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Chris Avery ᑯᕆᔅ ᐄᕗᕆ

Dear Guest ᑐᕌᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑭᒪᔪᓄᑦ,

Johnny Adams ᔮᓂ ᐋᑕᒥ Executive Chairman of the Board, Canadian North ᐃᓱᒪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂ, ᑲᓃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᑦ

Welcome aboard!

ᑐᖖᒐᓱᒋᑦᓯ ᐃᑭᒪᑎᓪᓗᓯ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑦᑎᓐᓂ!

As fall begins, we find ourselves returning to work and school routines.

We hope this year will bring a bit more normalcy and peace to everyone’s lives. It is remarkable to think how much we have all adapted to over the past 18 months and how far we have come together.

ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓴᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒥᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐊᒥᓱᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕆᐊᓕᕐᒥᒐᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐊᑐᓕᕆ-

This September 30, 2021, I invite you to wear orange to show your support to all the Indigenous and Inuit families, friends and all people affected by the recent tragic findings at the Indian Residential Schools. As a Canadian and an immigrant, it saddens me to see such discrimination still present within the fabric of our country, and I can only imagine how those closely affected by the residential school system in Canada are grieving the lives lost during this tragedy and the impact to their own families.

The events that took place have prompted me to further reflect and understand more about the lived experiences of my Indigenous friends, neighbours, colleagues, and customers. My goal is to continue to learn how I can make a difference, while offering my allyship to those around me who were personally affected.

In recognition that Thanksgiving will be celebrated on October 11, I invite you to cherish what you are thankful for and hold it dear now more than ever. I would like to offer our deepest appreciation to everyone who is helping to care for their communities. This includes the leaders, health care providers and all the essential workers who are working together to keep their communities safe. It also includes the elders, parents, teachers, friends, neighbours, volunteers, and everyone else who is helping to look after others. We know that you are depending on us, so we will continue to do everything we can to ensure the well‐ being of everyone we serve.

ᐊᓕᕆᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ

ᐅᑭᐅᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ

ᐃᓱᒪᓇᕋᓗᐊᕐᐳᖅ

ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᔭᕗᑦ

ᐃᓅᓯᕗᑦ

ᐊᑐᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᐃᒪᓂᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᓇᕐᖓᕐᓇᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᕐᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᒋᐊᒥᒃ ᖃᓄᑎᒋᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᑦᓱᓐᓇᓚᐅᕋᑦᑎᒍ 18-ᖑᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᓕᕈᓐᓇᕈᑎᒋᔪᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦᑎᒍ. ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᓯᑦᑎᐱᕆ 30, 2021 ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ, ᐅᕕᓂᕈᖅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᖁᕙᑦᓯ ᐊᐅᐸᔮᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᒋᔭᖏᓂᒃ, ᐱᖃᑎᐊᓗᒋᔭᖏᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓗᐊᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᕕᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑭᓖᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᕕᒋᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓂᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐅᖑᖃᑕᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᖖᒑᖅᓯᒪᓂᑰᓪᓗᖓ, ᓂᑲᓪᓗᕐᔪᐊᕈᑎᒋᓯᒪᒐᒃᑯ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᑭᕋᖅᑐᐃᓂᖅ ᓱᓕ ᑕᐃᒪᐅᓂᖓᑕ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕙᒃᑲ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕐᔪᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᒃᓴᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕐᕕᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᕆᕙᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓂᑦ ᕿᒃᓵᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓯᒪᓂᕆᔭᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓐᓂ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᓯᖏᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑎᒋᓚᐅᕋᒃᑭᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓐᓂ

ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒋᔭᒃᑲ,

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᕐᓯᒪᔫᓪᓗᑎᒃ

ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ

ᐱᖃᓐᓇᕆᔭᒃᑲ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒋᔭᒃᑲ,

ᐃᑭᒪᕙᒃᑐᖁᑎᒋᔭᕗᑦ.

ᑐᕌᕐᕕᒃᓴᖃᕋᒪ

ᐃᓕᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᒃᓴᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᕐᒪ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᖃᕈᒪᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕙᑎᓐᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓐᓂ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᖓ. ᖁᔭᓕᓐᓇᐅᑉ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒥᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 11-ᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᖁᔭᓕᔾᔪᑎᖃᖃᑕᐅᖁᕙᑦᓯ ᐃᓅᓯᑦᓯᓐᓂ ᐃᑉᓕᕆᔭᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑉᓕᕆᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᒋᑦ. ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᐃᓐᓇᕋᓱᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᖁᔭᓕᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᔪᒪᕗᖓ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ

ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ

ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ

ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ

ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖖᒋᑦᑐᒦᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓚᖃᕆᕗᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓂᒃ, ᐱᖃᑎᐊᓗᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᒐᐅᓇᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᓕᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᓄᑦ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᑦᑕᓗ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑦᓯᓐᓂᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓕ

ᖃᓄᓕᒫᖅ

ᐃᑲᔪᐃᓐᓇᕋᓱᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ

ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ

ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᕐᕕᒋᕙᒃᑕᕗᑦ

ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖖᒋᑦᑐᒦᑎᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ.

Finally, we are thankful to everyone who has been able to travel and ship with us this year. Please know that we are thinking of you and look forward to seeing you, hopefully sooner rather than later. It is always our pleasure to serve you and we thank you for your friendship and support.

ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃᓕ, ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᒪᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓯᑎᑦᑎ-

If you or someone you know is struggling, please call the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line at 1‐866‐925‐4419.

ᐃᒡᕕᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖃᕈᕕᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑎᖃᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ, ᐊᑏ ᐅᖄᓚᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ

Nakurmiik, quyanainni, qujannamiik, matna, quana, mahsi cho, merci and thank you,

Chris Avery President and CEO Canadian North

ᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᕆᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᓯ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᒐᑦᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕆᐅᖕᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒫᕐᒥᒐᑦᑕ, ᕿᓚᒻᒥᐅᔪᖅ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᕋᖅᑎᐅᕙᒋᐊᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑐᖖᒐᓇᖅᑑᕙᒃᑲᑦᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᑲᑦᓯ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᖅᑭᓖᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᐸᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᐅᕐᓇᖅᑐᖃᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᓗᒡᕕᒃᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ 1-866-925-4419. ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ, ᖁᔭᓇᐃᓐᓂ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᒪᑦᓇ, ᖁᐊᓇ, ᒫᓯ ᓲᐅ, ᒥᕐᓰ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ

ᑯᕆᔅ ᐄᕗᕆ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ ᑲᓃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᑦ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᑉ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ Employee Spotlight | Iqqanaijaqtiup Ujjirijautitauninga

ᕖᑦ ᑭᖕᑕᓐ | Wade Kingdon ᕖᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ

Wade was born in Nunavut, but his introduction to aviation began as a child growing up in Manitoba. On Sundays, you could find Wade with his father going out for pancakes and then taking off to the sky in a 1949 Aeronca Sedan aircraft.

ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖅᑖᕐᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᕐᖢᓂ ᓱᕈᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓪᓗᓂ. ᓴᓇᑦᑕᓕᑕᒫᑦ, ᕖᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᓂᓗ ᐹᑮᒃᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓛᕈᒥᑕᕆᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᓯᒪᕗᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ

ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓕᕐᓂᐊᓵᕐᓂᕐᒥᓐᓂ

1949 ᐃᐊᕌᓐᑲ

ᓯᑖᓐ

ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖁᑎᖓᒍᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓴᐃᑦ ᓈᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᕖᑦ ᑭᖕᑕᓐ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕐᓯᒪᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᑲᓃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᔅᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅᑎᖏᓂ 2008-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ

Years later, Wade Kingdon began his career with Canadian North in 2008 as a Customer Service Agent at YFB airport in Iqaluit. After transitioning from a Customer Service Agent to a Supervisory role where he oversaw northern bases, Wade quickly took on various management positions that led to his current role as Station Manager for Rankin Inlet and Winnipeg.

ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ YFB-ᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂ. ᑕᐃᒪᓗ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᐸᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᓱᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᑕᐅᑉ ᐃᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ

ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕝᕕᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᕖᑦ

ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖖᒋᐅᖅᑐᓂ

ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᓂ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᓱᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕕᓂᐲᒡ ᓄᓇᓕᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂ. ᕖᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᖓ "ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᖅᐸᓐᓂᖓᑕ ... ᖃᖓᑕᓲᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᖓᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ

ᓴᖅᑮᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᒻᒪᑕ

ᖃᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ". ᐅᖃᖅᓱᓂ,

Wade explains that his role is “always "ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖖᒋᐅᖅᑑᕙᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᑦᓯᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓪᓗᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᓯᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᐸᒻᒪᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ." changing … the industry on its own is always throwing something new ᓇᐅᑦᓯᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᓂᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᓯᕙᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᕖᑦ at you on a given day”. He explains, “I love the diversity and how every ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᖏᓂ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑕ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ day is something different.” Overseeing two different stations adds to ᐃᖏᕐᕋᖃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐸᒃᑲᒥ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᓯᓂᐊᕆᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ. the sense of change in Wade’s case, but it is something he considers "ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᒃᐸᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᓐᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓪᓚᕆᒃᐸᒃᑕᕋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ a bonus because it allows him to travel and meet new people. ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑎᖃᖅᐸᓐᓂᖏᑦ

ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ

ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᒃᑕᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ

ᖃᖓᑕᕙᒃᑐᑦ

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ." ᕖᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᑐᑎᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖃᖅᐸᓐᓂᖏᑕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒌᒃᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓇᓱᒃᐸᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. "ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᑦ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ ... ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᔪᒪᓗᐊᖅᐸᒃᑐᖓ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᓯᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑦᓯᐊᖅᑑᕙᓐᓂᖏᓂᒃ." ᐅᑭᐅᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᑲᓃᑎᐊᓐ ᓄᐊᔅᑯᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᖏᓂ, ᕖᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑲᓪᓚᓐᓂᒃ

“I love the social aspect of the job and the interactions with our valued customers and incredible team members”. Wade reflects his love of people through his sense of family unity with coworkers and by making it his mission to do at least one act of kindness per day for someone.

“Every person deserves to be treated with kindness … and I personally love seeing other people be kind to one another.”

During his career at Canadian North, Wade has created many fond memories with colleagues and customers. One of these moments was ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖏᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪ ᕖᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒥ ᐃᑭᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᓐᓇᒥ when Wade was able to help a passenger get home to their family in ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᑭᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᕼᐋᓕᕚᒃᔅ ᓯᓚᑖᓂᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓗ time for Christmas. The passenger was travelling from a northern base ᖃᖓᑕᓲᑉ ᐃᑯᒪᖏᑦ ᐊᔪᓕᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑕ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋ ᑭᖑᕙᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᑎᑕᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᓕᕋᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᐊᓄᑦ ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒧᑦ ᐃᑭᓯᒪᕝᕕᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᒥᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓐᓇᓱᒋᐊᒥᓂᒃ. ᕖᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᖔᖅ to Halifax, but mechanical issues had caused delays that would prevent ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓐᓇᓕᖅᑎᓚᐅᕐᒪᒍ ᑕᐃᓐᓇ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᓕᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ him from reaching his connecting flight. Wade was able to find another ᑎᑭᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᑎᑦᓱᓂᐅᒃ. "ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᐸᒍᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᑦᓱᓂᖖᒐᓗ ᖁᕝᕕᐅᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᓗᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓐᓄᑦ. route for the passenger that evening and he was able to make it home to see his family that night. “They came over and hugged me with tears ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐳᐃᒍᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓂᐊᖖᒋᑕᕋ." in their eyes thanking me. Was a memory I will never forget.” ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᒃᑐᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒃᓴᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒋᔭᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᖓᑕᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᓕᕐᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐊᕆᓯᒪᓕᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ.

ᓕᕈᒪᖃᑕᐅᒍᕕᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕐᑖᕐᓗᑎᑦ

ᖁᕕᐊᓇᒻᒪᕆᒃᑑᓪᓗᓂ

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᖏᑎᑐᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒋᑦ

www.canadiannorth.com/careers.

ᖃᖓᑕᓲᕐᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ

ᒪᒃᐱᕋᖓ

ᕖᑦ

ᐅᕙᓂ

If you would like to experience the same sense of family among coworkers and excitement of the aviation industry that Wade mentions, check out our careers page at www.canadiannorth.com/careers.

From the Flight Deck How does the air around the aircraft change during flight?

An aircraft relies heavily on interactions with the air during flight. The wings rely on the airflow to generate the required lift to support the aircraft in flight and the engines rely on interactions with the air to generate the thrust to move the aircraft forward. During a flight, the aircraft sees significant changes in that air. The biggest changes that occur relate to the air’s temperature and pressure — and they both change significantly during a flight.

We all know that the sun is how the air is heated, but it doesn’t do that directly. The sun heats the earth, and it is then the earth that warms the air. As a result, the higher we fly (so, the further we are from the earth’s surface) the colder the air gets. In general, the air cools down by about 2°C for every 1000’ change in altitude. As a result, the air around the aircraft in cruise flight is quite cold. In the ATR, we routinely see air temperatures of ‐35°C. The B737 cruises even higher so it encounters air temperatures as low as ‐55°C. We see those temperatures in the summer‐ time, and they can be much colder in the winter.

As the aircraft climbs, the air pressure also drops and the air gets much thinner. The thinner air impacts the aircraft in several ways.

The wings and engines are designed to work efficiently in thin air. Since the air is thinner though, there is also less friction, which is why we can reach high speeds in cruise. The reduced air pressure doesn’t just affect the aircraft though. It also affects the passengers

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and crew. Since the air is thinner, there is less air for us to breathe. About half of the air surrounding the earth is found below 18,000’. Most of the time, our cruising altitude is well above that height, so we routinely experience only about one quarter of the amount of air we have to breathe on the ground.

As part of the aircraft design process, the engineers factor in the changes in air pressure and air temperature when they design the wings and engines. They also address the needs of the passengers and crew. While we are in cruise, the aircraft draws in outside air and has a heating system that can warm that very cold air significantly so we can maintain the cabin temperature at a comfortable level. We also have a system that compresses that air so we can breathe comfortably. Since the air pressure in cruise

is so low though, most pressurization systems can’t maintain the cabin air pressure exactly the same as it is on the ground.

Therefore, you may experience your ears popping during the initial climb or during the descent for landing.

The air outside the airplane in cruise is very different from the air you experienced when you boarded the flight. However, if you look out the window of the airplane, the air looks the same and the cabin interior should feel about the same as it did on the ground too.

Captain Aaron Speer Vice President, Flight Operations Canadian North If you are curious about a specific topic regarding flying and aircraft operations, let us know what you’d like to learn about and we’ll try to include it in a future column. Email: editor@arcticjournal.ca

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Features

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The Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok

From sole exhibitions, anniversary coins and animation projects, Germaine Arnaktauyok creates, inspired by Inuit culture.

— Darlene Coward Wight

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Tuktut Nogait National Park’s 25th

What truly sets Tuktut Nogait apart from other parks and protected places isn’t just the landscape or the wildlife, but how it is managed.

— Lindsay McPherson

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Nahanni Paddles The Exclusive Club

Imagine yourself on a raft amongst towering canyon walls and mountainous valleys, with a group of like‐minded adventurers, claiming, “I too was here”.— Kevin Gedling & Patrick Carroll

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier Champion of Inuit Culture

Sheila Watt‐Cloutier shares how Inuit live off the land. — Sheila Watt‐Cloutier & Jamie Bastedo SEPTEMBEROCTOBER 2021 | 05

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12 Living Above&Beyond 19 Resources 32 Education Our People, Our Climate — Cassandra Jesik

34 Science Nunavik Sentinels — Maxim Larrivée & Amélie Grégoire-Taillefer

36 Arts Light Community Art Mosaic Project 39 Recipe — Shayna Allen

40 Arctic Trivia Quiz — Alan G. Luke

41 Bookshelf 42 Inuit Forum — Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

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Germaine Arnaktauyok Creating a visual language

By Darlene Coward Wight The Canada Council for the Arts announced on February 23, 2021, that Germaine Arnaktauyok was one of the 2021 winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. She won the Artistic Excellence Award for her 60 years of contribution to the Canadian arts landscape and her ongoing artistic explorations. She is the first Inuit artist to win this award.

