Photo: Leaders cut the ribbon on new KIA building in Cambridge Bay

Inuit leaders celebrate the grand opening of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association building Oct. 20 in Cambridge Bay with a ceremonial ribbon cutting in the board room. Open since last November, the imposing 1,869-square-metre building, which has won awards for its design, now has a name, the Fred R. Elias Centre, after the KIA’s longtime executive director who died in 2010. The building’s board room will now be known as the Pat Lyall board room, after the late Pat Lyall, who was involved in the KIA, Nunasi Corp., Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. and the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. From left: Larry Audlaluk, acting president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, David Ningeongan, president of the Kivalliq Inuit Association, KIA president Charlie Evalik, Cathy Towtongie, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., David Omilgoitok, executive director of the Kitikmeot Corp. and KIA vice president Attima Hadlari. (PHOTO BY JANE GEORGE)