“I feel like Inuit have been left behind,” says former CEO of Air Inuit
Nunatsiaq News is publishing profiles this week of the three candidates running for the position of president of Makivik Corp.: Pita Aatami, Noah Cain and Charlie Watt. Makivik Corp. is the birthright organization of Inuit in Nunavik.
“I think it’s really something to be proud of,” says Makivik VP Maggie Emudluk
“I’m in the perfect place to do this,” says former senator seeking re-election as president of region’s Inuit birthright organization
Health board asks people to continue to avoid non-essential travel
“I think I’m ready. I want to change things,” says former councillor looking to lead Nunavik’s Inuit birthright organization
Infected person flew Montreal to Puvirnituq and back on Jan. 18
Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping moves from Valleyfield, Que. to Port of Bécancour
Centre has administered 200 screening tests and put all residents in isolation
“There was never any doubt in my mind that I would get the vaccination”
Johnny Watt, a resident of Tusajiapik Elders’ Home in Kuujjuaq, was the first person in Nunavik to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Sunday, Jan. 17. Watt has a history with vaccines: he helped deliver the measles vaccines to camps by dogsled team in the early 1950s. Nunavik received its first batch of 1,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine this past weekend. Immunization will begin in the region’s other communities this week. (Photo courtesy of the NRBHSS)
Cases confirmed in Whapmagoostui, adjacent to Kuujjuaraapik, as well as in Kuujjuaq
A waxing crescent moon hangs in the sky above the Koksoak River near Kuujjuaq, as seen from the Range neighbourhood on the afternoon of Jan. 16. “Further out in the middle of the river, there’s still a huge strong river flowing,” writes Malaya Qaunirq Chapman. “This warm weather is wild for January.” (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Those with priority to get the vaccine will get a call from their local nursing station, according to the regional health board
Caribou, part of a herd of several hundred, are seen passing about two kilometres from Inukjuak on Wednesday, Jan. 13. (Photo by Sylvain Paradis)
Kuujjuaq residents gather to cheer on snowmobile racers during an event organized by the community’s youth committee Jan. 10. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Five new out-of-region cases confirmed Jan. 13
Region plans to immunize 13,000 residents by mid-March, public health director says
Jesse Mesher competes in snowmobile races held by the Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee Jan. 10. She ended up placing third among six racers. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
“I believe that this is a step in the right direction”
Jeanie May competes in snowmobile races held by the Kuujjuaq Sivulirtisait Youth Committee Jan. 10. May won both her division categories, in time trials and in a race against five other women. The races are held each year around a course at Stewart Lake. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman)
Charlie Watt, Pita Aatami and Noah Cain running to lead Nunavik’s Inuit birthright organization
“Right now our focus is our self-determination”
18-year-old victim recovering in hospital
Starting Jan. 9, only residents, beneficiaries and essential workers may fly to the region
But Nunavimmiut travellers to the south must adhere to new restrictions
