Alexia Cousins tends the qulliq flame during the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women event at Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit on Saturday afternoon.
(Photo by Daron Letts)
Coming together for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women helps people heal, speaker says
Alexia Cousins choked back tears while lighting the qulliq to open the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women at Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum in Iqaluit on Saturday afternoon.
Laakkuluk Williamson, left, speaks to Naja Pearce who tends to a qulliq at the Pan-Arctic Vision music contest Saturday at the cadet hall in Iqaluit. Pearce kept the flame in the traditional oil lamp burning the entire event, which saw performers from nine Arctic regions vie for three prizes. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Elizabeth Fawehinmi, left, and her niece Dorcas John, 11, staff a vendor table for their food business, called African Jollof and Chop, Sunday in Iqaluit. They were among about two dozen sellers at the third annual Carrefour Nunavut Christmas Craft Sale, held at Ecole des Trois-Soleils. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Susánna Herálvsdóttir, left, and Aske Mattias Folkmann perform at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit on Thursday. They are two of several Arctic musicians taking part in the 2025 Pan-Arctic Vision concert in Iqaluit on Nov. 29. “It’s so cool to share our music in a soup kitchen,” Herálvsdóttir said as some of the about 60 guests ate chicken noodle soup while enjoying the music. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Peter McDonald puts up Christmas lights on his house near Iqaluit’s old cemetery on Wednesday. Normally, he would be going up a ladder to put those lights on the top of his house, but he decided to go “low” this year. “My son was really happy about that,” McDonald said of his decision to opt out of the risky task. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)