Teresa Meadows receives the individual achievement award at the Nunavut Mining Symposium gala on Wednesday, April 3. Meadows has served as legal counsel for the Nunavut Impact Review Board and Nunavut Water Board for the past decade. As she received the honour she was lauded as “a kind, compassionate professional whose dedication to her clients and to protecting the integrity of Nunavut’s regulatory processes knows no bounds.” (Photo courtesy of the Nunavut Mining Symposium)
Let the fun begin! Iqaluit’s spring festival officially opened Thursday evening with the naming of the festival’s two honorary Tooniks: Rebecca Veevee, the host of the popular APTN cooking show Niqitsiat, and Lew Phillip, a former RCMP officer and longtime carver. The evening also included a fashion show, featuring clothing made by participants in a Nunavut Literacy Council program, throat-singing and music. Festival events get underway on Friday, a civic holiday in Iqaluit, with more information available at www.tooniktyme.ca. (Photo by Jane George)
Cecile Lyall ran the silent auction table during the intermission of Nunavut Sivuniksavut’s play and fundraiser, “The Inuit Story: A Dramatization,” at Ottawa’s Arts Court Theatre on March 6. Funds go towards the students’ end-of-year cultural exchange trip. Bidders crowded the table until the last second. The auction featured goodies from InukChic, Manitobah Mukluks, Inhabit Media Inc. and more. (Photo by Kahlan Miron)
Natasha Nagyougalik receives a standing ovation at the Nunavut Mining Symposium gala in Iqaluit on Wednesday, April 3, for becoming the first Inuk woman in Nunavut to drive a massive Caterpillar 6030 mining shovel. Nagyougalik, who hails from Baker Lake, began working at Agnico Eagle Mining’s Meadowbank mine eight years ago as a dishwasher. Agnico Eagle’s president, Ammar Al-Joundi, said it’s important for mines to be part of nearby communities, so locals can find work and grow with the company. (Photo courtesy of the Nunavut Mining Symposium)
