Photo: Iqaluit elder Celestin Erkidjuk talks about mining

Iqaluit elder Celestin Erkidjuk speaks March 17 at a public forum in Iqaluit, the first of three forums organized by the Government of Nunavut to help the GN form a policy on uranium development in Nunavut. Though Erkidjuk spoke fondly of the days when he worked as a miner in Rankin Inlet, the forum exposed stark divisions among Nunavut residents over uranium mining. Similar forums are to take place March 30 and March 31 in Baker Lake, and on April 12 and April 13 in Cambridge Bay. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)