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Student builds his own qamutik

Sanikiluaq

Shops class at Sanikiluaq鈥檚 Paatsaali School is generating many creations, but one is a stand-out.

Qinnaujuaq Iqaluq built himself a qamutik.

鈥淚t鈥檚 part of our regular shops program, hands-on activities. It鈥檚 culturally relevant. He gets to bring it home. He gets to keep it,鈥� said principal Tim Hoyt, adding it took Iqaluq roughly two weeks to make his qamutik.

鈥淲e鈥檙e expecting him to graduate next year. He鈥檚 been in our construction program. He鈥檚 done trapping with us. He鈥檚 an avid hunter.鈥�

Students at Paatsaali can enjoy the shops class every day. The shops teacher teaches shops throughout the day, and students from Grade 7 to 12 attend. Other creations include harpoons, harpoon heads, scrapers and scraping boards.

鈥淭his morning they went down to the harbour and drilled holes in the ice so they could do some ice fishing,鈥� said Hoyt.

Qajuqturvik receives $4,000 from Northwestel

Iqaluit

Northwestel employees descended upon the Qajuqturvik Food Centre April 26 to serve up some lunch and donate $4,000 to the food centre, which feeds Iqalungmiut in need.

This donation and a similar $4,000 donation to the Food Bank Society of Whitehorse in the Yukon is to celebrate the company鈥檚 40th year.

鈥淲e鈥檙e celebrating 40 years in the North by saying thank you to the communities we serve,鈥� stated Northwestel president Curtis Shaw.

鈥淚n 1992, Northwestel began serving many communities which would eventually become Nunavut. Today, every community in the territory is connected to a broadband network over satellite. I want to say thank you to our employees, to our partners, and to our customers for helping to make this possible.鈥�

Qajuqturvik Food Centre Executive Director Wade Thorhaug, who accepted the donation, stated the organization makes Iqaluit stronger, through support for those who need it and through the volunteers who help.

鈥淲e rely on volunteers not just for their help but also to build community,鈥� stated Thorhaug.

鈥淥ur aim is to have an inclusive space that strengthens connections and breaks down divisions. We are grateful for Northwestel for their donation and support.鈥�

Shaw says the company鈥檚 500 黑料吃瓜网 employees spend time volunteering with local community groups.

鈥淣orthwestel will match our employees鈥� volunteer time with donations toward the group they volunteer with,鈥� he said.

May movies at the visitor鈥檚 centre

Iqaluit

Movie nights at the Unikkaarvik Visitor鈥檚 Centre in Iqaluit continue with a May 9 screening of the 2008 documentary Martha of the North.

The story belongs to Martha Flaherty, and tells of her relocation and separation from her family in the High Arctic.

鈥淚n the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North. In this icy desert realm, Martha Flaherty and her family lived through one of Canadian history鈥檚 most sombre and little-known episodes,鈥� according to the synopsis.

For the rest of the month, expect three Isuma films: the famed, award-winning and voted the number one Canadian film of all time by the Toronto International Film Festival, Atanarjuat 鈥� The Fast Runner screens May 16; The Journals of Knud Rasmussen May 24; and on May 31, Before Tomorrow will screen.

All three films come with a parental discretion advisory for mature themes which may be frightening to some viewers.

Films begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and includes popcorn and a drink.