As her nominator, I was excited to be able to call and speak with her several months earlier when we first received unofficial news of the award. With her typical humour, Germaine expressed surprise at winning the award since she thought that only younger people were considered for such honours!

Germaine describes Takannaaluk to Darlene at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Germaine Arnaktauyok (Canadian (Yellowknife; Igloolik), b. 1946) Takannaaluk, 1994, ink on paper, 59 x 37 cm Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Acquired with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada and with funds from The Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation Inc., G-98-496 © Ernest Mayer, courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery

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ermaine was born in a camp near Igloolik, Nunavut, and her early years were spent on the land with her family. She has been drawing since childhood: “When I was a child, it seemed natural for me to make art. I can remember drawing on gum wrappers and any bits and pieces of paper I could find.” At the age of nine, she was sent to a Roman Catholic residential school in Chesterfield Inlet. The only bright spot during this period was provided by a nun who was a talented painter and encouraged Germaine and three other girls to spend Saturday mornings painting and listening to music.

Germaine attended high school in Churchill, Manitoba, and while there, she met artist and Inuit art specialist, George Swinton. He encouraged her to attend the University of Manitoba School of Art, where she spent two years in 1968-1969. She continued her art training at Algonquin College in Ottawa for one year before moving to Iqaluit where she supported herself with design projects and book illustrations.

A turning point came in 1993, when she was encouraged to study printmaking by Iqaluit art dealers Thomas and Helen Webster, then owners of Arts Induvik Canada.

With their support, she created many drawings and catalogued portfolios of her prints.

In 1998, I worked with Germaine on her first solo exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and she became the Gallery’s ninth Artist-in-Residence. The following year, her design was used on The Nunavut—1999 Millennium $2 circulation coin to mark the birth of the new territory of Nunavut. In 2015, she wrote a book with Gyo Oh,

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Germaine Arnaktauyok (Canadian (Yellowknife; Igloolik), b. 1946) Throat Singing, 2006 pen and ink on paper 32.4 x 39.4 cm Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Acquired with funds from the Mr. and Mrs. G.B. Wiswell Fund, 2008-335 © Ernest Mayer, courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery

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Still from the new, animated NFB film, Arctic Song, that will be previewed in December. Germaine created the drawings for the film. This still is from the “Tale of The Origins of Day and Night”.

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Germaine Arnaktauyok (Canadian (Yellowknife; Igloolik), b. 1946) Mother Earth, 2007 ink, coloured pencil on paper 72.7 x 53.6 cm Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Acquired with funds from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Naylor, funds administered by The Winnipeg Foundation, 2009-399 © Ernest Mayer, courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery

My Name is Arnaktauyok, which was named one of the “20 Books to Read for Nunavut’s 20th Anniversary” by CBC. In 2019, Germaine was the co-writer, art director and illustrator for Unikkaaqtuat, a major multidisciplinary production blending circus arts, music, theatre, and video projection. Her drawings were projected on the massive outdoor Kipnes Lantern at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. Another exciting animation project, Arctic Song, featuring her drawings, will be launched by the National Film Board of Canada and Taqqut Productions in December 2021.

Piujut Arnaqsiutit, an exhibition of 13 of her prints, was held at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit in 2020. The prints reflect the artist’s lifelong interest in expressing Inuit femininity through images of traditional tattoos, or tunniit, and prehistoric ivory combs that she has researched in ethnographic texts. Throughout her career, her prints and drawings have often centred on feminine narratives including the female sea spirit known by Iglumiut as Takannaaluk.

For over 60 years, Germaine has continued to develop artistically and professionally. She has charted her own course and created her own visual language. A life-long interest in her own unique Inuit culture has been an inspiration to many younger artists.

Darlene Coward Wight is the Curator of Inuit Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Germaine Arnaktauyok (Canadian (Yellowknife; Igloolik), b. 1946) Printmaker: Studio PM (Paul Machnik) Sedna, Ruler of All Sea Animals, 1994 etching, aquatint on paper, 18/50 48.2 x 56.2 cm Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Gift of Moira Swinton and Bernard Léveillé, 2019-316 © Serge Gumenyuk, courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery SEPTEMBEROCTOBER 2021 | 05

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LIVING ABOVE&BEYOND

Murals feature healthy community bonds The Strong People, Strong Communities project partnered Northern youth artists with professional artists to collaborate to co‐create large scale murals. Kicking off in August 2020, the murals were created in July 2021 and unveiled during the Mural Festival August 10‐14, 2021, in Yellowknife, NWT. Themes for the murals included: strong, healthy women; strong, healthy men; honouring our LGBTQ2S+ community and other Indigenous ways of being; healthy, strong babies and youth; strong, healthy Elders; and strong, healthy families and communities.

For information on where to see these murals, contact strongpeoplestrongcommunities@gmail.com.

Right: Strong Healthy Elders

by Chief Lady Bird, Christina Gruben King, Isabella King and Morgan Tsetta. © Strong People, Strong Communities (6) Below: Strong Healthy Women

by Melanie Jewell, Kyla LeSage and Lianne Charlie.

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Left: Strong Healthy People Honouring the LGBTQ2S+ Community and other Indigenous Ways of Being

by Kale Sheppard, Brian Kowikchuk and Lexis McDonald.

Above: Strong Healthy Men

by Danielle Wendehorst, Peatr Thomas and Jordan Epelon.

Below: Strong Healthy Babies & Youth

by Carla Rae Taylor, Myrna Pokiak, Mya Paul and Elycia Monaghen.

Bottom: Strong Healthy Families & Communities

by Bracken Hanuse Corlett, Cody Fennell, Kaitlyn Nasogaluak and Jamaine Vilan.

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Lost soul’s relative found

Forensic Artist Diana Trepkov with the finished 2D drawing and 3D clay facial reconstruction of skull #2. The remains were identified as John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus.

One of his relatives has been found! © Lindsay Reid

For readers who have been following the story of the ill‐fated Franklin Expedition and the facial reconstruction articles of victims from the 1845 voyage above&beyond Magazine has published over the years, we provide an update.

Originally published in the MarchApril2017 issue of above&beyond Magazine, Forensic Artist Diana Trepkov described how she created facial reconstructions based on some of the bones found from the remains to aid researchers in their quest to discover the identities of the lost souls.

One of the facial reconstructions was part of a multi‐year search for a possible relative for remains identified as John Gregory, an engineer aboard HMS Erebus. DNA analysis and genea‐ logical research has confirmed that Jonathan Gregory (Joe) from South Africa is the great‐ great‐great‐grandson of the ship’s engineer.

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An historic moment for Inuit On July 6, 2021, Her Excellency The Right Honourable Mary Simon was installed as Canada’s 30th Governor General. It was an historic moment in history for Inuit across Inuit Nunangat, and a huge moment for Ingenious peoples across the country as she is the first Indigenous person to be named as the Crown’s Representative in Canada.

Mary Simon grew up in Kangiqsualujjuaq and Kuujjuaq, Nunavik.

Until her appointment as Governor General, Mary Simon was the Senior Negotiator in the Nunavik political process of Self‐Determination with the Government of Canada. She is also a previous Makivik Corporation President, former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), and past President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK). She was instrumental in the creation of the Arctic Council 25 years ago and contributed to the lengthy drafting process of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), passed at the United Nations in 2007 in New York. The new Governor General was also Canada’s first Ambassador to the Arctic, and Canada’s Ambassador to Denmark.

She holds five Honorary University Degrees, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and the National Order of Quebec.

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon delivers her first address as the new Governor General at the podium in the Senate Chamber. © Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall Reference Number: GG05-2021-0051-063

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Nunavut Day swag Canadian North Team members celebrated Nunavut Day while providing giveaways to passengers. Here, Cindy Twerdin, Canadian North Director of Sales and Community Investments (East), hands out swag to passengers in Iqaluit on Nunavut Day, July 9, 2021.

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Arctic Five and fishing nations ban fishing A new international agreement to ban commercial fishing in the central Arctic Ocean came into effect in June. It was signed by the Arctic Five countries — Canada, Norway, Russia, Denmark, and the United States — as well as the major fishing nations: Iceland, Japan, South Korea, China and the European Union.

Before any kind of fishing can begin, all parties will develop a joint program to study what fish inhabit the Arctic waters and what sustainable fisheries may be possible. The agreement also provides a framework to include Indigenous and local traditional knowledge in the research by engaging with Arctic Indigenous Peoples.

The agreement will be valid for an initial period of 16 years, after which there will be the option to renew every five years.

