7 71605 00500 3

Publication mail Contract #40012157

7 71605 00500 3

Publication mail Contract #40012157

ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑐᖅBaker MLA steps down

Stitching a gap in Baker Lake

Expression through artVolunteerism is the backbone of community

"Why would those job opportunities go south?"– Erin Strachan on training local seamstresses for a uniform-repair contract from Agnico Eagle Mines in Baker Lake, page 8.

News CommunityOpinionᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦᒥᖅᓱᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ

ᐊᓐᓇᐃᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᖅ ᖃᒪᓂ'ᑐᐊᕐᒥ

ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓪᓚᕆᒃ

photo courtesy of David Clark

Andrews Hockey School mini camp participants, front from left, Ben MacDonald (instructor), Jose Taipana, Milli Lindell and Terence Kusugak and back from left, Aiden Papak, Solomon Sanertanut, Marvin Kritaqliluk and Morgan MacDonald (instructor) pose before beginning their on-ice instruction at the Rankin Inlet arena on Feb. 26, 2020.

Learning from one of the bestᐃᓕᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᙱᓐᓂᖅᐹᕐᒥᒃ

Nunavut's Award-Winning Voice of KivalliqWednesday, March 4, 2020 Vol 26 No 10 $1.00

2 KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020news ᓄá·∆¿ÖÀî

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 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.

í±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 í±ØÒíÇÀ≤ú Ö±Ø ÜÒïùÖÒπ¿Í≤Ò. íò∏≤Ê›î í±ØÒπØÀ´ú ï·∆¿Ò ≤áfl≤, ÇÔ¬∆¬éî Çflˆ (867) 645-3223 Ö±Ø ÇÔÍ›ùÀجü ÜÒïúªÄ«, Ç„·√∏≥î Ô‰íÇÕúòî ééËͬéî Çflˆ kivalliqnews@nnsl.com. ÜÒïùÖ˪∏≤ÖÒíflî Ç„·√∏≥î ∂¬∂ĉÖͬü áÀ∏∂ÒπêÖÊçí.

AROUNDKivalliqwith Darrell Greer

Ulukhaktok

Gameti

Behchoko

Sambaa K’e

Kugaaruk

Naujaat

Sanikiluaq

Soccer tourneyNunavut

Rankin Inlet hosted a men's adult qualifier soccer tourna-ment this past weekend from Feb. 28 to March 1.

The eight teams set to square off in the semifinals as of press time were Rankin Inlet, FISA, Gold Diggers, FAMLIA, Kangiq&liniq, CBFC, Iqaluit and Rankin Two.

The winner of the men's tournament will select up to 14 players to send to the nationals in Kingston, ON, from April 1 to 5.

Pipe burstNaujaat

Students returned to school after missing a day's worth of classes after a pipe burst at Tusarvik School on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Crews were working on the furnace system when the incident happened.

Crew members also had to use a fire extinguisher during the incident, which left a lot of dust in school hallways.

Everything was back to normal at Tusarvik the follow-ing day, Feb. 26.

Uniforms unveiledNunavut

Team Nunavut athletes will present the 2020 Arctic Win-ter Games uniform and pin set to Premier Joe Savikataaq and Minister of Community and Government Services Lorne Kusugak today, March 4, in Iqaluit.

The presentation will be made at 11 a.m. at the Nunavut Legislative Assembly lobby.

Alcohol chargesRankin Inlet

Members of the Rankin Inlet detachment of the RCMP were investigating an unrelated matter when the officers determined that an adult male was in possession of some non-permit alcohol on Feb. 16.

The liquor was believed to be destined for Whale Cove which has alcohol restrictions.

A Nunavut Liquor Act search warrant was obtained and executed and a large amount of liquor was located and seized.

A 38-year-old man from Whale Cove was charged under Section 84(c) of the Nunavut Liquor Act.

He is scheduled to appear in court on March 9 in Rankin Inlet.

The RCMP did not release the name of the man charged.

