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Nunavut MLAs hoist Greenland flag in show of support

‘They want to stay as Greenlanders,’ MLA Fred Pedersen says of family members

Updated Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m. ET The day after U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed his latest social media tirade targeting Greenland and Canada, Nunavut’s elected officials showed their solidarity with the autonomous territory of Denmark.

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Getting ready to stand with Greenland

Mylena Idlout-Mullin crafts a Greenland flag at Iqaluit’s Pirurvik Centre on Friday. She and other students from her adult Inuktitut language class are preparing for a solidarity demonstration in support of Greenland at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Four Corners intersection in Iqaluit. A demonstration is scheduled at the same hour in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Daron Letts)

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Quiet concentration

Qupaluna Jakobsen, 4, of Nuuk, Greenland, draws while fellow Greenlander Aviaaja Isaksen, left, and Malayah Maloney of Vancouver babysit. They were at Iqaluit’s Aqsarniit Hotel and Conference Centre Tuesday for the Ingiulik Nunavut Shipping Symposium. Isaksen represented the Inuit Circumpolar Council of Greenland and Maloney attended as a community ambassador for the cruise industry. (Photo by Daron Letts)