Nunavut as a territory celebrated its 20th birthday on July 9.

A wonderful anniversary, to be sure, but there鈥檚 another part of the territory that鈥檚 also celebrating two decades of existence.

Team Nunavut is also 20 years of age and the Sport and Recreation Division (SRD), formerly Sport Nunavut, is looking for people to help celebrate the milestone. The SRD will be putting together as many items and stories as it can get for a special anniversary campaign which is ongoing.

Mariele Depeuter, the SRD鈥檚 acting manager, said the GN is celebrating 20 years and wanted to include the division as part of it all.

鈥淭eam Nunavut is one of the most visible parts of the territory on the national stage, for sure,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to get people to share some of their thoughts and memories through social media and help us celebrate how far we鈥檝e come in 20 years.鈥�

The first big event for Team Nunavut upon its creation was the 2000 Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse and it鈥檚 probably fitting in a way that the 20th anniversary of Team Nunavut鈥檚 participation in the Games will happen where it all began.

鈥淲e鈥檙e planning on incorporating parts of our uniform from 2000 into our uniform for 2020,鈥� said Depeuter.

She wouldn鈥檛 divulge any details nor give any hints as to what people will see.

In terms of a party or celebration, Depeuter said nothing big is being planned but rather a focus on highlighting some of the big moments provided by the athletes over the past two decades.

鈥淲e want to hear from people who have contributed to our past, where they鈥檝e ended up in their lives, what path they鈥檝e taken since participating with Team Nunavut,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e encouraging people to get in touch with us and reach out and maybe even reconnect with some old friends they may have either lost contact with or haven鈥檛 spoken to in a while.鈥�

FACT FILE 鈥� Team Nunavut highlights

1999 鈥� Creation of Team Nunavut

2000 鈥� First appearance at Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, 35 ulus won

2001 鈥� First appearance at Canada Summer Games (London, Ont.)

2002 鈥� First appearance at North American Indigenous Games (Winnipeg)

2002 鈥� First medal won at North American Indigenous Games (Joseph Nakoolak of Coral Harbour, gold, wrestling)

2003 鈥� First appearance at Canada Winter Games (Bathurst-Campbellton, N.B.) and Western Canada Summer Games (Manitoba)

2003 鈥� First medal won at Western Canada Summer Games (Johnny Eetuk of Cape Dorset, silver, wrestling)

2007 鈥� First medal won at Canada Winter Games (Eugene Dederick of Iqaluit, bronze, judo)