Photo: New Nunavut hotel will support local charity

The first guests to stay at Clyde River’s new Naujaaraaluit Hotel pose recently in the dining area. But it’s more than just a hotel. Naujaaraaluit is something called a social enterprise — a business whose profits are funnelled 100 per cent into a charitable organization. In this case, the money goes to Ilisaqsivik, an award-winning, Inuit-run charity in Clyde River that offers dozens of community-based health and wellness programs for children, families, men, women and elders. With a shortage of hotel rooms in town, Ilisaqsivik decided to start up a hotel which they hope will provide much-needed core funding. In this photo are, standing, from left, Josie Pitseolak, Jimmy Paton, Pitsiula Michael, Asenath Ataguttak, Meleah Nookiguak and Elisapee Quassa. Sitting are Terry Garchinski and Eena Kooneeliusie. See story later on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO COURTESY OF ILISAQSIVIK)