‘My Corner of Our Land’ – Nunatsiaq News readers reflect on Nunavut Day
With Nunavut Day coming up, Nunatsiaq News asked readers to share what makes their corner of the territory special to them. A qulliq is made out of a stone. It comes along with an amaaq, which you hold to start the qulliq and move the oil of the seal fat. The qulliqs were used by...
“Peterloosie was one of ours at Uquutaq, one of the younger men who use the shelter, who needed care, attention, guidance and support, and now we will never be able to give it to him”
“Racial injustices, fears and concerns are not new for Inuit or people of African descent living their lives resisting a Eurocentric institutionalized racist and oppressive system of government”
“Will I find employment with housing quickly enough after I graduate, or will I end up like my younger sister, moving south simply to find a decent place to live?”