Photo: Language standardization symposium opens in Iqaluit

Elijah Erkloo of Pond Inlet, chair of the Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit language authority, speaking shortly after the opening of the Inuit language standardization symposium Feb. 8 at Iqaluit’s Frobisher Inn. Delegates from Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, Greenland and the Inuvialuit region of the Northwest Territories were to have broken into workshops to discuss various topics related to the current status of the Inuit language. On the afternoon of Feb. 10, organizers are to hold a workshop at the Astro Theatre on the future direction of language standardization. The week-long meeting is scheduled to wrap up late Friday morning. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)