Sanikiluaq Inuktitut teachers Johnassie Kudluarok, left, and Mary Kavik say Inuktitut is declining in the minds of young Inuit. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
From left, Justin O’Handley, a Government of Nunavut engineer shows a heating circuit to Rachel Kalluk and Frankie Vincent-Wolfe during a Skills Nunavut event Sunday in Iqaluit. Skills Nunavut, an organization that promotes skilled trades among youth, set up the lab at Inuksuk High School while the Nunavut Basketball Territorial Championships were going on. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Staff at John Arnalukjuak High School in Arviat help students get into the Halloween spirit on Friday afternoon. From left, substitute teacher Linda Nutarasungnik, custodian Elizabeth Komak and music teacher Gina Belanger pose for the costume contest. In Arviat, extra polar bear patrols have been organized to keep trick-or-treaters safe on Friday evening. (Photo courtesy of Samantha Lake/John Arnalukjuak High School)
Volunteer firefighter Kristen Haven shows how to use a fire extinguisher in October in front of Abe Okpik Hall in Apex. It was the last of five demonstrations the Iqaluit fire department organized for fire prevention week, which ran from Oct. 5 to 11. The goal is to make people more “confident,” when using fire extinguishers, said deputy fire Chief Alex Storring. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)