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New programs aim to increase literacy and digital skills

Typing Game. © Pinnguaq

To help advance Inuktut language learning, Ilitaqsiniq Nunavut Literacy Council, in collabo‐ ration with Pinnguaq Association, has launched a new Inuktitut‐language project.

Iqalliarluk — ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕐᓗᒃ (Inuktitut Typing Game) — Designed for all skill levels, this game engages participants in practicing Inuktitut language typing skills. Inuktitut words and phrases, in both syllabics and the Latin alphabet, need to be typed in to complete each level, with the vocabulary expanding based on natural literacy growth. Play the game at ilitaqsiniq.ca/game or typing­game.pinnguaq.com.

Uqalimaarluk — Three new books in Inuktitut have been digitized with animation, full narration, and sound effects and are available on the Uqalimaarluk App from online App Stores, along with other stories and songs in the database.

Inuktitut Digital Literacy Game Engine — Language educators can use this Scratch‐based tool to create their own small scale literacy games to engage learners or to teach students of all ages to program their own activities. It includes a supporting curriculum and training modules for teachers. To access the game and educator resources, visit www.pinnguaq.com/learn.

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The project was funded by Heritage Canada.

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New ownership to help sustain reindeer herd

The reindeer herd has provided food security and resources to generations of families in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. © ICEDO

The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) has announced the new ownership of the reindeer herd to the Inuvialuit Community Economic Development Organization (ICEDO).

The herd has provided food security and resources to generations of families in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. ICEDO, with the help of an Inuvialuit reindeer herding team, will manage the revitalization of the herd. The primary goal is to grow the herd’s size to support sustainable processing.

The IRC and ICEDO wish to thank beneficiaries for their ongoing support and continue to ask everyone to avoid contact with the herd at this time.

For more information, please contact Brian Wade, Associate Director, at the ICEDO at 867‐777‐7078 or bwade@inuvialuit.com.

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NUNAVIK Summer drill program advances field data Commerce Resources Corp. collared its first drill hole of the 2021 field program at the Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Deposit this summer. A total of 2,500 m of NQ size drilling over 15 to 20 holes will target further delineation of the deposit, which remains open to the north and south, as well as target an increase in resource confidence from inferred/indicated to indicated/measured in areas where the neodymium‐praseodymium (NdPr) contents are highest. Depending on the location within the deposit, the NdPr distribution typically varies from 21‐24+ per cent with monazite being the dominant carrier of the rare earth elements (REEs).

In addition to the drill program, the Company continues to collect remaining field data for the Prefeasibility Study and is planning to complete the remaining Qualified Person site visits later in the program.

NUNAVUT New draft land use plan in the works The Nunavut Planning Commission unveiled the territory’s new draft land use plan in Iqaluit in July. Under the new plan, 22 per cent of the territory would be protected.

The new plan categorizes land as mixed use, conditional use or limited use. Mixed use areas make up 65 per cent of the territory and have no restrictions. In conditional use areas, nine per cent of Nunavut, projects must adhere to specific requirements for operation to protect sensitive wildlife areas. Limited use areas prohibit industrial and commercial activity year‐round.

The Commission plans to hold public hearings on the new draft plan in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot in November and potentially Pond Inlet and Iqaluit in early 2022.

To be discussed are the Company’s desires to build a 110‐kilometre railway from its Mary River mine to Milne Inlet, double its iron ore shipments through the Tallurutiup Imanga marine conservation area and add another dock at its port. Opponents are concerned the expansion will negatively affect caribou and narwhal in the area.

Baffinland is scheduled to submit its final statements December 6.

Strong growth for Nunavut but decline for NWT According to the NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines, Nunavut’s mineral production is growing, while the NWT’s is decreasing.

Stronger prices for iron and gold has helped Nunavut’s increase in mineral production with Nunavut currently having three working gold mines and an iron ore mine. The NWT has three producing diamond mines but a downturn in global diamond sales has affected this sector.

Natural Resources Canada estimates Nunavut’s 2020 mineral production to be approximately $2.07 billion, a 27 per cent increase from 2019.

The NWT's estimated 2020 mineral production is at $1.15 billion, a 25 per cent decline from 2019.

YUKON YESAB to review proposed project Victoria Gold is applying for a 10‐year class four mining permit for two exploration projects this year.

The company wants to search for silver and gold at four locations within the roughly 555 square‐kilometre Dublin Gulch property. The proposal states there will be 25‐person camps, new access roads, upward of 800 holes drilled over the life of the project, and trenching.

Most of the sites are within 15 kilometres of their Eagle Gold Mine.

The Yukon Environmental and Socio‐ Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) will review public feedback on the exploration project.

Mineral company's scale-up period may be delayed Alexco Resource Corp. shares updates for its mining and exploration activities: • Keno Hill is projected to produce over 35.5 million ounces of silver over the next eight years.

• Ore production is expected to be complete at Bellekeno in the third quarter of 2021.

• Initial ore production is anticipated in Bermingham in the third quarter of 2021.

• Initial ore production is anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2021 for Flame & Moth.

However, the longer‐term continuation or increased COVID‐19 related workplace restrictions, slower than forecasted development advance rates or recruitment of underground miners and maintenance technicians may extend the company’s scale‐up period.

Targets may reveal a variety of minerals White Gold Corp. has begun its maiden diamond drilling program and completion of a structural geological interpretation at its Betty Property.

The program is comprised of 2,000 to 2,500 m in 10 to 12 holes on the Betty Ford and Betty White targets. At Betty Ford, drilling will test the target over an approximately 500 m strike length.

Gold mineralization is noted on second and third order W and NE trending faults.

Geochemistry analysis and interpretation has also revealed a zone of possible porphyry style mineralization identified with elevated Copper, Molybdenum and Silver values on the property.

Iron mine review to continue Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s expansion proposal review has been rescheduled for November 1‐6.

The Nunavut Impact Review Board is inviting five community members from Pond Inlet, Igloolik, Hall Beach, Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord. There will also be a Zoom link hub in Pond Inlet for community members.

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Elder recalling stories and showing bones at Many Caches in Tuktut Nogait National Park. © Charla Jones/Parks Canada

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Tuktut Nogait National Park Managed by indigenous tradition

By Lindsay McPherson On June 5, 2021, Tuktut Nogait National Park (TNNP) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the signing of the park’s establishment agreement. Generations of use and years of discussion culminated in preserving this landscape, now totaling over 18,000 km2, for future generations.

ucked in the northeastern reach of the Northwest Territories, Tuktut Nogait National Park remains an unspoiled landscape. This remote park, located 170 km north of the Arctic Circle, provides habitat for elusive predators such as Arctic wolves, grizzlies and wolverines, and raptors such as gyrfalcons and peregrine falcons nest in large numbers among the spires and canyons within the mythical Hornaday and Brock River Canyons.

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The makings of a park Originally proposed by the community of Paulatuk in 1988, and then through the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (NWT) in 1990, Tuktut Nogait National Park’s establishment agreement was signed on June 5, 1996, between the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Inuvialuit Game Council, the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the Paulatuk Community Corporation and the Paulatuk Hunters and Trappers Committee. Following the completion of the Impact and Benefit Plan for the Expansion of Tuktut National Park of Canada into the Sahtú Settlement Region (2005), the park was expanded southwards and an appointee of the Déline Land Corporation — now the Déline Gotine Government — was included on the Board.

Bluenose-west caribou in Tuktut Nogait National Park. © Pinnette Robinson/Parks Canada

Uniquely managed by consensus What truly sets Tuktut Nogait apart from other parks and protected places isn’t just the landscape or the wildlife, but how it is managed. It is managed cooperatively, by consensus, by the Tuktut Nogait National Park Management Board acting together with Parks Canada’s superintendent and staff. As formally laid out by the park’s establishment agreement, the board consists of six members appointed by the Indigenous authorities and the federal minister responsible for national parks, on the advice of the Territorial Government. Together, they chart a course on all aspects of Park planning, operations and management.

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“Tuktut Nogait represents an alliance between the Inuvialuit and the Governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories, and more recently the Déline Gotine Government.

