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When Iqaluit-born Kevin Tikivik began carving a huge chunk of granite with a diamond-cutting drill in 2014, in Parc des Chutes de Denholm, Quebec, some people had gathered to watch. He asked a little girl what she saw and she said a star. “So Kevin said, OK, I’m going to do a star,” said Denis Marceau, “and years from now when you come up here, you will see the star that was made for you.” Marceau, also an artist, was president of the park board back then and helped rejuvenate the park, which had fallen into disrepair and disuse. The now popular revitalized park, about an hour’s drive north of Ottawa, features stunning waterfalls and a trail of sculptures. In winter’s low light, Tikivik’s images were hard to see so snow was added to the grooves—a fitting addition to a work of Inuit art. Tikivik now lives in Montreal. (Photo by Lisa Gregoire)

A full moon shines over Pond Inlet at noon on Dec. 11, 2019. (Photo by Brody McGee)

Santa Claus, shown here in a photo from Iqaluit’s 2019 parade, will be back in town this Saturday. (File photo by Dustin Patar)

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)

The Northern Shopper, an online grocery story that supplies the Baffin region with groceries subsidized by Nutrition North Canada, has donated 3,000 washable and re-usable eco-friendly menstrual cups to women and girls in Nunavut. A single silicone cup can be re-used for up to 10 years, saving many hundreds of dollars in tampon purchases, and creating less waste for landfill sites. Kit MacKinnon, the founder of The Northern Shopper, said staff at the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Health are now ready to implement an outreach program so women and girls throughout the territory understand how to safely use and maintain the product. Canadian North covered the cost of flying the cups to Nunavut. (Photo courtesy of The Northern Shopper)

Wayne Pollard (right,) a professor in McGill University’s Department of Geography, received the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research Dec. 5 at the ArcticNet Scientific Meeting in Halifax. Pollard has spent 40 years studying permafrost in the High Arctic, especially its interactions with ground ice and groundwater, and the survival of micro-organisms in harsh conditions. The $100,000 achievement award has been granted by the W. Garfield Weston Foundation since 2011. See Nunatsiaq News next week for more on Pollard’s work. (Photo by Elaine Anselmi)

The Inuksuk High School gymnasium was filled with music and dance Dec. 4 for the Iqaluit Music Society’s Christmas concert. Here, a group of dancers perform for a packed audience to an upbeat soundtrack that had people moving and shaking. Other performers included the Nakasuk School Choir, the Inuksuk Drum Dancers, the Iqaluit Fiddle Club and more. (Photo by Emma Tranter)

The Quebec commission responsible for managing place names in the province, the Commission de toponymie, officially recognized the name of Nunavik’s proposed Iluiliq park this fall. The 1,200-square-kilometre area off Hudson Strait will be Nunavik’s fifth park. (Photo by Alain Thibault, courtesy Nunavik Parks)

Nunavik youth take part in a jam session on Thursday, Nov. 28, at Kuujjuaq’s Uvikkait Dome Youth Centre. The event was part of the Nunavik Rocks Music Camp held last week by the Kativik Regional Government’s recreation department. (Photo by Isabelle Dubois)

Youth and elders take a break from the Reel to Reel project in Cambridge Bay to pose for a photo Nov. 25 at the Canadian High Arctic Research Station. The project was organized in partnership with Reel Youth, a media group that delivers community development programming to youth and adults across Canada and internationally, and the Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society. The project aims to strengthen intergenerational connections by having youth make short films about elders’ lives. “The youth did an incredible job filming their first interviews and it’s amazing to have the elders speak in their Inuinnaqtun language,” said a social media posting by Reel Youth. “We’re so excited for the rest of the week.” (Photo courtesy of Reel Youth/Facebook)

Canada’s premiers, including Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq, wrapped up a one-day meeting in Toronto this Dec. 2 by issuing a statement that says the federal government should do more to help northern territorial governments. “Tangible and significant nation-building activities are needed in the three territories,” their joint communiqué said. This includes “robust investment” in infrastructure and more support to help northern governments adapt to climate change. (Photo courtesy Council of the Federation)

Wayne Kusugak is busy in the skate-sharpening shop at the new arena in Rankin Inlet on Saturday, Nov. 23. He said he had over 100 pairs of skates already sharpened and more to come. (Photo by Doug McLarty/ArcTech Design and Services)

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq wrapped up their weekend in Iqaluit with a stop at the Qajuqturvik Food Centre where, in addition to serving food, they called on the Liberal government to take concrete steps to confront the climate emergency. Singh also announced the NDP’s plans to introduce legislation to put science-based emissions reduction targets into law. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh and Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq meet and greet the locals at the Blackheart Cafe in Iqaluit today. Singh and Qaqqaq are in town for three days and are scheduled to attend the hockey game at the Arctic Winter Games arena this evening. (Photo by Dustin Patar)

This new work by Inuvialuk artist Maureen Gruben, called Breathing Hole, is made up of 18,000 sealskin pins hand-fixed onto 40 squares of Dricore insulation. It forms part of a new exhibit, called Subsist, that opens at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on Saturday, Nov. 30. “The exhibition explores the controversy of the seal hunt, western globalization policies and the historical and contemporary impacts of colonialism on land and health determinants for Indigenous peoples in Canada,” according to a news release. Other artists featured in the exhibit include Mark Igloliorte, Dana Claxton, Andrew Qappik and Omalluq Oshutsiaq. (Photo courtesy of the Winnipeg Art Gallery)

Cambridge Bay’s Kuugaq Café has stopped serving meals and brunches, two weeks after the start of its contract to supply food to Canadian North. “The staffing was what made the final decision for us,” said co-owner Stuart Rostant about the problems of finding workers in the western Nunavut hub of about 1,800. Rostant said they are hoping to “simplify things a bit in the coming weeks” by focusing more on the catering side of the business. “We have such a loyal following.… Our plan is to still have the community enjoy the space but in a different capacity. You can expect more of a cafe vs restaurant feel in the future.” (Photo by Jane George)

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this morning in Ottawa. “I re-iterated our territory’s infrastructure deficits, particularly around housing,” Savikataaq said in a news release. “We spoke at length about healthcare delivery and opportunities for Nunavummiut. I also took the occasion to speak to Nunavut’s resource development potential, and the need to balance conservation efforts with sustainable, responsible development.” (Photo courtesy of the Government of Nunavut)

Nunavut’s minister of community and government services, Lorne Kusugak, joins elders Jerome and Maryanne Tattuinee, deputy mayor Martha Hickes and Rankin Inlet Mayor Harry Towtongie to celebrate the opening of the community’s new arena with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 23. Referring to the heated viewing area, Kusugak joked that there’ll be “no more frostbite.” (Photo by Doug McLarty/ArcTech Design and Services)

Helped by the light of flashlights, a group walks down a dark Cambridge Bay street on Nov. 25 to mark the International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women. The walk against violence included a vigil for the women who were killed on Dec. 6, 1989, in Montreal “because they were women, and for all the other violence victims who have passed,” said organizer Dasha Borovikova.‎ (Photo courtesy of Dasha Borovikova/Facebook)

U.S. Consul General Mélanie Zimmerman signs the guest book in the foyer of the Kativik Regional Government in Kuujjuaq during her recent trip to Nunavik and Nunavut. Along with other members of a U.S. delegation, Zimmerman also stopped in Rankin Inlet where she spoke to the Nunavut Association of Municipalities. The delegation also visited Baker Lake where they toured the community and met with local officials. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Consul General)