Tourney timeRankin Inlet/Kivalliq

Teams from across the Kivalliq will be descending upon Rankin Inlet for the annual Powerful Peewees hockey tourna-ment this coming weekend.

The tournament runs in Rankin from March 6 to 8.

Kris Okpatauyak organized the adult qualifier soccer tourna-ment in Rankin Inlet this past weekend.NNSL file photo

Baker Lake MLA Simeon Mikkung-wak resigned from the Nunavut Legisla-tive Assembly last week.

As of the end of the day on Feb. 25, Mikkungwak was no longer the MLA for Baker Lake or a member of the Gov-ernment of Nunavut.

Mikkungwak, also the house speaker at the time of his resignation, informed the assembly on Monday, Feb. 24, he would be resigning the following day due to the pressure on his family resulting from his wife's ailing health.

Before being elected as speaker in 2019, Mikkungwak was the committee of the whole chairperson and the deputy speaker.

Mikkungwak was also instrumental in having Kivalliq (Keewatin) Hall in Rankin Inlet recognized as a residential school.

Mikkungwak told the assembly that expectations of public life are great.

He said Nunavut politicians owe it to their constituents to represent them with all the energy they can bring.

"The time has come for me to focus all my energy on being with my family at home," Mikkungwak told the assem-bly.

"It has been a great honour to serve in this role and I wish to express my deepest respect for this institution and its traditions."

Mikkungwak also assured his former constituents in Baker Lake that a by-election would be held in due course and that the community will be fully repre-sented in the House.

New speaker selectedThe Nunavut Leadership Forum

selected Aggu MLA Paul Quassa as the new Speaker of the legislative assembly on Feb. 26.

In addition to the former premier, three other members of the assem-bly were nominated for the position: Uqqummiut's Pauloosie Keyootak, Gjoa Haven's Tony Akoak and Amittuq's Joelie Kaernerk. Both Keyootak and Kaernerk politely declined the nomina-tion.

The members then cast their secret ballots for either Quassa or Akoak.

Hudson Bay MLA Allan Rumbolt mistakenly announced former premier Paul Okalik's name before declaring Quassa as the winner.

After a moment of laughter, the mem-bers congratulated their new Speaker.

With the new honour of being Speak-er, Quassa will add to his repertoire of political experience.

He has previously served as govern-ment house leader, minister of Education and minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College.

Between November 2017 and June 2018, Quassa was Nunavut's fourth pre-mier.

He was ousted from this role on June 14, 2018 and replaced by current premier Joe Savikataaq.

Most recently, since Oct. 30, 2017, he has represented the constituency of Aggu in the 5th Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

Quassa, humbled by the new honour, said, "I think it's something that I always had in my mind after I became elected as MLA. That one day, I'm gonna want to be Speaker before I retire."

Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Ang-nakak, who had nominated Quassa, believes he is "very capable" of the duty.

"His command of speaking and understanding English and Inuktitut are very strong and I feel his experiences of being a government minister and his role as a regular MLA will only add to his strengths and capabilities to do the job," stated Angnakak. She expects him to keep order and ensure that members follow procedures.

– with files from Rajnesh Sharma

'The time has come for me to focus all my energy on being with my family at home,'

says Simeon Mikkungwak

Baker Lake MLA steps down

by Darrell Greer Northern News Services

Baker Lake

photo courtesy of Martin Kreelak

Then Baker Lake MLA Simeon Mikkungwak, front, joins Joedee Joe-dee for a trip in the first hot-air balloon ride ever offered in the Kivalliq in Baker Lake in August of 2015.

Rajnesh Sharma/NNSL photo

The newly appointed Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Paul A. Quassa sits on the Speaker's chair.

KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020 3

ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᓇᓱᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᓕᐅ ᐅᓴᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᑉ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ.

ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ 8-ᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᖑᔪᓄᑦ 9-ᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓄᑦ 14-ᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᖓᖅᑕᐃᓕᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᒋᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ.

ᔨᓂᑲ ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᒃᑰᖕᒪᖔᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ.

ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ 11 ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑕᒫᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᕐᓄᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓈᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ.

"ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᒥᒃ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᒐᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ, ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᑦ ᖃᐃᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦ 8 ᐃᓗᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑕ." ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ.

"ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒥᐊᓕ (ᕗᕆᑦᓕᓐ)

ᐅᕙᖓᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᓚᐅᕋᒻᓄᒃ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᖅᖢᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᑉᓗᑕ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓯᒪᙱᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑕ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᙱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᙱᑦᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ.

"ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᑦᑎᑉᓗᑎᒃ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓕᖅᖢᓂ."

ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓱᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᖢᐊᖏᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᔾᔨᖅᑐᕈᒪᖕᒪᖔᑕ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ.

ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓲᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐸᑦ, ᓄᑕᕋᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ.

"ᓄᑕᖅᑲᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ.

"ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑎᒥᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᖅᑎᕆᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐸᓱᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᕐᒥᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᙱᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ.

"ᐊᔾᔨᐅᙱᓐᓂᖓ ᑖᑉᓱᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔫᑉ ᑐᓂᓯᓚᐅᙱᓐᓇᑉᑕᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ

ᐅᖃᐅᑎᓚᐅᙱᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ."ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᓯᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᖕᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓄᑦ

ᓯᕗᒻᒧᐊᒃᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ."ᐸᐅᕐᓯᐅᓪ ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᓕᐅ

ᐅᓴᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᑦ ᖃᐃᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ ᒥᑭᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᙵ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ.

ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᖢᐊᕐᓂᕋᖅᖢᒍ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ.

"ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑯᓗᐃᑦ ᓴᓚᐅᓱᖁᓚᐅᕋᑉᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔪᖅᑕᐅᕝᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᕐᒪᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑕ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖓ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑦ.

"ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐅᖓᑕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᑐᒃᓯᕋᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓇᔭᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᖃᓕᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ 11-ᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒪᒃᑲᓐᓂᐅᔪᑦ 11 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᒪᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ.

"ᑕᒪᓐᓇ, ᐃᓚᖓᒍᑦ, ᑕᒫᙵᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕋᑉᑕ ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂᒃ, Hᐊᒻᓚᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ.

"ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᐃᕆᓕᒥ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᒃᖡᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓵᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦᑎᐊᕙᒃ - ᒪᒋᐅᓪ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓄᙵᐅᖃᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ South Africa-ᒧᑦ, ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᖅᑳᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ, ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᖅᑐᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᔪᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑕᐅᔪᒫᖅᑐᑦ Hᐃᓕ ᒪᐃ ᐅᓴᒃ, ᔪᓕᐊ ᐃᓵᒃ, ᐊᑐᕆ ᕗᕆᑦᓚᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᕙᖓ."

Change through art

New 'Get Art' project in Rankin exceeds expectations

The use of art to help create change was front and centre during a parent night art exhibition by a group of young girls who took part in the Get Art program last week at the Leo Ussak Elementary School (LUS) gym.

Get Art is an eight-week program for girls aged nine to 14 delivered by the Rankin Inlet Spousal Abuse Counselling Program.

Jennica Barcial said the focus of the program is to allow its partici-pants to express themselves through art.

She said 11 girls took part in the program, doing a different art activ-

ity each week, as well as culturally relevant activities such as receiving advice from elders.

"They also took part in a really big project, making a video on bully-ing, which we screened during par-ent night, as well as going over a weekly summary of what they had been doing for the past eight weeks" said Barcial.

"We have mandated outreach pro-grams, but Mary (Fredlund) and I decided to do something different and we came-up with this idea to reach a demographic we've never worked with before and still talk about topics such as healthy relationships, bully-ing, healthy and unhealthy families and friendships.

"McGill University then came in

contact with us and started to fund us, which is why this project became as big as it is."

Barcial said the girls were asked what issues they see in the commun-ity that they would want to focus on in the making of a video and bullying was what they wanted to highlight.

She said bullying is something that happens across all age groups, not just with kids.

"The kids never brought-up cyber-bullying on the internet at all.

