Teachers’ union president Larry Imbeault stands with union members striking for better premiums and living conditions for teachers in Nunavik. (Photo by Cedric Gallant)
Teachers’ strike affects 4 school days, finished Tuesday afternoon with no movement in negotiations
Nunavik students returned to school Tuesday afternoon after a four-day teachers’ strike that took a toll on some families in the region. Jazzmine Arreak is a single mother of two children, a six-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl.
Children at Aakuluk Daycare in Iqaluit peer outside as they wait for their rides home at the end of the day. This month, the non-profit daycare is selling products from the Dieleman fundraising catalogue to raise money to cover daily operational costs. (Photo courtesy of Leslie Evaloakjuk)
Approximately 500 Iqaluit high school and middle school students join in the annual Terry Fox Run on Friday in honour of the Canadian cancer activist who died in 1981. Since his death, the Marathon of Hope that Fox started as a trek across the country has raised millions of dollars for cancer care and research. Iqaluit students ran from Aqsarniit Middle School to Inuksuk High School, making a four-kilometre loop around the city. The fastest runner reached the finish line in just above 15 minutes. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)