Nunavik

Nunavik Sentinels preparing for insect research season

Participation of locally employed researchers helps understand northern biodiversity, program co-ordinator says

Discovering insects in places where they don’t usually live is what has the Nunavik Sentinels eager to return to northern Quebec, program co-ordinator Amélie Grégoire Taillefer says.

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ᓄᓇᕕᒃᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐳᕙᒡᓗᖕᓇᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᐹᓪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

ᐅᓄᕐᓂᕐᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑕᖃᕐᓂᕐᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᖃᐅᓴᖅᑕᐅᔾᔪᑎᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᖑᖓ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ

Snowy celebration

Aden Beaulne is hoisted in celebration after winning a 22-kilometre dogsled race with a time of one hour and 20 minutes. The race was one part of this year’s Puvirnituq Snow Festival, a celebration of Inuit culture held from March 21 to 26. Other competitions took place as a part of the festival, including igloo and inukshuk building, ice sculpting and shooting. The evenings featured indoor entertainment at Puvirnituq’s gym, including traditional and contemporary music and dance performances. (Photo courtesy of Peter Novalinga/Puvirnituq Snow Festival)

Spinning muskox wool

Students in a Kajusivik Adult Education class in Kuujjuaq learn the basics of qiviut, or muskox wool spinning, from instructor Rachel Guindon (third from left). From March 21 to 23, participants learned how to prepare and handle the fibre by using drop spindles and spinning wheels to create their own yarn. Students also learned about the history and ecology of muskox in Nunavik and about what can be made with qiviut. (Photo courtesy of Kajusivik Adult Education)

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