Photo: Diamond Jubilee medals for three in Pond Inlet

While visiting Pond Inlet to open its new arena on March 23, Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak presented Diamond Jubilee awards to three residents — Theresa Koopa Maktar, David Parks and Thomas Ootook — who have made “significant contributions to the community.” Here Aariak poses with Theresa Koopa Maktar. Learn more about the awards honouring Queen Elizabeth II’s 60-year-long reign on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NUNAVUT)