Kativik Ilisarniliriniq says lower teacher vacancy rates leading into this school year could be due to the collective agreement teachers signed in 2025. (File photo by Cedric Gallant)
Change potentially propelled by the 2025 collective agreement, says school board spokesperson
Updated on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 at 12 p.m. ET While Nunavik’s schools are still struggling with teacher vacancies, data from August show the Kativik Ilisarniliriniq school board has 18 fewer vacancies than the same time last year.
Kylie Curry, principal of Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik school in Rankin Inlet, re-enacts the countdown that kicked off a scavenger hunt involving 70 local teachers on Friday. All three of the hamlet’s schools are fully staffed, Curry said. The scavenger hunt was a team-building exercise to welcome six new teachers to the community. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Grade 12 graduates, from left to right, Jason Anilniliak, Duncan Mearns, and Jaxson Gillis, and Grade 10 student Jayden Lewis, are dressed for the Inuksuk High School prom on Saturday night. The dance was held at Aqsarniit Hotel. (Photo by Daron Letts)