Nunavut

QIA, Ottawa announce nearly $30M for High Arctic housing project

Project will supply 21 rental units across 5 Qikiqtani communities

The federal government and Qikiqtani Inuit Association have come together to pump nearly $30 million into housing in five communities in the High Arctic of the Qikiqtani region.

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ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ‘ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᒥᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᑭᑦᑐᒥ ᐅᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᕈᓯᕐᓂ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ: ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ

ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᒍᐊᙳᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓯᐅᔪᒥ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ

Keeping traditions alive in Pang

Pangnirtung elder Lazarus Ishulutak inspects the frames he built to stretch sealskins in front of his house on Tuesday. There were eight skins, that had been harvested by his grandson, lined up against his house. Ishulutak was building more frames on a fall day with the temperature about 4 C. Ishulutak is a knowledge-keeper who is often invited to teach traditional Inuit ways of hunting seals, whales and polar bears to elementary school students in the hamlet, his grandson Jerry Laisa said. Hunting quotas mean many young people in Pangnirtung haven’t taken part in traditional hunting the way Ishulutak has, Laisa said. (Photo by Corey Larocque)

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