"The two types of bullying we focus on with the video are physical bullying and teasing, such as two or more girls teaming-up on one girl in a negative manner.

"The unique part of this project is that we didn't give them a script or tell

them what to do."The video was completely girl

and group led."Barcial said the group was thank-

ful to LUS for opening-up its gym and allowing them to hold parent night, because their office was simply too small to accommodate the event.

She said, however, the office was an intimate setting for the group meetings that encouraged interaction between the participants.

"We also really wanted the girls to feel comfortable in a space that does offer counselling so, in the future, it's not an unfamiliar location if they ever need help for themselves or someone they know.

"This program definitely exceeded our expectations. We asked for 10

girls to join and we ended-up with 11 participating and 11 more on a wait-ing list.

"This was, sort of, just a ran-dom pilot project we put together but, when we received funding from McGill, the hamlet and the Northern store, it became a lot bigger than we thought it would be.

"We now hope to hold mini work-shops in April, during which the older girls will act as mentors to the new participants and, big news – McGill University invited some of the par-ticipants to go to South Africa, where the original idea for this came from, to talk about creating change through the medium of art, so making the trip will be Haily May Ussak, Julia Isaak, Audrey Fredlund and myself."

community ¥∂¿ú

Darrell Greer/NNSL photo

Aiolah Iittinuar, from left, Sydney Inukshuk, Laquisha Makkigak, Danica Sammurtok, Cassidy Sammurtok and Lila Hunter address the gathering during parent night for the Get Art program at the Leo Ussak Elementary School gym in Rankin Inlet last week.

ᐊᐃᐅᓛ ᐃᑎᓐᓄᐊᖅ, ᓴᐅᒥᖅᖠᕐᒥ, ᓯᑦᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, ᓚᑭᓴ ᒪᑭᒡᒐᖅ, ᑕᓂᑲ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ, ᑲᓯᑎ ᓴᒻᒧᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓚᐃᓚ Hᐊᓐᑐᕐ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓅᔪᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓕᐅ ᐅᓴᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᖃᐃᓕᓴᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ.

ᓄᑖᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᔫᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ

ᐊᓯᔾᔩᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ

by Darrell Greer Northern News Services

Rankin Inlet

4 KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020

I've blown this trumpet more than once in this space during the past few years, but it's a note that has to be kept playing in our region.

Each and every one of our seven communities relies on the good hearts of people to volunteer every once in a while so various youth and elder programs, sports programs and competitions and events such as hamlet days and the Christmas games can keep on being delivered.

Other great ventures that help their community also depend on vol-unteers to keep in operation, such as the Abluqta Society and the won-derful work it's been doing in Baker Lake.

I've become quite a fan of the Abluqta Society and what it has man-aged to accomplish in a relatively short period of time in Baker with its thrift store along with helping to dis-tribute food to those in the commun-ity who can use a helping hand from time to time.

The long and the short of the mat-ter is, the society could not exist if it weren't for the volunteers making the enterprise thrive and grow.

I'm sure every hamlet office in the region and every non-profit or charit-able organization from Naujaat to Arviat would like to be able to pay a

stipend to everyone who helps out with one of their programs.

Unfortunately, that's just not real-ity these days when every budget is maxed out, every position is filled and there's just not enough man-power to go around to keep every program running effi-ciently.

Although there's no paycheque involved, volun-teerism has many, many rewards that are just as enriching to the soul as money is to the pocket-book.

Let's be honest. What price do you put on the sound of kids laughter while taking part in extracurricular activities, or the sense of accom-plishment on the faces of youth who have just learned a traditional skill and are better prepared to provide for their own families in the years to come?

What would be the hourly wage to see kids having a full, nutritious meal at home that, if it weren't for the caring and generosity of others, they would be doing without?

Volunteerism helps to create stronger and healthier commun-ities and directly contributes to the development of youth in the com-

munity by giving them evenings and weekends of positive activities to participate in and learn from.

