Photo: QIA kicks off annual meeting

Qikiqtani Inuit Association president Okalik Eegeesiak, left, and QIA secretary-treasurer Joe Attagutaluk pose here at the opening of the organization’s annual general meeting at the Abe Okpik Hall in Apex on Oct. 24. QIA’s board of directors meeting starts Oct. 26, where its members will discuss the Inuit impacts and benefits agreement related to Baffinland’s Mary River project. A draft of that agreement is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)