Images from Tungasuvvingat Inuit and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami celebration in nation’s capital
Members of the Inuit community from across Ottawa came together at St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall on Saturday for a Christmas gathering, buffet and country food feast hosted by Inuuqatigiit Centre, Tungasuvvingat Inuit and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Santa Claus was on hand with his elves, visiting with the children and posing for pictures. (Photo by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy)
Grand opening of Arsaniq program welcomes guests with country food, community support
Organizers and supporters of the Arsaniq drop-in centre celebrated the opening of the program, designed for queer Inuit youth in Ottawa, at an event on Friday at the Bronson centre. From left: Anika d’Argencourt, Reese Lucassie, Katia d’Argencourt, Chris Church (sitting), Mikka Komatsiutikiak, Aly Schamerhorn and Jennifer Chafe. (Photo by Madalyn Howitt)
Yoanis Menge (left), Newfoundland and Labrador Sen. Fabian Manning, Nunavut Sen. Dennis Patterson, and Ruben Komangapik pose after the Nov. 3 meeting of the Senate committee for fisheries and oceans. Patterson introduced Menge and Komangapik, the founders of Reconseal Inuksiuti, and highlighted their efforts to bring traditional food to Inuit in Ottawa and Montreal by hunting grey seal in the Magdalen Islands. (Photo credit: Claudine Santos)
Author and educator Harry Sheldon Swain is invested as a Member of the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Nov. 3. As the former deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs (1987-92), Swain was “instrumental” in negotiating land transfers with Indigenous communities, including ones that led to the creation of Nunavut, the Governor General’s office said in a release. The Order of Canada is widely considered to be the highest civilian honour in the country. Simon invested 44 people into the Order of Canada at the ceremony. (Photo courtesy of Sgt. Mathieu St-Amour/Office of the Secretary of the Governor General).
