Photo: Pond Inlet educator receives literacy award

Premier Peter Taptuna, left, and Tununiq MLA Joe Enook, right, present the 2015 Council of the Federation Literacy award to Pond Inlet educator Elijah Tigullaraq Nov. 5 at the legislative assembly. Tigullaraq received the award for decades of work with Nunavut’s education department as a bilingual language consultant, teaching Inuit and non-Inuit using methods inspired by Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. The award has been handed out to a recipient in each of the country’s provinces and territories every year since 2004. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GN)