Kindergarten students at Pitakallak Elementary School in Kuujjuaq learn about the anatomy of a muskrat during a lesson by Ayaana Berthe, who also explains the importance of respecting the animal and how to prepare its fur. The animal was caught by Simon Berthe up the Kuujjuaq River. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Isabelle Dubois took this photo of her two huskies while out berry picking on Sept. 15. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
“Kuujjuamiut woke up to snow this morning!” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman today. “Before lunchtime, Annie Sequaluk’s excited Kindergarten class made a snowman to welcome the snow that seems to be staying for the rest of the year.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Jack Anawak speaks to a crowd of 30 gathered in Iqaluit for Orange Shirt Day on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Anawak, who attended residential school in Chesterfield Inlet, said the experience was horrible because of physical, sexual and emotional abuse. But he said students did receive educations that allowed them to go on to help write the Nunavut Agreement and play a role in creating their territory. Orange Shirt Day is held to honour the experiences of Indigenous children in residential schools. The gathering was organized by the Nunavut Employees’ Union and the Public Service Alliance of Canada. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
Iqaluit RCMP officers Cpl. Jamie Savikataaq and S/Cst. Mosesie Ikkidluak are seen on Sept. 24 at the city’s Elders’ Qammaq, sharing a harvest of clams they collected during low tide in Frobisher Bay, along with other country foods, such as Arctic char. “We are always happy to give back to the community, especially to the elders who have guided us and provide us with leadership, courage and wisdom,” said Savikataaq. (Photo courtesy of the RCMP)
David Kakuktinniq of Rankin Inlet took this photo of the night sky on Sept. 18. “It was a dark night in #Nunavut, check out the Milky Way! With a hint of northern lights,” he writes.
Inuit elders enjoy delectable Afro‐Caribbean food during the African Caribbean Association of Nunavut’s inaugural Elder Appreciation dinner on Sept. 19 at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit. Association President Mkhabela Masuku said that “the purpose was to highlight our gratitude to the elders and knowledge keepers for all they have done in the community.” (Photo by Denis Ndeloh)
Brian Penney, president of Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., is shown speaking from Ottawa today on a screen in the Frobisher Inn in Iqaluit. Penney was addressing community members and intervenors involved in the Nunavut Impact Review Board’s assessment of Baffinland’s phase-two expansion plans. Today is the first day of the community roundtable and pre-conference hearing. These meetings are being conducted from Pond Inlet, with remote hubs in Iqaluit, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Participants are also listening in on a teleconference line. The meetings are scheduled to run until 5 p.m. this Thursday. (Photo by Meagan Deuling)
Blaine Heffernan captured this image of the northern lights above Iqaluit on Monday, Sept. 21. “It was a clear, crisp night to enjoy the magic of the Aurora!” (Photo by Blaine Heffernan)
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman took this photo outside Kuujjuaq on Sunday, Sept. 20. “In the distance is Etua Snowball’s beautiful log cabin, surrounded by the beautiful changing season,” she writes. “Fall is here, and the colours are so pleasing to the eyes, in every direction you look. The air is deliciously crisp and refreshing. Change of season is here, and we are eager for winter to come. Now, we prep for winter!” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Clam diggers search around an exposed rock at Qaummaarviit, north of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park, before heading to the mainland, seen in the background, on Sunday, Sept. 20. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Autumn has arrived in Kuujjuaq, as evident in this photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman taken on Sunday, Sept. 20. “September in Kuujjuaq is a beautiful time,” she writes. “The trees and bushes are changing colour as far as the eye can see. The familiar September crisp air in here, and people are prepping for winter.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Tower Arctic marine equipment sits at Iqaluit’s municipal breakwater on Monday night in preparation for a storm that is expected to blow in tomorrow. The storm, which should pass through Kinngait and Kimmirut tonight, is predicted to bring heavy rain, heavy snow and very strong winds. According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, stormy conditions will last in some form until the weekend. Once those conditions have subsided, Tower Arctic will remove the heavy equipment. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Charlie Audlakiak, the Nunavut legislature’s sergeant-at-arms, carries the mace of Nunavut into the assembly at the start of a special sitting on Monday, Sept. 21. It’s the first time Nunavut’s MLAs have gathered for a legislative sitting since March 12, when the winter sitting ended. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the spring sitting. In addition to extra physical distancing, some in the chamber, like Audlakiak, are wearing masks. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
“At 4:40 this afternoon, on the way back from a walk to the end of Lake Geraldine, I caught this photo of my daughter with the fall tundra colours and a 22 degree halo around the sun,” writes Mosha Folger of Iqaluit on Wednesday, Sept. 16. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Sylvia Labranche of Kuujjuaq and her son Tyson make suvalik after spending the day picking berries on Sept. 12. Suvalik is sometimes described as an Inuit fruit salad, made from a mayonaise-like emulsion of fish eggs and oil, with fresh berries added later. Tyson won a total of $450 that day during competitions organized by the local recreation committee. He won $200 by placing first in his age category for picking blackberries, with a haul of 5.9 pounds, and $100 for third place picking blueberries, with half a pound. He later won another $150 for placing second in the suvalik-making contest. “Not bad for a day out with his mom,” writes photographer Isabelle Dubois. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Iqaluit photographer Frank Reardon took this photo of Arctic grass with a dog, Everest, in the background during an early morning sunrise in Iqaluit on Sept. 15. (Photo by Frank Reardon)
Samantha Snowball of Kuujjuaq participates in a suvalik-making contest on Sept. 12. The delicacy is sometimes described as an Inuit fruit salad. Its base is a mayonnaise-like emulsion made by whisking fish eggs and vegetable oil together with a bit of water. Fresh berries are then added to the mix. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
Nunavut’s newest members of the legislative assembly were sworn in at a ceremony in the legislature on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Calvin Aivgak Pedersen, on the far left, was acclaimed as the MLA for Kugluktuk on July 24. Craig Atangalaaq Simailak, centre, was acclaimed the same day as MLA for Baker Lake. The ceremony was closed to the public and media, following Nunavut’s COVID-19 public health orders. The new MLAs are at work this week in committee meetings, and they will join other MLAs during the next sitting of the legislature starting on Sept. 21. (Photo by Michel Albert)
A former Nunavik police officer will be sentenced May 21 for assaulting a Kangirsuk woman who called for police assistance in 2016. (File photo)
Two city-wide blackouts left Iqaluit without power for more than two hours this morning. The first outage, which happened at approximately 9 a.m., was resolved 25 minutes later. The second, occurring just before 10 a.m., lasted until just before noon. As a result, the Iqaluit District Education Authority closed all schools for the rest of the day. The Trois-Soleils School will be open this afternoon. The Qulliq Energy Corp says the outage was caused by an unspecified issue in the power generation system. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
Maria Fellen Atienza of Iqaluit shared this photo of her family watching the northern lights on Sept. 6. along the Road to Nowhere. She says the light to the right is the planet Mars, next to a waning gibbous moon. (Photo courtesy of Maria Fellen Atienza)
Lucy Abraham of Kuujjuaq picked these blueberries on Sept. 3. “I went for an ATV ride with the dog, and I brought a container just in case I decided to pick. What a good move! The blueberries are huge and bountiful this year in Kuujjuaq, QC. I picked the berries near Stewart Lake,” she writes. (Photo by Lucy Abraham)
Kuujjuaq residents gather to commemorate World Suicide Prevention on the evening of Sept. 10. Participants lit candles and released flowers into the water in memory of lost loved ones. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)
