Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed (left) is among several national Indigenous leaders who will meet with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and King Charles on Thursday. The coronation of King Charles will take place on Saturday at Westminster Abbey. (Photos by Corey Larocque, Jeff Pelletier)
Meeting arranged by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon; ITK’s Obed will also meet King
A group of national Indigenous leaders are expected to meet with King Charles on Thursday, ahead of his coronation on Saturday, the Governor General’s office announced Wednesday. Gov. Gen.
Adventure guide Renée-Claude Bastien used a drone to snap this photo during the Nurrait Jeunes Karibus expedition in Ivujivik, which took place from April 14 to 19. The Nunavik-based youth program organizes several on-the-land activities for young people across the region. According to Hugo Dufresne, the organization’s general manager, this past winter was the first since before the COVID-19-pandemic that Jeunes Karibus was able to organize major on-the-land experiences. (Photo courtesy of Renée-Claude Bastien)
Kindergarten students at Pitakallak Elementary School in Kuujjuaq got the chance to take part in a caribou-skinning activity on March 14. Teacher Ayaana Berthe says it was an opportunity to share traditional knowledge with the younger generation of Nunavimmiut. Shown from left are Debbie Angnatuk, Mark Annanack, Juanassie Jackie Kudluk, Matthias Mernier, Cowen Lingard, Noah Saunders, Judy Gadbois and Trevor Koneak Tuglavinia. (Photo courtesy of Ayaana Berthe)