Cape Dorset grad receives scholarship

Saizula Pootoogook hands over the 2019 Kananginak Pootoogook scholarship to recipient Miazie Joanasie in Cape Dorset last month. The award, named for the late, great Inuk artist and founding member of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, is given to a Cape Dorset high school graduate each year who has shown outstanding achievement and leadership at school. Joanasie graduated from Peter Pitseolak high school in June. She is the ninth recipient of the scholarship. (Photo courtesy of WBEC)