As adults, we all know the alterna-tive scenario when the youth of a community have nothing constructive

to fill their evenings with.Idle hands are, indeed,

the devil's workshop.And, when an entire

community chips in and shares the volunteering load, you don't see pro-ductive and successful programs come to a crash-ing end when the person or persons running it leave the community or simply burn out from carrying the

load themselves.Anyway you slice the tuktu, every

community benefits from a strong volunteer base and every community is weakened that does not have such a base.

And, yes, it is true that more should be done to acknowledge the efforts of our region's volunteers and what they mean to programming, especially youth programming.

But until that day arrives, take heart in knowing volunteerism really does come with its own rewards.

Not convinced? Give it a shot. You just might just be surprised.

opinions ᓄwhmK5

Volunteerism a backbone to healthy communities

DARRELLGREER

Nunavut's award-winning voice of Kivalliq – Published Wednesdays

Nunavut's Award-Winning Voice of Kivalliq

SEND US YOUR COMMENTSYou can email us at kivalliqnews@nnsl.com; mail to Box 2820, Yellowknife X1A 2R1; or drop your letter off at our office at 5108-50th Street. All letters submitted must be signed with a return address and daytime telephone number so that we can confirm it came from you.Not all letters will necessarily be published. Prefer-ence is given to short letters of broad interest or con-cern. We particularly encourage new contributors as we attempt to publish a cross-section of public opinion.Letters of more than 200 words, open letters and those published elsewhere are seldom used. We reserve the right to edit for length or taste and to eliminate inaccurate or libelous statements. We may also choose to use a letter as the basis for a story.

NORTHERN NEWS SERVICES LIMITED 100% Northern owned and operatedPublishers of: • Nunavut News/North • Inuvik Drum • Kivalliq News • Yellowknifer • NWT News/North • Hay River Hub

Member of:• Manitoba Community

Newspapers Association• Canadian Community

Newspapers Association

¥∂‡ç Ä¿Ω‰ÕÇœÀé´ú æƒúΩÇπÖÊíÇπØÀÒ ≤áˆ

ï·∆¿Í´ – ÇÔ¿∞°úΩÖ¿ÖÙ·çâÒ áˆîπÍ´

Contents copyright. Printed in the North by Canarctic Graphics Limited. No photos, stories, advertisements or graphics may be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the written approval of the publisher.

Subscriptions One year mail $65 Online (entire content) $50/year

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.

Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.

Editor: Darrell Greer Associate Editor: Jean Kusugak

Box 657, Rankin Inlet, NU X0C 0G0 Phone: (867) 645-3223

Fax: (867) 645-3225 Toll free: (855) 447-2584

Email: kivalliqnews@nnsl.com Website: www.nnsl.com/kivalliqnews

Founder (1934-2018): J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason Publisher, CEO: Bruce Valpy

valpy@nnsl.comChief Financial Officer: Judy TriffoManaging Editor: Mike W. Bryant

bryant@nnsl.comKivalliq Advertising Representative:

advertising@nunavutnews.com Call collect: (867) 873-4031

Fax: (867) 873-8507 Publishing Office: Box 2820, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R1 Phone: (867) 873-4031 Fax: (867) 873-8507 Email: nnsl@nnsl.com Website: www.nunavutnews.com

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐊᕈ ᒍᕆᐅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᓕᕆᔨ: ᒪᐃᑯ ᓛᐃᓐᕼᐊᓐ Box 657, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0C 0G0 ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓ: (867) 645-3223ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 645-3225 ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (855) 447-2584 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: kivalliqnews@nnsl.com ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nunavutnews.com ᓇᓂᓯᔨᐅᔪᖅ (1934-2018): J.W. (Sig) Sigvaldason ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᔨ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᓪᓚᕆᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ: Bruce Valpy – valpy@nnsl.comᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᔭᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ: Judy Triffoᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖅ: Mike W. Bryant – bryant@nnsl.comᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᐃᕆᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓕᕆᔨ: ᑎᐅᕆ ᑖᐱᓐ – advertising@nunavutnews.com ᑲᓕᒃᑳᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑦᑐᖅ: (867) 873-4031 ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒃ: Box 2820, ᔭᓗᓇᐃᕝ, ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅ X1A 2R1 ᐅᖃᓘᑎᖓᑦ: (867) 873-4031 ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 873-8507 ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: nnsl@nnsl.comᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: www.nnsl.com

Ulukhaktok

Gameti

Behchoko

Sambaa K’e

Kugaaruk

Naujaat

Sanikiluaq

The Rankin Rock atoms players were hard at work improving their skills during practice times throughout the past month.

