Photo: Rollin’ a qajaq

Akinisie Sivuarapik — the first girl from the Nunavik community of Puvirnituq to roll a qajaq. Here, Sivuarapik practices with Greenland’s champion qajaq expert Maligiaq Padilla on the Ottawa River in Grenville, Quebec. From Sept. 15 to Sept. 12 a group of students from Iguarsivik School in Puvirnituq attended a training camp there to develop their traditional qajaq and healthy cooking skills, with the support of Nunavik’s Ungaluk safer communities program, the Kativik School Board and Air Inuit. (PHOTO BY ALAIN CLOUTIER)