Photo: Rankin teachers meet for conference

Kathy Okpik, Nunavut’s deputy minister of education, opens the 2014 Kivalliq Regional Teachers conference in Rankin Inlet Feb 17. Dozens of teachers from all Kivalliq communities have gathered for a week of dialogue, learning and networking. Rankin Inlet is a busy destination this week with more than 300 Canadian soldiers also in and around town for cold weather exercises. (PHOTO ARCTECH DESIGN AND SERVICES/DOUG MCCLARTY)