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The highly anticipated Junior Canadian Ranger (JCR) program has arrived in Inuvik.
Gail Raddi, Master Corporal for the JCR patrol, said the program will start by accepting 25
youth.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been requesting it, the youth have been requesting it,鈥� Raddi said. 鈥淲hen you see other
communities doing so much with their JCRs, it just makes everyone wish we had one. Now that
we鈥檝e got it, we鈥檙e so 别虫肠颈迟别诲.鈥�
Raddi said there are many activities the JCRs will be able to partake in.
鈥淲e鈥檒l be doing a lot of different things. There鈥檚 Ranger skills, life skills, traditional skills,鈥�
Raddi said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 over 150 things that we can do so we鈥檒l be doing a lot of training, on-the-
land skills, target shooting, cooking, and sewing.鈥�
Craig Routery, warrant officer, said the JCR is a community-driven program supported by the
military.
鈥淭he military doesn鈥檛 actually own the program, the community owns it,鈥� Routery said. 鈥淲hen it
comes to planning and organizing, the community decides what鈥檚 important for their youth to
know. That鈥檚 the strength of this program.鈥�
Routery added that the military鈥檚 role is to provide the community with the means to put their
plans into action.
鈥淲e take away all the normal problems, like finances, because it is expensive to do a lot of this
stuff,鈥� Routery said. 鈥淲e take that burden off of their shoulders so they can just get out there
with the kids and teach them what they need to know.鈥�
Usually, the youth will meet once a week, but Raddi said there will be longer experiential
learning opportunities.
鈥淪ometimes they鈥檒l have week-long events where they meet with JCRs from other communities
in one place, and we鈥檒l all learn from each other,鈥� Raddi said. 鈥淪enior JCRs have leaderships, so
they鈥檒l all get together and meet in one place and share and bring stuff back to teach the younger
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Raddi said this is an important program for Inuvik youth.
鈥淎 lot of our youth are losing the traditional culture, so it will be good to bring a lot of the
traditional skills back because they鈥檒l need them when they鈥檙e older,鈥� Raddi said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e pretty
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Derrien Firth is one of the youth who signed up for Inuvik鈥檚 JCR program on Saturday, Feb. 3.

He says he signed up because a friend recommended the program to him.
鈥淚 thought it was pretty cool. We might get to go to Whitehorse, meet new people,鈥� Firth said.
It is his first time joining the Rangers and he鈥檚 most excited about learning traditional skills such
as hunting and trapping.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important to learn the skills and keep them going,鈥� Firth said. 鈥淪o I can teach my kids and
they can teach their kids.鈥