Photo: Kugluktuk youth at leadership retreat

Kugluktuk youth, from left, Joe Robbie Ipakohak, Doyle Elatiak, Ashton Hanak, Matthew Milukshuk and Kendrick Bolt, are attending a peer leadership retreat at Blachford Lake Lodge in NWT. The leadership retreat is led by the SMASH program, which stands for: strength, masculinity and sexual health. The program facilitates traditional skills, games, digital story-telling and drum circles, all while offering high school credits to participants. (PHOTO COURTESY OF MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER)