Tooma Laisa, Embrace Life Council’s programs manager, holds a bag featuring the organization’s logo used to identify people who are trained in suicide prevention. (Photo by David Lochead)
Young people in Iqaluit take advantage of a makeshift ice rink in front of Northmart earlier this week, before a blizzard hit the city on Thursday. The rink is made by the City of Iqaluit. (Photo by Livete Ataguyuk)
Amber Aglukark, right, was sworn in as the newest member of Iqaluit city council Tuesday night. At left, Mayor Solomon Awa applauds as municipal clerk Tammy Ernst-Doiron collects the documents Aglukark signed as the rest of council looks on. Aglukark was selected to take on the role earlier this month in a council vote after a callout for applications. She replaces Jack Anawak, who resigned in the fall. (Photo courtesy of City of Iqaluit)
Some Nunavut MLAs wore pink shirts and other accessories in the legislative assembly Wednesday as part of a national anti-bullying initiative. Across Canada, Feb. 28 is Pink Shirt Day, when schools and other organizations raise awareness and call for an end to bullying. In her statement to colleagues Wednesday morning, Education Minister Pamela Gross said the Government of Nunavut is developing a new anti-bullying handbook to provide to schools for the next school year. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)