Photo:Governor General addresses Nunavut teachers by videolink

Canada’s Governor General David Johnston speaks via teleconference to Qikiqtani teachers attending the Pilimmaksarniq 2015 teachers’ development conference in Iqaluit, Feb. 19. “Behind every individual or group success, there is usually a teacher, mentor, or elder, someone who served to guide, inform or inspire us in a significant way,” said Johnston, the first keynote speaker in day four of the weeklong conference. The Governor General spoke from Ottawa accompanied by Terry Audla, president of Inuit Tapiirit Kanatami, left on the screen, and Willa Black of Cisco Canada. More than 300 teachers from the Baffin region watched the address in the gymnasium of Inuksuk High School, the location of this year’s conference. (PHOTO BY PETER VARGA)