The young players eager-ly anticipate every hour of ice time they receive throughout the season with the Rankin Inlet Minor Hockey Association.

Practice makes perfect

Above: Jarod Ugjuk uses a light touch to navi-gate a puck-handling drill.Left: Amayah Avatituq grabs a quick drink of water following a skating drill.

Northern News Services

Goalie Leo Gee comes oh so close to making a dramatic glove save against a line rush during atoms practice in Rankin Inlet on Feb. 6.

Monique Nakoo-lak (23) lines up against a team-mate as another drill gets set to begin.

ATOMS Featureby Darrell GreerRankin Inletᑕᑯᔭᒃᓴᐃᑦ

Northern News Services

KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020 5

6 KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020

KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020 7

8 KIVALLIQ NEWS, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 r?9o3u iWK5, WzJx8i, ᒫµ5y 4, 2020

A weekend sewing workshop and gathering to improve the Abluqta Society's thrift store was a success, despite one day lost to weather last month.

Erin Strachan and Emma Inns made the trip to Baker Lake for the workshop on behalf of Performance Management Consultants.

Inns, who owns an eco-fabric store in Ottawa's ByWard Market called Adorit Boutique, donated two industrial-sized sewing machines to the Abluqta Society in December.

Strachan said she and Inns flew to Meadowbank on the Agnico Eagle charter and ended-up spending the night there due to bad weather.

She said they arrived at the thrift shop a day late due to the delay, but everything went fine on Feb. 22 and 23.

"We did the sewing workshop with three participants and that went really well," said Strachan.

"Then we helped the society design and create shelving units out of recycled pallets. We had quite a few volunteers there to help us do it

and, in the end, they had a 10-foot wall and a 16-foot wall, each with eight racks on it.

"The thrift shop is located in a house and now, basically, they can get most of the thrift shop's merchan-dise into the living room.

"They also now have the sewing machines set up and a lot of uniforms from Agnico Eagle to start practicing on."

Strachan said they also installed a living wall, which has grow lights on the ceiling and a number of planters mounted on the wall.

She said they planted seeds for such things as lettuce, kale, green onions and garlic.

"They've started to grow already and everyone's kind of excited because not a lot of people with Abluqta have actually ever grown anything like that.

"One of the machines, the serger, did get a little bit damaged dur-ing transit. We did get it working, but we're going to have a sewing machine doctor take a look at it because we're struggling with the tension and that kind of thing, but I think it can be resolved.

"Luckily, the Jessie Oonark Cen-

tre is in town and the people who run that have been very supportive of the Abluqta Society and these machines, so they've offered to, sort of, assist where they can.

"They've got a guy who comes once a year to doctor their sewing machines, so we're trying to get in touch with him and there's even a chance we might be able to do it over Facetime or a Skype call."

Strachan said the goal remains for Abluqta to secure a uniform-repair contract from Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank mine.

She said there are so many repairs to be made that Agnico Eagle can no longer keep up with it all.

"Previous to now they've had to ship a lot of their repairs south and that just seems like such a shame when you have so many women in this community with the sewing knowledge they have.

"Why would those job opportun-ities go south?

"So, if all goes well and we get the two machines running proper-ly and the details of the contract worked out, it could mean two full-time jobs or four part-time jobs for four local seamstresses."

Thrift store facelift and sewing workshop for AbluqtaA stitch in time

photo courtesy of Erin Strachan

Mary Killulaq is all smiles while taking a sewing workshop with the Abluqta Society in Baker Lake on Feb. 22.

by Darrell Greer Northern News Services

Baker Lake

news ᓄá·∆¿ÖÀî