ Compassion ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ. Understanding These are things we can practice right now ᑐᙵᓇᕆᑦ While we also practice social distancing “ ᑐ ᙵ ᓇᕐ ᓂ ᖅ And staying home ᐃᑉᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅ To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᖅ Protect our community, our Elders ᒫᓐᓇ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋᕙᕗᑦ and yourself” ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᓂᒃᓴᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓯᓐᓈᕐᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓗᑕ ᐊᐅᑦᑑᑕᐅᓂᐊᙱᒻᒪᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᕗᑦ, ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᕝᕕᑦ”

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ THANK YOU ESSENTIAL WORKERS

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40 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᑲᑭᕙᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᓄᑦ KAKIVAK ᓇᖕᒥᓂᓕᖕᓄᑦ SMALL BUSINESS ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑦ SUPPORT PROGRAM ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓃᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑲᑭᕙᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ QIA also supported Kakivak to implement two programs ᒪᕐᕉᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖏᑦ to assist Inuit-owned businesses survive the COVID-19 ᒪᑭᒪᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19 pandemic. (ᓄᕙᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ). • The $1 million Qikiqtani COVID-19 Emergency Wage • ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19 (ᓄᕙᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ) ᑖᒃᑯᐊ Subsidy Program provided urgent wage subsidies to assist $1 ᒥᓕᔭᓐ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19 struggling businesses in the Qikiqtani Region avoid the (ᓄᕙᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ) ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑎᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑦ laying-off of Inuit employees. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑎᒍ ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓴᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ • The $500,000 Qikiqtani COVID-19 Business Relief ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᖁᓇᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᓂ. Program provided small Inuit-owned businesses in the Region direct support for operating expenses • ᑖᒃᑯᐊ $500,000 ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ to enable them to survive the negative impacts ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅ-19 (ᓄᕙᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ) ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᕐᓄᑦ of the pandemic. ᐃᑲᔫᖏᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᖓᓗᑎᒃ ᒪᑭᒪᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ ᖃᓂᒪᓐᓈᓗᖕᒥᑦ.

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ᐃᓚᒌᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᒥᓂᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑖᓘᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᕿᑭᑖᓗᖕᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕖᑦ ᒪᑐᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑖᓘᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᐊᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒋᔭᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᐅᕝᕙ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐆᑦᑑᑏᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᒻᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᖅᑎᒧᑦ ᒫᑕ ᖃᔮᖅ ᑐᓂᔭᒥᓂᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᖕᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᑐᕋᒃᓴᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ.

HELPING FAMILIES HOME-SCHOOL DURING COVID-19 To help Qikiqtani Inuit families during school closures due to COVID-19, QIA developed and collected online educational resources. Here are a few sample coloring book drawings that were created by Inuk artist Martha Kyak for QIA. All our educational resources can be accessed on our website.

www.qia.ca/colouring-book-pages/

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ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ HOW TO MANAGE ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ COVID-19 RELATED ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓪᓕᐅᕈᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ STRESS ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᕈᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᒥᒃ ADVICE FROM AN ELDER

ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᓐᓂᕈᕕᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐊᐃᑦᑑᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᑎᓪᓗᒍ, If you are looking for help during the COVID-19 pandemic, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒪᕗᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ helplines are available to provide crisis support to those who ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᑐᒃᑰᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᓐᓂᐊᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ may be experiencing increased anxiety and stress: ᓯᕘᕋᓗᐊᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᑐᒃᑰᓗᐊᓕᖅᑐᓄᑦ: Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line: 1-800-265-3333 ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ: 1-800-265-3333 Elders’ Support Line: 1-866-684-5056

ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᕕᒃ: Individuals who are at risk of harming themselves or others 1-866-684-5056 should seek help immediately at their local health centre and/or contact the RCMP. ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓇᖅᑐᒦᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᑦᑕᐅᑎᒋᔪᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓅᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ/ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᓗᑎᒃ ᐸᓖᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ.

