Thank you Iqaluit!

I want to thank all Iqalungmiut and all my family friends for all the laughs, little tears, and everything else that made our short visit a really good one.

Thank you to Don Coughlin and Enosik Ejetsiaq, and their sons Aaron and Gelow; Kelly and Ashley; Paujungi Akpik; Annie Akpik and sons; Matto and Jimmy; Levena and Ooleesia; brothers Zeke Ejetsiaq and Etulu Ejetsiaq; my niece Lau, Olayuk Akesuk, and their kids; Sattie Aqpiq; and my youngest sister, Quyuq Ejetsiak, and her daughter Oolayou.

Thanks especially to Lazarus and Mae Aupaloota, daughter Lizzie and her brother Simonie; the Alainga family; cousins Mary and Elisapee Sheutiapik; Betty Brewster; John Amagoalik and wife Evie; Itee and Koalie; Eva Michael, Simonie and Martha Michael; Johnny and Pia Pallister; Qaumaqtaq Korgak; Denis Cote and daughter Rosemary Cote (for Mike) and all the guys he hung out with.

A special thanks to Dr. Paul Stubbing and the staff at Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.

So sorry for for some you other people who I may have forgotten to include. Thank you so much.

We visited your Legislative Assembly building and found it to be the best looking one we’ve ever seen and the only one I’ve ever eaten some muktaaq in. Thank-you girls. Last of all, thanks Jim!

Nipisha and Mike Bracken
Kitchener, Ont.