Photo: Ottawa symposium looks at Arctic languages

Nunavik language advocate Zebedee Nungak, left, addresses the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Ottawa Feb. 11, with Inuit Circumpolar Council chair Okalik Eegeesiak, right. The Arctic Council-led conference looked at the health of Arctic languages included participation from Inuit, Saami, Athabaskan, Aleut, Gwich’in and Indigenous groups from Russian. The symposium wrapped up Feb. 12. (PHOTO COURTESY OF MAKIVIK CORP.)