They have agreed to make all reasonable efforts to manage Tuktut Nogait National Park by the age-old Indigenous tradition of consensus decision-making. They have imported consensus into the heart of this national park, for the primary benefit of the caribou, the protection of the calving grounds,

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Gyrfalcon perch in Tuktut Nogait National Park. © Jay Frandsen/Parks Canada

and the communities that depend on the caribou. What is consensus? It is a method of making decisions based ultimately on mutual respect; negotiated, shared purposes; creating a space for reflection rather than reaction; and weaving together complementary perspectives into one consistent path of action. No narrow motions and no votes …, but rather encouraging all participants to speak, listening to and hearing their different cultures and perspectives, and taking the time to reconcile those different perspectives into one whole,” explains Tom Nesbitt, chair of the Tuktut Nogait National Park Management Board. “We hear, rightly, so much today about the need for reconciliation, but how often do we actually see it? Perhaps Tuktut Nogait National Park may represent a small, modest contribution to this fundamental national purpose.”

Celebrating successes and working together Tuktut Nogait’s site manager, Stephanie Yuill, along with staff Tracey Wolki and Brianna Wolki, hosted community events leading up to June 5. These events included a community scavenger hunt and radio bingo, sealing a time capsule, and serving a traditional feast for the original signatories of the agreement.

The Brock Canyon in Tuktut Nogait National Park. © Jay Frandsen/Parks Canada

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Camping in Tuktut Nogait National Park. © Charla Jones/Parks Canada

“What a celebration! Stories told, photos taken, laughter shared, and memories made! Quyanainni to the community of Paulatuk for their hard work then, now, and in the future!” says Stephanie.

Taking the road less travelled In 2019, TNNP had only 14 visitors for the entire year — Banff National Park sees more in a minute! Over the last decade, the park averaged seven visitors per year, not including Inuvialuit using the land. It’s remote! The remoteness and lack of crowds are what make Tuktut Nogait a truly unique and rewarding experience. Anyone considering visiting is strongly recommended to connect with Parks Canada visitor centre staff in Paulatuk or Inuvik for trip planning information.

Once in the park, there are endless opportunities for backpacking and rafting.

Explore the Hornaday River, or hike and backpack across the park, as there are no designated trails. A particularly beautiful time to visit is during July, when the midnight sun is shining and the wildflowers are blooming.

For more information on Tuktut Nogait National Park, visit: pc.gc.ca/tuktutnogait.

Visitors at Many Caches looking towards the Hornaday River. © Charla Jones/Parks Canada

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Assorted broken and “lost” paddles with inscriptions. © Parks Canada

Nahanni Paddles The exclusive club in Nahanni National Park Reserve

By Kevin Gedling & Patrick Carroll Deep in the midst of Nahanni National Park Reserve, in the Northwest Territories, as the park’s beloved Naha Dehé (South Nahanni River) threads its way through massive peaks and colossal canyons, small carvings of paddles and other mementoes rest within the log walls of old cabins; relics of paddlers that have passed by this storied route. Even in its busiest year, only a few hundred visitors take trips down the river that makes this World Heritage Site famous. Over the last 35 years or so, those several thousand visitors have stopped at the forestry cabin in Dahtaehtthi (Deadmen Valley) or at Tułetsęę (Kraus Hotsprings) to check‐in and leave behind a small memory of their trip, recognition of the life‐changing experience following in the footsteps of the Dehcho Dene, who have lived and travelled in this area for generations.

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long the river, at either end of the First Canyon, are two rustic buildings that now serve as modern day check-in points. The original Deadmen Valley Forestry Cabin overlooks the river’s bank in this beautiful location.

Built in the 1960s by employees of the Northwest Lands and Forests Service, when the land was still part of the Mackenzie Mountains Game Preserve, the cabin is now part of Nahanni’s cultural and natural heritage. Paddlers will often stop here and reflect on the trip they’ve had before threading the rapids of their last canyon on the journey and heading onwards.

Downstream from First Canyon is Tułetsęę; the hot springs and remains of the homestead of Gus and Mary Kraus. All that remains of the early homestead is the log generator shed.

Gus and Mary lived here from 1941 until the establishment of Nahanni National Park in 1976. Today, groups travelling the river tend to rest and reflect at either of these locations as their descent of the river begins to come to an end. Since at least the 1980s, people have also taken this opportunity to leave behind small mementoes of their journey, evidence of having completed a trip on one of Canada’s great rivers and acknowledgement of the life-changing impact of the experience.

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No one knows how it started, but one possible explanation for this unlikely tradition is colourful: whenever canoeists experienced a huge dump in the massive rapids of the Nahanni, if the paddles could be salvaged, then signing them and leaving them behind was testament to having survived their harrowing experiences. Some of the mementos include these broken paddles: undoubtedly with stories to share. Over the years, as paddlers and guides began to take note of this tradition, they got their own groups involved and began leaving their own works behind. Creating and hanging one in the rafters of the Dahtaehtthi cabin serves as a means to join the exclusive club of successful river trippers — leaving them hanging for future visitors to see and as a striking visual representation of the memories of thousands of Nahanni visitors past.

As the tradition of leaving these craftworks behind grew in popularity, they expanded into the Kraus shed as well. Perhaps as a means of bringing a group together or simply as a means to pass the time while in camp along the river, some of the creations in either location are truly remarkable and unique.

When standing and looking at them at the cabin’s entry point, it’s easy to imagine a group of travellers — sometimes starting out as strangers but ending up bonded by their experiences on the river. It’s something to picture: visitors gathered around a campfire under starry skies or during a drifting river float, whittling and carving a piece of the Nahanni experience in their own unique ways. The experience of the river and commemorating it with a carved paddle brings travellers together.

A form of folk art, these paddles and carvings represent the memories and experiences of travellers from across Canada and around the world.

During the summer of 2006, park staff were at the site of the Deadmen Valley cabin, conducting restoration work. While working, Cultural Resource Specialist Patrick Carroll recalls an interesting experience: “When we were working to restore the cabin and relocate it back from the eroding riverbank, I took an interest in documenting and taking an inventory of some of the paddles. While the assets crew was working away, a small group of paddlers arrived at the cabin. An older man and a younger woman asked me if they could enter the cabin and then began scouring the walls in search of a very specific paddle. This was a paddle that the older man had left behind when he did the Nahanni several decades previous.

And it turns out that the woman was his daughter. After they located the paddle he had left behind when he was a young man, (perhaps no older than she was at the time), the two of them placed a new paddle of their own to commemorate this new trip that they were completing together. I was struck by the multi-generational connection that this father and daughter duo had and saw the meaning of all these small mementos left in this wild place.”

In the summer of 2021, taking river trips here is a little harder to do, but it won’t be that way forever. Until then, just imagine yourself on a raft amongst towering canyon walls and mountainous valleys, with a group of like-minded adventurers, leaving your own paddle behind at the end, saying, “I too was here” and “humbled by it all,” and, like travellers before you, you may vow: “I will return.” What connections will your river trip create on the Naha Dehé?

Contributed by Parks Canada-Southwest NWT Field Unit.

Facebook: @ParksCanadaNWT www.pc.gc.ca/nahanni

Entrance to the Kraus Shed with decades worth of memories/mementos. © Patrick Carroll/Parks Canada

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1/2: Nahanni river map on leather, stretched on driftwood and mounted with cord, and reverse.

3: Lumber carved bear claw with wire/wood claws.

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6: Carved driftwood with mountains and moon artwork and pink paint/stain.

11: Marker inscription on birchbark.

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4: Hand sewn birchbark canoe model with inscription that reads: “Glad to be here and humbled by it all.”

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier Champion of Inuit Culture Protecting the Arctic, saving the world Excerpt from Jamie Bastedo’s Protectors of the Planet “My earliest memories are traveling by dog team with my family to go hunt‐ ing and ice‐fishing. I would be snuggled into warm blankets and fur in a box tied safely on top of the qamutiik, the dogsled. I would view the vast expanses of Arctic sky and feel the crunching of the snow and the ice below me as our dogs carried us safely across the frozen land.

Sheila’s home town of Kuujjuaq today.

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y family was my mother, my grandmother, my two brothers, and my sister. In those days, most families lived in outpost camps outside of the community in igluvijait or igloos in the winter, and tents in the summer. We stayed a little closer to town because I was raised by single women.”

This unusual family make-up could have been a big challenge for Sheila, growing up in a traditional culture where most people “lived by the ways of snow and ice” and depended on an elder male hunter for food. Luckily, her mother Daisy and grandmother Jeannie — the “Watt women”— were amazingly resourceful, both on the land and in the community, serving as inspiring role models for Sheila.

“My family lived very traditionally, eating what we call ‘country food,’ hunting, and fishing. We traveled only by dog team. My mother and grandmother taught me traditional women’s skills, like working with animals to prepare food and clothing. My brothers always led the dog teams. At the end of each day, we would have remarkable food to eat together. We spoke nothing but Inuktitut during those first ten years.

