Nunavut’s own journeyman carpenters

Six journeyman carpenters graduate from Nunavut Arctic College in Iqaluit today, becoming the first carpenters to be trained in Nunavut.

The graduates are now eligible to write their Red Seal Interprovincial exams, qualifying them to work in any province in Canada.

The graduates are: Jimmy Nattaq of Iqaluit, Lino Aqatsiaq of Igloolik, Alexander Alooq of Rankin Inlet (originally of Baker Lake), James Karetak of Iqaluit (originally Arviat), Jason Shingoose of Baker Lake and Christopher Lahure of Baker Lake.