Nunavik’s Victoria Okpik and Julie Grenier describe their collaboration
They had just a few weeks to come up with a design and sew the dress and jacket, before applying painstaking beadwork. Then there were 13 hours of last-minute alterations.
Harpoon discovered on site of future parking lot for cultural centre
‘My Inuktitut name is Ningiukudluk, and Prime Minister, it means bossy little old lady,’ Simon said, eliciting laughter
‘I’d love to be able to offer this in Nunavik eventually,’ says Inuk professor Richard Budgell
ᐊᖑᑎ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕋᓱᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᒫᒎᖅᖢᓂ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᖅᑑᑉ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ
New projects would be in addition to five shelters already slated for Inuit Nunangat
Mary Simon’s installation ceremony will be held on Monday in Ottawa
Two bodies yet to be identified, acting mayor says
Man, who has been missing for 5 days, presumed to have drowned off coast of Puvirnituq
Rideau Hall has yet to share details of the ceremony
Kuujjuaq residents hit the beach on Tuesday to cool down as temperatures reached 29 C. “So many excited kids and their families cool down at the beach and play,” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Wildfire smoke from Ontario and Manitoba expected to pass over the region Tuesday and Wednesday
‘These small changes do have significant, significant impacts,’ says UPEI researcher Adam Fenech
‘When I was asked to take on this very important role, I was very excited,’ new vice-regal representative says
Malaya Qaunirq Chapman of Kuujjuaq spotted this polar bear during a July 1 boating trip near an island in Ungava Bay called Aluqpaluk. “We first saw the polar bear on the island, then it went for a swim to give us space,” she writes. “We kept our distance so no disturbance was made.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Negotiations continue towards a new collective agreement for Nunavik school workers
Less than half of participants report feeling safe in their daily lives
Silavut is a series of landscapes drawn in watercolour and ink on vertical sheets
Kids race on the beach near Kuujjuaq during National Indigenous Peoples Day festivities on Monday. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Health board says person flew from Montreal to Nunavik on Wednesday
Jobie Airo (left) makes a fire to boil tea while his partner Annie Kudluk makes bannock. The couple won first prize in Kuujjuaq’s fire, tea and bannock making contest in celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day in the community Monday. Their efforts earned them $300. The Indigenous Peoples Day activities were organized by the Kuujjuaq Pinguatitsijingiit Recreation Committee. (Photo courtesy of Isabelle Dubois)
More than 100 Kuujjuaq residents attended a parade on National Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday to honour children lost to Canada’s residential school system, following the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Many attendees wore orange, a colour associated with the Every Child Matters campaign, which honours the experience of residential school survivors. “I’m so happy to see so much orange to show support of this initiative,” said organizer Lavinia Flaherty. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
The community of Kuujjuaq marks National Indigenous Peoples Day Monday with a parade to honour the children lost to Canada’s residential school system. The topic looms large across Canada, after the discovery this spring of 215 children buried on the property of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. (Photo courtesy of Isabelle Dubois)
Fully vaccinated people won’t need to quarantine at any point in their travels, health board says
Kuujjuaq residents participate in what organizers say is the community’s first pride parade on Wednesday. About 80 people attended to show support for LGBTQ+ in the community. “The group had lots of positive feedback and everyone was excited and glad that Kuujjuaq had its first pride parade,” said organizer Aputi Unatweenuk. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