When in town, we lived in a little house that had no electricity, no running water.”

“That your mother built, right?” I ask.

“Absolutely. My mother, as a single woman, with the help of my oldest brother, was able to build our home. She was ahead of her time, for sure. Very capable, strong, and dignified. We knew that it was rare for Inuit to build their own homes, much less an Inuk woman. It spoke to my mother’s feistiness and confidence. She was determined to live independently in her own house. It was sort of matchbox-size but it was cozy. It became a place of security, comfort, and peace. So that’s my humble beginnings.”

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Sheila, her mother (L), and auntie (with her hand in the bucket) take a break while out berry-picking.

“Oh, yes, there’s no doubt. It comes out in the way I live and work and think independently. I’ll always voice what I feel needs to be voiced, no matter what you think, as long as I know it’s true. That comes from my mother. My brother says I can be very stubborn, just like her.”

“I usually ask others in this book, ‘How did your interest in nature begin?’ But in your case, Sheila, you were literally born into it!”

Sheila laughs. “As Inuit you are born into nature because you’re out there constantly. Nature fed and taught us every day. Everything was about the pursuit of food in nature. And so, nature meant everything to us.

“We had to know if the weather was good enough to travel, the condition of the ice and snow, if the animals were close enough. And it wasn’t only about eating animals, but also using their by-products, especially furs. We’d always be sewing and preparing furs to make boots or coats or whatever was needed to stay warm out there. Everything we did every day was about the animals. The land, the water, all of nature was our supermarket.”

“You describe in your book how hunting is so important in shaping character in young people, cultivating good qualities like patience and boldness and tenacity.

Do you see that in your own growth?”

“Certainly that was true during the first ten years of my life, where nature and culture taught me directly. But I also witnessed their teachings in the hunters around me.

For example, watching my brothers prepare the dog sled for the hunt, how meticulous and focused they had to be, to make sure everything was in the right place. All that took incredible patience to get ready for long trips to hunt caribou or go fishing.

“I learned the same way from my mother and grandmother — by observation.

Especially how to prepare food from the land — what we call country food. This work demanded that we stay focused and patient to prepare things that literally kept us alive.

Those lessons have never left me.”

“It sounds like hunting was absolutely critical to your education and character development as a child. How do you talk about this with southern audiences who might have problems with a hunting-based culture?”

“I try to get people to understand that a way of life based on harvesting animals is not a confirmation of death but an affirmation of life. It’s about life giving life. I teach that to children who have been conditioned to think the blood associated with harvesting animals is somehow awful or bad. I teach that it is, in fact, a natural and wonderful thing when life gives life.

“When an animal is harvested with respect, gratitude, and connection, there is this remarkable bond when I have its blood on my hands. It is very much like gardens in the south when you have soil on your hands. Whether blood from an animal or soil from the Earth, it’s all the source of life. It’s all one.

“That’s the picture I share — that it can be a very beautiful and joyful experience to be a hunter and really appreciate the food nature gives us. As a child, I absorbed that

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TRAILBLAZER TIPS Learn from Indigenous cultures Learn how the deep connection Indigenous cultures still have with the natural environment gives them a unique view on the impacts of climate change and possible solutions for the wider world.

Get out on the land In our swirling, hurting, fast-changing world, it’s all the more important to take time and get out on the land to reconnect yourself with what’s real, what’s important, and what’s possible.

Find the human face Like Arctic climate change, there is a human face behind most environmental issues. Don’t bog down in strictly physical or scientific details. Look to the people most impacted for solutions.

Living “by the ways of snow and ice” on a traditional Inuit qamutiik.

joy countless times. Ultimately, I learned that it was not just about feeding your body, but also feeding your soul. That is so important.

“Those things that touched me in my youth still connect me with my mother, my grandmother, my sister, and my aunts, all of whom have since passed away. Because we shared those experiences — harvesting, preparing, and sharing country food together—now, whenever I have my hands in animal blood, I find myself profoundly grieving their loss. But I also feel deeply connected to them because those experiences connected all of us to each other, to our culture, to nature, and to the animals that feed us physically and spiritually.

“And so, country foods remain a central part of where I’ve come from, who I am, and what I cherish.”

“Besides hunting and preparing country foods, what were other favorite activities you enjoyed as a kid?”

“Our family hunting and fishing trips were an important part of my early childhood, but they represented only a fraction of the time I spent outdoors. For the children of Kuujjuaq, the great northern landscape was our playground. In the summer, we explored the natural world, picking berries, looking for birds’ nests, and playing on the hillsides surrounding our town. In the winter, we would sometimes slide down those same hills on sealskins.”

“What kind of berries would you pick?”

“It starts off with the aqpiks, or cloudberries, then blueberries, blackberries, and arctic cranberries. Like hunting, it’s the connection to each other that was the best part—and still is today when I do it. We’re not just out there picking berries. We’re talking, visiting, taking a break with tea and bannock. Every scoop of berries brings you back to that connection with the land, with each other, and with spirit. It literally grounds you and helps clear your head of all kinds of silly nonsense. That’s very special.

And so, berry picking has always been sacred to me. It’s an amazing experience for Inuit women and children to share together.

“It’s those sorts of connections that I remember most from my days as a kid. Growing up in a boundless landscape and a close-knit culture is a kind of magic. Those early experiences on the land shaped me completely, until I was sent away at the age of ten.”

Reprinted with permission from Red Deer Press.

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Don’t “silo” issues Issues related to health, culture, or environment can’t be “siloed” or looked at in isolation if we want to rise above them. They should be understood and tackled as an interconnected whole.

Tell people what you’re for I have always engaged in the politics of influence rather than the politics of protest. I will march for something but not against. Act in ways that bring people together, not split them apart.

Find your voice Don’t let any institution or politics unfairly restrict your thoughts, words, or actions. Find your independent voice and use it freely to express what you feel is true and needs to be voiced.

Lead from love, not fear When faced with seemingly impossible obstacles, don’t give up. Beware of the paralyzing power of fear. Find strength in the long-term value of your work and the loving connections it builds.

Don’t “other one another” When it comes to climate change, it’s too easy to “other one another” and think it’s somebody else’s problem.

Whether living in the north or south, it’s a shared challenge for us all to work on.

Learn what you can give I never tell young people exactly what to do. It’s different for everyone, yet we all have something to offer. Learn what you can give. Your own wisdom will kick in and the right action will follow.

Reprinted with permission from Red Deer Press.

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Our People, Our Climate Inuit perspectives on climate change

By Cassandra Jesik Our People, Our Climate is a ground-breaking documentary film initiative, showcasing the storytelling skills of Nunavut youth and young adults. Inuit communities across Canada's Arctic are essential to current climate change discussions, and this program brings together a range of Inuit creative expression to tell important stories through a unique and distinct cultural lens. Beginning in early 2020, the project emerged as an international collaboration between West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, ilinniapaa Skills Development Centre in Iqaluit and University of Minnesota Duluth.

A Rising Tide Raises All Ships, photograph by Kendra King, Iqaluit, Nunavut. Kendra’s partner holds an abandoned briefcase in front of a snow-covered garbage heap, emphasizing the struggles of waste management in the North. © Kendra King

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The content of this documentary film is the result of a collaborative skills development and training initiative, which supports the creative and technical abilities of Nunavut youth and young adults. Participants in this training program were first enrolled in a foundational course about climate change, created by Helen Roos, Lead Facilitator with ilinniapaa Skills Development Centre. This portion of the course provided an overview of climate change: what it is, what is happening in the Arctic, and how it is affecting them personally on Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homelands). Participants then proceeded to the technical portion, designed by Professor Olaf Kuhlke with the University of Minnesota Duluth. They reflected on the localized effects of climate change in their own communities, learning to visualize them through the art of

documentary storytelling, including still photo‐ graphy, videography and interview techniques.

This curriculum was designed to be open ended, creating conditions for participants to discover what climate change means for them‐ selves and their communities. William Huffman, with West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, explains, “From the inception of this initiative, it was meant to provoke new, grassroots perspectives on an environmental narrative, a move away from predominantly Southern‐driven storylines.

We wanted young people from the North to create the discourse and illustrate it, with their uniquely Northern voices.”

