The last time the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum put out a call for donated items from Iqalummiut was during a march for Black Lives Matter in the city in the summer of 2020. (File photo)
Wood used to build a temporary ramp for Pope Francis at Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit sits piled outside Inuksuk High School on Tuesday. The ramp had been built at the back entrance of the elementary school for Francis, who uses a wheelchair, when he met with residential school survivors inside the building on July 29. The ramp was dismantled over the weekend. The wood was then donated to the local high school’s woodworking class, said Iqaluit District Education Authority spokesperson Lynda Gunn. (Photo courtesy of Lynda Gunn)
The former Federal Road in Iqaluit has a new name. It has been renamed Sivumugiaq Street, which means ‘moving forward’ in Inuktitut. The name change is dedicated to residential school survivors, and was approved by city council before Pope Francis visited the city on July 29. (Photo by David Lochead)
Cars are unloaded from a barge onto an empty beach in Iqaluit Tuesday. The sealift season began in late July and goes into September. (Photo by David Lochead)
Audience member urges him to rescind 500-year-old Doctrine of Discovery, blamed for enabling colonialism around the world
As Pope Francis took the stage in Iqaluit Friday night, a person in the crowd held up this sign urging him to rescind the Catholic Church’s Doctine of Discovery, issued in the 1500s and which is widely blamed for helping lead to colonialism around the world. (Photo by Emma Tranter)