Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie welcomes exhibitors to the Kivalliq Trade Show during a meet-and-greet reception for about 150 people Monday night in the hamlet’s community hall. The theme of the three-day business event is “Naalagit: Listen.” Speeches from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. president Gloria Uluqsi and Nunavut Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell are on Tuesday’s agenda, as well as the start of exhibits from regional businesses. The trade show runs until Wednesday. (Photo by Corey Larocque)
Martha Flaherty listens closely to the music as she plays Isaruit Inuit Arts’ new red Hohner accordion in Ottawa on Sept. 11. Flaherty, one of the four grandmothers who founded Isaruit, was chosen to be the first to play the nearly $3,000 accordion, which was purchased with donations from community supporters. Flaherty learned to play the accordion from her father Josepie Flaherty after their family was relocated to Grise Fiord from Inukjuak. “Accordion music is a big part of life in Northern Quebec because of families with Scottish roots,” she says. (Photo courtesy of Beverly Illauq)
Construction is underway for Quaqtaq’s new Isummasaqvik School. Set to be completed in 2030, it will replace the community’s existing school and serve 250 students. Community members and officials gathered at the site on Sept. 2 for a groundbreaking ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Jade Duscheneau-Bernier)
Galaxy Cat, or John Manzo, seen here behind a portion of his $20,000 DJ roost, is set to host his fifth silent disco dance party at Iqaluit’s Franco Centre on Sept. 26. (Photo courtesy of John Manzo)
Artist Haiga Ashoona sews her felt art designs in the lobby of the Nunavut Trade Show in Iqaluit on Thursday. She is the granddaughter of the late renowned Kinngait sewer and drawer Pitseolak Ashoona. (Photo by Daron Letts)