While much of the country was under lock‐ down, Our People, Our Climate pressed on, safely operating over weekly video calls and emails. In these sessions, participants from

Walking On Thin Ice, photograph by Chelsea Qammaniq, Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Her partner looks out over the landscape, contemplating how Baffinland mining expansion could impact the environment and their community. © Chelsea Qammaniq

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Clyde River, Iqaluit, Kinngait and Pond Inlet were guided by industry professionals, like Professor Olaf Kuhlke alongside Professor Alec Johnson with the University of St. Thomas, in Minnesota, as they completed their weekly projects.

Youth participant Anna Irwin, of Clyde River found these weekly sessions particularly valuable, “One of my favourite parts [about the weekly sessions] was telling a story and seeing how other people reacted from that one image and then getting feedback.”

In Anna’s photograph Water Truck, she documents the ways in which fuel is used in her community. Smoke billows from the exhaust pipe, echoed by the houses in the distance, with white clouds rising from their chimneys.

Anna explains, “We rely on fuel every day, both directly and indirectly. Through the burning of fuel, our homes are heated, and our electricity is created. Water is brought to our houses by truck, which [also] requires fuel.”

Participant Chelsea Qammaniq, of Pond Inlet also considers environmental impacts of every‐ day life. In her photograph Qarmaq, Chelsea and her son sit in a replica qarmaq, a traditional Inuit dwelling, with a row of modern houses visible in the background. Chelsea reflects, “As Inuit, [our traditional ways of living] never polluted the air, as we only caught what we needed and used what we needed.” The contrast between these structures demonstrate that lifestyles change over time. The connection

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between Chelsea and her young son makes us wonder, ‘how can we protect the environment for future generations?’

In addition to the photographs and footage produced by Our People, Our Climate participants, research on an archive of student drawings from the Nunavut Research Institute will be included in the film. From 1994‐1997 young students from across the north were part of a drawing and poster contest hosted by the Arctic Weather Centre. Environment Canada ran this contest to encourage children to think and learn about the northern climate. The project aimed to prevent traditional stories from being lost, to encourage young people to recognize the wisdom of elders as a tool for survival in the North, and to motivate students to think about climate change in their lives. Interviews with these former students, who are now adults, will

be conducted to share their reflections on the drawings they produced in the ’90s and to amplify their thoughts on climate change today.

Photographs, interviews and videography from the Our People Our Climate curriculum will come together with interviews and drawings from the Environment Canada poster contest as a documentary film of the same name. The work of this talented cohort will have an inter‐ national audience, screening at the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow in Scotland, during the annual meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, taking place November 2021. Concurrent to this exhibition, material related to the Our People, Our Climate program will be hosted on the Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow’s website and will be accessible at cca­annex.net, beginning November 2021.

Water Truck, photograph by Anna Irwin, Clyde River, Nunavut. A truck transporting water drives away from a cluster of homes with smoke rising from their chimneys. © Anna Irwin

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SCIENCE

Summer 2018, young Inuit and Cree participate in the week training in Kuururjuaq National Park. © Space for Life (Maxim Larrivée)

Insect Monitoring Nunavik Sentinels community science program

By Maxim Larrivée and Amélie Grégoire‐Taillefer The story begins in 2014, when Elise Rioux-Paquette (Kativik Regional Administration-KRG) and Maxim Larrivée (Montreal Insectarium, Space for Life) introduced youngsters from various Nunavik communities to entomology by leading expeditions in national parks in order to inventory the diversity of insects in these protected areas. By sharing their experience with young Inuit and Cree, it became clear that many young people have a predisposition and a keen interest in entomology. Their eye for details, their hunting and fishing activities and the knowledge transmitted by the elders, help them retain a highly developed relationship with nature. In addition, they are very aware that their environment is changing rapidly and that the impacts of climate change are significant on their living environment.

However, these young people have little knowledge about insects and other arthropods (e.g., spiders and millipedes) in their area, let alone how to capture and conserve them. And they have practically nothing to arouse their curiosity or help them develop their entomological skills.

The area to be inventoried is huge, the insects are active for only a very short time each year, which make training and supervising these youths a logistical challenge.

Black flies and mosquitoes are certainly the first insects that spring to mind when you think of Northern Canada. Yet there are so many insects fulfilling essential ecological roles that go incognito: hundreds of beautiful butterfly species, colour‐ 34

ful flower flies, and hard‐working bumblebees.

Some are food for birds and other animals, while others ensure berry pollination, regulate pest species or recycle organic matter. This entomological diversity is rich, fragile, invalu‐ able to humans ecologically and essential to the balance of Northern ecosystems.

Owing to the effects of climate change, living creatures are likewise changing, as are the bonds that connect them. These changes are happening even more quickly in the North. To date, the insects and spiders of Northern Canada have not been studied much and there is an urgent need for data on them. Collecting specimens and monitoring their diversity will

help us learn more about their habits and distribution, discover new species and gain a better understanding of how to protect them.

For example, a Transverse Lady Beetle was captured in Kuururjuaq in 2018 with the help of eight youngsters and KRG. It is a new ex‐ treme northern record for this special concern species. This is only a fraction of discoveries to come. These data will allow scientists, in collaboration with communities, to assess the consequences of climate change on insect fauna and to better define the actions to be taken to help communities prepare for these shifts.

This is why the Nunavik Sentinels community science project was created at the Montreal

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Insectarium as a research and education program in entomology designed to appeal to the youth of all Northern communities to inventory not only in the parks, but throughout the ancestral lands. The program seeks to document the entomological biodiversity of the North and raise awareness to the essential roles of insects in these ecosystems.

Youth are taught to inventory, preserve and identify insects and other arthropods found around their community. It is done by offering educative activities for schools and summer trainings to groups of a dozen youth per community every year for a week. Out in the field they are taught various methods to capture and observe insects, with the help of guides and proper equipment. At the same time, they learn about the morphology of various insect groups and their vital roles within ecosystems.

They are also introduced to other scientific tools to monitor wildlife, ice safety, language preservation and weather conditions through the SIKU application (siku.org).

If they like what they experience and learn, youth have the opportunity to get a paid job in the Nunavik insect monitoring program and collect insects in a habitat near their own community for a whole summer. This provides them with their first job experience and valuable income, while connecting to the land.

The data collected by the participants is analyzed at the Montreal Insectarium and the results are returned to the communities in different forms for them to use to help under‐

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Kuujjuaq in 2019: Sentinels inventory insects with bee bowls and nets. © Space for Life (Maxim Larrivée)

stand how global warming is affecting the fabric of the land responsible for the pollination of berries and many medicinal plants.

Although the week training in 2020 and 2021 was cancelled due to COVID‐19, the Nunavik Sentinels program has hired students to conduct insect sampling in Kuujjuaq, Tasiujaq and Chisasibi communities. Community out‐ reach and educative tool preparation is still ongoing. We will be more than prepared and ready to train motivated young members of Northern communities next year and beyond!

You can also make an invaluable contribution by sharing your insect observation through the SIKU app with the Nunavik Sentinels project to

increase the knowledge of the northern insect fauna. We need you!

If you would like to learn more about the program, please visit our Facebook page @NunavikSentinels and Web site at https://m.espacepourlavie.ca/en/nunavik‐ sentinels Maxim Larrivée, Ph.D., Director, is the Project Manager at Montréal Space for Life Insectarium.

Amélie Grégoire­Taillefer, Ph.D. is the Project Coordinator for Nunavik Sentinels: nunaviksentinels@gmail.com

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Celebrate the Light Community Art Mosaic Project During the Inuvik Sunrise Festival in January 2021, the Town of Inuvik was just emerging from 30 days with no sunrise. They were also in the middle of a long‐dark winter in a community, like many across the world, facing significant COVID restrictions. As a way to pull people together and bring some light into homes and families, the Town of Inuvik invited the community to participate in the Celebrate the Light Community Art Mosaic Project.

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Over 250 art kits were handed out with stations in five different neighbourhoods around Inuvik. Elders, Youth, Families, new artists, experienced artists, and artists at heart were encouraged to participate by painting a small canvas tile with a sunrise related theme. 134 of the canvas tiles were then collected, photographed, catalogued and kept in safe keeping. In conjunction with the Opening of the new Special Events Pavilion and the Summer Solstice celebrated June 20, the Town of Inuvik presented the Celebrate the Light Community Art Mosaic Project with an outdoor display to showcase the artwork created by the community.

