Photo: Nunavut Sivunsiksavut off to a new year of study

The new students in Nunavut Sivuniksavut’s class of 2012 spent the week following Labour Day at Harris Farm, outside Ottawa, getting to know each other and what to expect during the coming year. The 32 students enrolled in the Ottawa-based program for young beneficiaries of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement include: Pauline Akeeagok (Grise Fiord), Trent Aksawnee (Baker Lake), Valerie Amarualik (Resolute Bay), Pauline Anablak (Kugluktuk), Eileen Arnatsiaq (Igloolik ), Annalisa Arnatsiaq (Igloolik), Arqna Audlaluk (Grise Fiord), Ashley Burton (Rankin Inlet), Charity Dewar (Iqaluit), Mallory Ehaloak (Cambridge Bay), Amber Eleehetook (Gjoa Haven), Janet Evic (Pangnirtung), Kelly Fraser (Sanikiluaq — to arrive later), Myles Gauthier (Iqaluit) Katrina Hatogina (Kugluktuk), Tanya Haulli (Igloolik), Alexis Haulli Awa (Igloolik), Emmeline Ipeelie (Iqaluit — yet to arrive), Stephanie Irkootee (Rankin Inlet), Jeremiah Issaluk (Rankin Inlet), Andrea Kablutsiak (Arviat), Jolene Karetak (Arviat), Jennifer Kilabuk (Iqaluit), MaryRose Kilabuk (Pangnirtung), Kanayok Klengenberg (Yellowknife), Valerie Kogvik (Gjoa Haven), Richard Manitok (Rankin Inlet), Amy Owingayak (Arviat), Paula Piryuaq (Baker Lake), Raymond Sateana (Rankin Inlet), Alex Satuqsi (Igloolik), and Eden Tootoo (Iqaluit). (PHOTO COURTESY OF NS)