Inuit come together at a Christmas gathering in 2022 at St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall, hosted by Inuuqatigiit Centre, Tungasuvvingat Inuit, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. This year, the in-person event has been cancelled. Instead, Tungasuvvingat Inuit is hosting virtual holiday activities along with Christmas hampers for families. (File photo by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy)
Virtual holiday activities to be "'inclusive to all Inuit in Ontario'
Tungasuvvingat Inuit’s annual Christmas gathering will not be held in-person this year and will be virtual instead. The Ontario non-profit organization that serves urban Inuit announced the change Nov.
Susánna Herálvsdóttir, left, and Aske Mattias Folkmann perform at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre in Iqaluit on Thursday. They are two of several Arctic musicians taking part in the 2025 Pan-Arctic Vision concert in Iqaluit on Nov. 29. “It’s so cool to share our music in a soup kitchen,” Herálvsdóttir said as some of the about 60 guests ate chicken noodle soup while enjoying the music. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Peter McDonald puts up Christmas lights on his house near Iqaluit’s old cemetery on Wednesday. Normally, he would be going up a ladder to put those lights on the top of his house, but he decided to go “low” this year. “My son was really happy about that,” McDonald said of his decision to opt out of the risky task. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Jewelry makers Ella Levin, left, and Amoudla Kootoo display their wares as customer Assol Kubeisinova tries on a pair of earrings in the mirror. The pair were among dozens of vendors who participated in the Christmas Craft Fair at the Aqsarniit hotel Saturday in Iqaluit. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Ottawa actor Zorga Qaunaq, left, who plays Millie on the CBC show “North of North,” models winterwear designed by artist Ittuvik Paquet of Salluit. The pair strutted in the Crafted on the Catwalk event Tuesday at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq. It was Paquet’s third time featuring work at the annual show. (Photo courtesy of Sherri Van Went/Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq)
Keira Qamaniq, left, and Naja Pearce shriek as “undead unicorn warrior” John Manzo pops out from a hiding spot during the Haunted Walk and Halloween Spooktacular held at Joamie School on Saturday. The annual event was organized by City of Iqaluit recreation staff, with creative support from volunteers with Skills Canada Nunavut. (Photo courtesy of Matilda Pinksen/City of Iqaluit)
Two women wheel a suitcase through snow and gravel in 0 C temperatures on their way to the airport in Qikiqtarjuaq to catch an afternoon flight Monday. The airport is roughly a kilometre away from the hamlet’s core area. Like most smaller Nunavut communities, Qikiqtarjuaq does not have a taxi service. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)