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© Black Fly Studios c/o Town of Inuvik (6)

The larger-than-life mosaics add a colourful pop to the newly opened Special Events Pavilion in the heart of Inuvik’s Chief Jim Koe Park. © Town of Inuvik

The hand‐painted tiles can be viewed:

By Video: This short video is a snapshot of the project. https://youtu.be/4n_Fv3xLF1I Photo Album: All tiles have been individually photographed and are available for digital viewing as an album on the Town of Inuvik Facebook page. https://tinyurl.com/45mkkvxv

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In Person: Each tile was printed to vinyl as part of the larger mosaic. The tiles were revealed on June 21 and remained on display in Chief Jim Koe Park under the new Special Events Pavilion for much of the summer. Afterwards, the banners will be stored and visitors and residents can expect to see the images on display at future events and festivals in the years to come.

Enjoy some of the creative results to “celebrate the light,” here.

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RECIPE

Grilled Caribou Steak BBQ Dinner INGREDIENTS Caribou steak Montreal steak spice, to taste Asparagus Corn Red/white onions

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From the Kitchen of Shayna Allen STEPS Season Caribou steak with Montreal steak spice and cook for 4 mins each side.

Make sure to rest the steak for 7 mins before you cut into it.

Grill vegetables for 8 mins.

Serve together for a satisfying BBQ Dinner.

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TRIVIA

Arctic Trivia Quiz

TEXT AND PHOTOS BY ALAN G. LUKE

Inuit artwork has been internationally renowned for many years. Historically, the preferred medium was walrus ivory and whale bones with the emergence in popularity of figurative carvings from relatively soft stone. Many Canadian Arctic artists have had their impressive work displayed in prominent galleries. Test your knowledge of their art with these trivia questions.

1. Kenojuak Ashevak (1927‐2013) is well known for her famous print. In 1960, she had what featured on a Canada Post stamp? a) b) c) d)

The Lone Wolf The Enchanted Owl The Basking Bear The Mystical Seal

2. Osuitok Ipeelee (1922‐2005) is an Inuk sculptor from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. His sculptures of birds and caribou are highly esteemed. What are these impressive artifacts made from? a) b) c) d)

Green soapstone Whale bones Caribou antlers Walrus ivory

4. Agnes Namogak (1925‐2001) creates fluid bold artwork and contributed illustrations to children’s books featuring Inuit legends.

She is the first Inuit artist to receive what? a) b) c) d)

Award‐winning Literary Author Honorary degree from a university Order of Canada The honour of being a publicly elected official.

5. An Inuk sculptor artist and historian, Peter Pitseolak (1902‐1973) was also Baffin Island’s first indigenous what? a) b) c) d)

7. Jimmy Iqaluq, a resident of Nunavut, is a crafty hunter and talented carver. When his snowmobile went through the ice, he slipped out of the water with his legs going numb.

What animal fur from his catch of the day did he utilize to create emergency pants? a) b) c) d)

Hare Fox Lemmings Caribou

Architect Lawyer Photographer Surgeon

3. Copper Inuit graphic artist Helen Kalvac (1901‐1984) was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 1978 she was appointed to the Order of Canada. Canada Post used her work on a .17 cent stamp entitled what? a) b) c) d)

The Oracle The Gift The Narwhal The Dance Inuit soap stone sculpture of dancing walrus.

Jimmy Iqaluq and some of his sculptures.

6. What relatively soft stone is not one popularly used for figurative Inuit carvings? a) b) c) d)

Argillite Serpentine Soapstone Vermiculite

8. John Pangnark (1920‐1980) is a notable Inuit sculptor. His work features frequent use of geometric abstractions and its nearly exclusive focus on the human figure. He was a native of what Arctic community? a) b) c) d)

Arviat Aklavik Iqaluit Igloolik

9. In the Inuktitut language what does “sanak” translate into? a) b) c) d)

Print of bird in flight by Agnes Nangak.

ANSWERS: 1. b) The Enchanted Owl 2. a) Green soapstone 3. d) The Dance 4. b) An honorary degree from a university 5. c) Photographer

6. d) Vermiculite 7. b) Fox 8. a) Arviat 9. c) Made by hand 10. d) Textiles

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Figurative art Inuit artist Made by hand Shamanic amulets

10.Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916‐2003) was an innovative Canadian Inuk artist active from the 1970s to the early 2000s. What type of work did she create?

Inuit soap stone sculpture of native seal hunter.

a) b) c) d)

Oil paintings Ivory and bone carvings Block printing Textiles

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Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity Norma Dunning Bookland Press Inc. June 2020 Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity examines Norma Dunning’s lived history as an Inuk who was born, raised and continues to live south of sixty. Her writing considers the many assimilative practices that Inuit continue to face and the expectations of mainstream as to what an Inuk person can and should be. Dunning believes we are the guardians of our work regardless of the cost to ourselves as artists and as Inuit people, we matter.

Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Tı-Yat’a Katłıà Fernwood Publishing October 2020 Land­Water­Sky/Ndè­Tı­Yat’a is the debut novel from Dene author Katłıà. Set in Canada’s far North, this novel includes Indigenous legends such as a vexatious shapeshifter that walks among humans, shadowy beasts that skulk at the edges of woods and a ghostly apparition that haunts a lonely stretch of highway.

The intriguing characters weave together tales full of history, culture, and love for the land, water and sky.

It is a book filled with lessons and warnings, hope and inspiration.

When Pumpkins Fly Margaret Lawrence Illustrated by Margaret Lawrence and Amiel Sandland Inhabit Media September 2020 In the remote, fly‐in community of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, the last cargo flight of October brings some strange orange guests for the children. Seeing a pumpkin for the first time, local children eagerly carve and light their first jack‐o‐lanterns. But when everyone adjourns to the community hall for the Halloween dance, the pumpkin is left alone outside. The land around Sanikiluaq is home to many spirits who love to cause mischief. But what would land spirits do with a pumpkin?

This book gives young readers a window into how Halloween is celebrated in an Arctic Inuit community, incorporating contemporary celebrations and Inuit folklore.

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INUIT FORUM

Ending hunger in Inuit communities is possible.

Here’s how Most Canadians would agree that it is morally unacceptable that the vast majority of Inuit experience © Jessica Deeks

food insecurity in our homeland. An individual who lacks reliable access to affordable food is denied a basic human right. And yet there is currently no federal policy in place to put an end to food insecurity in Inuit Nunangat.

As we walk the challenging path of reconciliation, Canadians are becoming increasingly aware of the true costs of the inequities faced by Indigenous peoples. I have hope that Canada will work with Inuit to take ambitious actions to support Inuit‐determined solutions for tackling these inequities, in particular the stark and difficult reality of Inuit food insecurity.

Inuit food systems (all the processes involved in feeding people, from harvesting to transportation to distribution and consumption) are different than anywhere else in Canada. The majority of Canadians have likely not experienced the distinct fragility unique to our food supply networks, which stretch over thousands of kilometres inaccessible by ground transport. And families living in major urban centres probably

The Inuit Nunangat Food Security Strategy identifies objectives and actions within five priority areas. Ambitious and coordinated action within these priority areas is necessary to address the drivers of food insecurity. © ITK

cannot fully appreciate the impact of infrastructure deficits, and how they contribute to our sky high cost of living and food prices.

The journey we must take to end Inuit food insecurity promises

Without this understanding, it is challenging to develop effective

multiple, long‐lasting benefits improving Inuit health outcomes. The

public policy that addresses the complex factors driving our elevated

visionary approach of this Strategy guides us past disjointed and

rates of food insecurity or to address the influence of poverty on these

insufficient half‐measures and allows us to make the morally unaccept‐

rates. Simply put, access to affordable, safe, and nutritious food by Inuit

able social inequity of food insecurity a painful memory that we can

will remain out of reach until Inuit are in a position to shape a concrete,

overcome together.

distinctions‐based, whole‐of‐government approach to food security. We

The federal government has shown support for the Strategy through

must replace the current patchwork of disconnected policy approaches

the Inuit‐Crown Partnership Committee. I believe most Parliamentarians

that perpetuate hunger.

recognize that the current state of Inuit food insecurity is a blight on our

The Inuit Nunangat Food Security Strategy, released this past July,

country. The future we envision is one in which our unique Inuit food

is a decisive, comprehensive, and constructive road map forward. The

system serves as the critical part of Inuit cultural and economic life that

Strategy lays out the context of Inuit food insecurity in our homeland

it should be.

and outlines the groundwork needed to take the necessary actions

Natan Obed

that will ultimately help end Inuit food insecurity and ensure our unique

President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

food system is sustainable, and designed by our people to meet our needs.

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