Iqaluit chef Sheila Flaherty continues to test out country food dishes after returning from Nuuk where she participated in the New Arctic Kitchen project. A recipe from her great-aunt Aana Darlene Kagak from Utqiagvik, Alaska, inspired this pickled maktaaq salad. But instead of using agvik (bowhead), Flaherty used allanguaq (narwhal) maktaaq from Grise Fiord. (Photo courtesy of Sheila Flaherty)
New Arctic Kitchen project brings Sheila Flaherty to Nuuk
Sheila Flaherty had a big year in 2019. The well-known Nunavut chef married her long-time fiancé, became the first Inuk chef to design the menu for the Taste of the Arctic event in Ottawa and was elected to Iqaluit city council.
Nunavut Sivuniksavut students get the Christmas fun going at this year’s annual Tungasuvvingat Inuit community Christmas gathering, held Dec. 8 in Ottawa. More than 700 people filled the cavernous interior of the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park to enjoy a feast, dancing and games. TI chose the large venue to accommodate the growing number of Inuit who live in the city. (Photo by Jim Bell)
Martine Dupont (left) and Mary-Lee Aliyak welcome guests at a ceremony at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Friday, Dec. 6. Community members placed yellow roses one by one into a glass vase in remembrance of those lost to violence. The Department of Family Services and Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council also led a community walk to mark the day. (Photo by Emma Tranter)