44 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᔪᒐᑦᑎᒍ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑕ. ᐊᓐᓂᖕᒥᐅᖅ QIA reached out to Inuit Elder Elisapi D. Aningmiuq for ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᖃᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ advice on how to deal with the challenges of coping with ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᓂᑦ ᕿᓄᐃᓵᕐᓗᑕ ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᖃᓂᒪᓇᖅᑐᖅ the COVID-19 pandemic. ᓯᐊᒻᒪᐸᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ. Elisapi recommends calling Elders and staying in touch with ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᐃᑦ friends and family. She says that reaching out to others to ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒋᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᖃᑎᓯ ᐃᓚᓯᓗ. ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ share our thoughts and ideas can make a huge difference. ᐅᖃᕐᕕᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᓯᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᒋᑦ Sharing helps ease our minds and helps us process our ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᑖᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐅᑎᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ. feelings and thoughts. ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᓯᒃᑲᓂᕐᓇᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᓲᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᑦᑎᓂᓪᓗ. According to Elisapi, while this is a difficult time, it is also a time of growth. ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐱᐅᑉ, ᒫᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᒃᑰᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒋᓯᓐᓈᕐᒥᒐᑦᑎᒍ. “There is a saying in Inuktitut, if you don’t go through challenges, you’re not going to get much wiser,” says Elisapi. “ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᑕᖃᕐᖓᑦ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᒃᑰᖃᑦᑕᖏᒃᑯᕕᑦ, ᓯᓚᑦᑐᐸᓕᐊᔾᔮᖏᑦᑐᑎᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ. She also reminds us of the word, “Ajurnammat” which roughly translates to ‘it can’t be helped’ or ‘it’s out of our hands.’ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑦᑎᒋᐊᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ, “ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᒪᑦ” ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒫᒃ “We are reminded that we need to be at peace, even with ᑐᑭᓕᒃ ‘ᐊᔪᕐᓇᕐᖓᑦ’ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ‘ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖏᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍ.’ things that we have to wait for,” says Elisapi. “ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑕᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᓴᐃᓕᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ, ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑲᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ. She says that in the past, when Inuit could not travel on ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑎᐊᕈᓕ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᒥ ᓯᓚ the land because of poor weather, we were reminded to ᓱᓐᓇᐃᑦᑐᐊᓘᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ ᕿᓄᐃᓵᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂᒃ be patient and wait until the situation improved. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᓯᓚ ᐱᐅᓯᒐᓱᓐᓂᖓᓂ. “In Inuit culture we cannot get away from our environment, “ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᓅᒍᓐᓇᓲᖑᙱᓇᑦᑕ ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ so we make do with what we can,” she says. “It’s so ᑲᒪᒋᔪᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᕙᑦᑐᒋᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ. “ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᐅᒻᒪᑦ important to be motivated, to be a self-starter, because ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᓂ, ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ−ᐱᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᓂ, ᐅᐱᓐᓇᕋᓂ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ that’s the background that we come from.” ᓯᕗᓕᔅᓴᔭᖃᕋᑦᑕ.” In conclusion Elisapi adds, “we are going through challenges ᐱᔭᕇᕈᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐅᖃᕆᐊᒃᑲᓂᖅᑐᖅ, “ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᒃᑰᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ right now but there are better days ahead that’s for sure.” ᒫᓐᓇ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᓕ ᓯᕗᓂᔅᓴᑎᓐᓂ ᐱᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᙱᑦᑐᖅ.”

“ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᑐᒃᑰᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᒐᑦᑕ, ᐃᓚᒌᑦᑐᒍᑦ, “We’re going through something that is a real challenge to everybody right now, family-wise, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦᑐᒍᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ community-wise, in the territory, the nation, ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ”. and around the world”. ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑕ. ᐊᖕᓂᕐᒥᐅᖅ Elisapi D. Aningmiuq

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ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑕ NEW QIA ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ WEBSITE QIA launched our new and improved ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᑖᖅᑲᐅᖓᑦ website. The new website promotes all ᔮᓐᓄᐊᓕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᓄᑖᕐᒥᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᓪᓗ the programs and initiatives that QIA spearheads in the Qikiqtani Region for Inuit ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᑖᖅᑲᐅᖓᓐᓂᒃ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ, ᐱᔭᔅᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᖓᑕ and showcases information and resources ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᑦᑖᖅᑲᐅᖓᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑭᑦᑐᑦ about our Region. ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᔅᓴᐃᑦ. Now, it’s easier than ever before to find ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᑐᔅᓯᕋᐅᓯᐅᕈᑎᕗᑦ information on QIA’s programs and services. ᑲᒪᒋᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᓯᒪᓕᓛᕆᐊᔅᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ Many of our applications for funding such ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᔅᓴᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᑎᓐᓂ ᒫᓐᓇᒫᖅ. as QCAP, the Qikiqtani Cultural Activities ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ Program, are now available on our website ᓄᓇᑦᑕ ᒥᔅᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᕐᖓᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ through easy to navigate online forms. We ᒫᓐᓇ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑭᓐᓂᓴᒻᒪᕆᐅᓕᕐᖓᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑉᐱᕈᓱᑦᑐᒍᑦ hope to have all our applications online in ᕿᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᔾᔪᑎᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᑖᖅᑲᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕆᐊᔅᓴᖓᓂᒃ. the near future. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᑕ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᐅᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᑕᓗ ᒥᔅᓵᓅᖓᔪᓂᑦ. QIA strives to make information readily ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᑐᔅᓯᕋᐅᓯᐅᕈᑎᕗᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ available to Qikiqtani communities and we believe our new website delivers.

