Around 25 people march from Iqaluit’s Igluvut Building down Queen Elizabeth Way for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and Girls on Monday evening. The march was organized by Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council, with partnerships with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and the Law Society of Nunavut. From the Igluvut Building, the march went to Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, where there were speakers and a performance by the Inuksuk Drum Dancers. Monday was the 30th anniversary of the Polytechnique Montréal shooting, in which 14 young women were murdered. (Photo by David Lochead)
Joe Mucpa sits on a qamutik at the Hamlet of Pond Inlet’s department of public works building on Nov. 27. David Suqslak and Matthias Kaunak spent nine days teaching eight Pond Inlet residents between the ages of 16 and 35 how to build qamutiks. The group finished its eighth qamutik on Dec. 1, and one of those eight will be given away by the hamlet as a Christmas present to a community member by random draw. The workshop was funded by the Canadian government’s New Horizons for Seniors program, and Theresa Dalueg, hamlet recreation coordinator, hopes to run more in the future. (Photo by David Suqslak)
Elementary and middle school students from Iqaluit have been decorating Christmas trees in the lobby of the legislative building over the past few days. Here, Grade 1, 2 and 3 students from Nakasuk school are seen wearing toques they were given after lending a hand on Thursday. Premier P.J. Akeeagok also attended the first day of this year’s Christmas Lights Across Canada display at the legislature, which kicked off on Thursday. (Photo by Maggie Nooshoota)
