Photo: Filipino ambassador gets warm Nunavut reception

Diplomatic ties: as Nunavut grows more multicultural, so grows international interest in Canada’s newest territory. Petronila Garcia is a good example. Posing here with Nunavut Commissioner Nellie Kusugak and Filipino Consul General Eric Tamayo during a four-day visit to Iqaluit in late September, Garcia got to meet with Premier Peter Taptuna, cabinet ministers, the mayor, Senator Dennis Patterson, local residents and members of Iqaluit’s Filipino community including Bob and Judy Grace Gabuna, who hosted the visit. Garcia made a point of thanking Nunavummiut for their $25,000 donation to the Philippines in 2013 for relief and recovery efforts following Typhoon Haiyan, “making the people of Nunavut among the biggest donors on a per capita basis,” said an email from Consul General Eric Tamayo. (PHOTO BY ERIC TAMAYO)