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2020ᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ 2020 BY-ELECTION QIA held a by-election for Sanikiluaq and Pond Inlet in January 2020. We are ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᒍᑦ- pleased to welcome back Community Directors Charlie Inuarak of Pond Inlet ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓇᖅ and Moses Appaqaq of Sanikiluaq. ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ Charlie lnuarak was the Mayor of Pond Inlet from 2013-2017. He is the owner ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᒍᑦ−ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒧᓐ of lnuarak Outfitting, which provides logistics and services for outdoor activities, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᓪᓗ ᔮᓐᓄᐊᕆ 2020ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. hunting and transportation. In 2018, Charlie completed the Nunavut Quest. ᖁᕕᐊᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᓱᑦᑎᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᑦᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᕐᑐᐃᔨᐅᓂᐊᓕᕐᑑᓂᖕ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᖕ ᓵᓕ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ Moses Appaqaq is a soapstone carver and was a Member of the Legislative ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒻᒥᐅᖕ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒨᓯᓯ ᐊᐸᖃᖅ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥᐅᖕ. Assembly of Northwest Territories for Sanikiluaq from 1979 to 1987. He served on the Board of Directors for Qikiqtaaluk Corporation for 16 years. ᓵᓕ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ ᒪᐃᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒧᑦ 2013ᒥᖕ 2017ᒧᓐ. ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᐊᕋᖅ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᔩᑦ, ᐸᕐᓇᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕈᔾᔨᕙᑦᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᑕᖅᑲᐅᖓ ᑲᔾᔭᐅᓴᒋᐊᕐᑐᓂᖕ, ᐆᒪᔪᕋᓱᑦᑐᓂᖕ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᒍᒪᔪᓂᓪᓗ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖓᓂ 2018, ᓵᓕ ᐱᔭᕇᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᕿᒧᑦᓯᐅᑎᔪᓄᓐ.

ᒨᓯᓯ ᐊᐸᖃᖅ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᒥᖕ ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᕐᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᑎᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒐᒥ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒧᓐ 1979ᒥᖕ 1987ᒧᓐ. ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑦ ᖁᓕᓂᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᕐᑐᓂᓪᓗ.

48 2020 l ᑐᓴᕋᔅᓴᑦ l TUSARASSAT ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ CLO TRAINING QIA’s Community Liaison Officers (CLOs) gathered in Iqaluit from ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᑦ February 3 to 7, 2020, for annual training. The CLOs were given ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔨᖏᑦ (ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ) ᑲᑎᔪᔪᑦ updates on QIA programs and key activities for the upcoming ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᓕ 3ᒥ 7ᒧᑦ, 2020, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖃᑦᑕᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ. year. They also met with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᔪᔪᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ staff to discuss new NTI initiatives that will benefit Qikiqtani Inuit. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᓗᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᑲᑎᖃᑎᖃᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓂ (ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ) ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ The CLOs meet annually to share information and to help identify ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᑖᖅᑲᐅᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ priorities and needs for the residents in their home communities. ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ. This year we were happy to recognize Laisa Watsko of Grise Fiord and Susan Salluviniq of Resolute Bay for 15 years of dedication and ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑦᑕᓲᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ service to their communities and to QIA. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᐊᕐᖓᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᓱᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐸᐅᑦᑎᐅᔾᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᓱᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ. ᑕᒫᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓯᔭᕆᐊᔅᓴᖅ ᓚᐃᓴ ᐅᐊᑦᓯᑰ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓲᓴᓐ ᓴᓪᓗᕕᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑦ 15ᓂᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕐᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᓂᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ.

