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Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq issued an apology today to the territory’s teachers, saying that his comments earlier in the week had been “careless and dismissive.” On Monday, Savikataaq suggested that teachers leaving the territory could be replaced with laid-off educators in Ontario, prompting angry criticism from the Nunavut Teachers’ Association. “It was a reactionary and inappropriate response,” he said today, adding that he wanted all the teachers to know how much he appreciated them. “Teachers, thank you for all you do for Nunavut.” See our story later at Nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)

prompting angry criticism from the Nunavut Teachers’ Association. “It was a reactionary and inappropriate response,” he said today, adding that he wanted all the teachers to know how much he appreciated them. “Teachers, thank you for all you do for Nunavut.” See our story later at Nunatsiaq.com. (File photo)">

Norman Koonoo took this image of people peacefully going about their business in Pond Inlet on April 27. (Photo by N. Koonoo)

Today is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “Please recognize and honour them,” writes Nathalia Okalik of Iqaluit, who posted this image of herself with a red amauti. Red dresses have become a symbol of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. “Pray for them, as well as their loved ones.” (Photo courtesy of Nathalia Okalik)

“Warmer days mean softer snow up here in Taloyoak … and the kids are going sliding,” said photographer Jonathan Nuss on April 28. After sliding over a rock, this young resident of Taloyoak takes to the air. (Photo by J. Nuss)

David Kakuktinniq spotted these muskox—or umingmak in Inuktitut—between Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake on April 28. “These beasts are awesome,” he wrote. (Photo by David Kakuktinniq)

The Qikiqtani Inuit Association produced this poster to tell residents, in Inuktitut and English, about the importance of keeping kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image courtesy of QIA)

Canadian Rangers are seen recently setting up tents in Inukjuak to help health-care workers conduct COVID-19 screening and testing apart from other health services, to help prevent the spread of the disease. Each of Nunavik’s communities is receiving two such tents, according to the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services. (Photo courtesy of the NRBHSS/Facebook)

Wispy high clouds line the vivid blue skies over Pangnirtung and its fiord, and Mount Duval, on April 6. (Photo by David Kilabuk)

Tajko Redden took this photo of a snowmobiler towing passengers on sleds, each socially distanced from the others, when he was out walking on the Coppermine River near Kugluktuk on April 15. (Photo by T. Redden)

A dog hangs out on a sunny evening in Resolute Bay on March 15. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

A dog hangs out on a windy evening in Resolute Bay while the sun sets in the background. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

Speaking at a news conference earlier today, deputy premier David Akeeagok tells reporters that all Nunavut Arctic College campuses and facilities are closed until the fall. “Students with families can remain in Nunavut Arctic College’s family residence. The Nunavut Arctic College program heads and instructors will be in touch with their students directly about if and how their program will continue,” he said. The Government of Nunavut has also launched a new self-assessment tool for COVID-19 in Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English and French. You can access the tool at nu.thrive.health/covid19. “The purpose of this self-assessment tool is to provide Nunavummiut with real-time information and recommendations based on self-reported symptoms or recent travel history,” said Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

nu.thrive.health/covid19. “The purpose of this self-assessment tool is to provide Nunavummiut with real-time information and recommendations based on self-reported symptoms or recent travel history,” said Dr. Michael Patterson, Nunavut’s chief public health officer. (Photo by Emma Tranter)">

An Iqaluit RCMP vehicle decorated with messages of support for Nova Scotia and for police officers flashes its lights outside the Iqaluit RCMP headquarters on Friday, April 24. The National Police Federation asked Canadians to take part in a National Day of Mourning on Friday and wear red as a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting that left at least 22 people dead in the province last weekend. A virtual vigil for the victims will air tonight at 6 p.m. eastern time. Vigils are also being held across the country. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

This group took a social distancing hike about one kilometre outside Kugluktuk along the mighty Coppermine River on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Olivier Forbes-Bouillon)

Allen Gordon spotted these ptarmigans hanging out on a snowbank in Kuujjuaq on Tuesday, April 21. (Photo by Allen Gordon)

Isabelle Dubois took this photo while on a dogsled trip with her two huskies, Sarila (left) and Balto Jr., outside Kuujjuaq on Monday, April 13. She says she’s been enjoying these trips this spring, “either alone or with my daughter, all the while respecting our social distancing measures with others.” (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Through the Nunavut Development Corp., the Government of Nunavut is funding seamstresses to make 5,000 masks for elders, residents with underlying health conditions and non-medical first responders like firefighters. “At least 500 have been set aside immediately for our air travellers to comply with Transport Canada’s new requirements for travellers,” Premier Joe Savikataaq said at a news conference on Wednesday, April 22. The masks will be made of cotton and will be washable, reusable and made according to national standards and guidelines. The masks are not meant to replace other preventive measures like social distancing and hand washing, Savikataaq said. How-to instructions are also being developed so people can sew their own masks. There are still no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut. (File photo)

David Kilabuk used a wide-angle lens on his phone to capture this image in 2020 of land, sea ice and sky looking toward Auyuittuq National Park from Pangnirtung, with the Hudson’s Bay Co. buildings in the foreground. (File photo by David Kilabuk, special to Nunatsiaq News)

Meal bags await people in the Luke Novoligak Community Hall in Cambridge Bay, where the municipality now prepares 150 meals from Monday to Friday as part of its “Food for the Soul” program. For the program, Cambridge Bay’s department of healthy living hired two chefs who found themselves unemployed due to COVID-19 closures. They now work in the hall’s commercial kitchen, where, with help from municipal workers, they produce 150 packaged dinners, which include a main course, salad and dessert. These are delivered by volunteers to elders and people in isolation in this western Nunavut community of about 1,800. Cambridge Bay pays for the program with $90,000 from the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. “We’re going to run it until the money runs out, and we’re also pumping up the food bank so people on the weekends can get stuff from the food bank and make their own meal. Everyone gets a meal a day,” said Cambridge Bay SAO Marla Limousin. (Photo courtesy of the Municipality of Cambridge Bay)

As spring approaches, the days grow longer in Nunavut. This sunset is seen from the Apex trail in Iqaluit on March 29 around 7 p.m. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

Kuujjuaq’s Canadian Ranger patrol prepares to head out around town to help out during the COVID-19 pandemic. From left: Master Cpl. Angma, warrant officer McElligot, Master Cpl. Hubloo, Sgt. Berthe, Cpl. Epoo. (Photo courtesy of the Department of National Defence)