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ᐅᓛᓇ ᓄᕿᙵᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 1340, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-975-8449 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-979-3238 [email protected] ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦ-ᑎᔪᓂ X0A 0H0 ᑲᒪᔨ ᔮᒃ ᕗᐃᓕ ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 69, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-439 -8277 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-439-8217 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0A0

ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᔨ ᑭᓐᖓᕐᓂ ᑭᙵᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 151, ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-897-8638 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-897-8650 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0C0 ᓃᓇ ᕿᓪᓚᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 159, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-924-6119 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-924-6120 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0E0 ᓘᓯ ᓄᙵᖅ ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓᓐᓄᑦ 74, ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-980-4076 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-980-4078 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0J0 ᓕᓕ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 9, ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0K0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-928-8103 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-928-8114 [email protected] ᓯᑐᓂ ᐅᖔᓛᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 117, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0L0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-934-8760 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-934-8562 [email protected] ᒪᕇ ᒪᐃᑯ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 1340, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-975-8420 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-979-3238 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0H0 ᐱᐅᕆ ᐃᑭᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 82, ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0N0 ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-939-2135 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-939-2134 [email protected] ᓰᓇ ᒫᒃᒧ ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 633, ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-473-8991 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-473-8994 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0R0 ᔪᐊᓇ ᐃᓄᐋᓗᒃ−ᑯᓄᒃ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 459, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-899-8640 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-899-8642 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0S0 ᓗᐊᓇ ᖁᓪᓗᐊᓕᒃ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 239, ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-927-8195 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-927-8196 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0B0 ᓲᓴᓐ ᓴᓪᓗᕕᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 118, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-252-3127 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-252-3129 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0V0 ᔫᓕ ᐃᒥᖅᑯᑕᐃᓚᒃ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᐊᕐᕕᖓ 90, ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ, ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 867-266-8162 ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕈᑖ: 867-266-8163 [email protected] ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0W0

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COMMUNITY LIAISON OFFICERS

Oolana Nuqingaq CLO Coordinator P.O. Box 1340, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 ph: 867-975-8449 Fax: 867-979-3238 [email protected]

Jack Willie Arctic Bay P.O. Box 69, Arctic Bay, NU X0A 0A0 ph: 867-439 -8277 Fax: 867-439-8217 [email protected]

Jutai Toonoo Jr. Kinngait P.O. Box 151, Kinngait, NU X0A 0C0 ph: 867-897-8638 Fax: 867-897-8650 [email protected]

Nina Qillaq Clyde River P.O. Box 159, Clyde River, NU X0A 0E0 ph: 867-924-6119 Fax: 867-924-6120 [email protected]

Lucy Nungaq Grise Fiord P.O. Box 74, Grise Fiord, NU X0A 0J0 ph: 867-980-4076 Fax: 867-980-4078 [email protected]

Lily Arnaqjuaq Sanirajak P.O. Box 9, Sanirajak, NU X0A 0K0 ph: 867-928-8103 Fax: 867-928-8114 [email protected]

Sidonie Ungalaq Igloolik P.O. Box 117, Igloolik, NU X0A 0L0 ph: 867-934-8760 Fax: 867-934-8562 [email protected]

Marie Michael Iqaluit P.O. Box 1340, Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 ph: 867-975-8420 Fax: 867-979-3238 [email protected]

Perry Ikkidluak Kimmirut P.O. Box 82, Kimmirut, NU X0A 0N0 ph: 867-939-2135 Fax: 867-939-2134 [email protected]

Sheena Machmer Pangnirtung P.O. Box 633, Pangnirtung, NU X0A 0R0 ph: 867-473-8991 Fax: 867-473-8994 [email protected]

Joanna Innualuk- Pond Inlet P.O. Box 459, Pond Inlet, NU X0A 0S0 ph: 867-899-8640 Fax: 867-899-8642 [email protected] Kunnuk

Lorna Kullualik Qikiqtarjuaq P.O. Box 239, Qikiqtarjuaq, NU X0A 0B0 ph: 867-927-8195 Fax: 867-927-8196 [email protected]

Susan Salluviniq Resolute Bay P.O. Box 118, Resolute Bay, NU X0A 0V0 ph: 867-252-3127 Fax: 867-252-3129 [email protected]

Julie Emikotailak Sanikiluaq P.O. Box 90, Sanikiluaq, NU X0A 0W0 ph: 867-266-8162 Fax: 867-266-8163 [email protected]

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