Arviat Elder Martha Okotak listens to an Inuktitut translation of the opening addresses for the International Polar Year 2012: From Knowledge to Action conference in Montreal this morning. For the last two years, Martha has been working with youth from the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project, which will be presenting the results of their qualitative and participatory action social sciences research this week. More than 2,500 polar scientists and researchers from more than 40 countries are attending.
For more information on the project, visit their web site at: nanisiniq.tumblr.com
This academic year we have explored numerous approaches to enhancing program offerings within the Nunavut Teacher Education Program.
We believe that we must develop outreach initiatives that sensitize our training teachers to the realities of life in our school communities. In this way our graduating Teachers are well positioned to address the needs of students entrusted to our care. We require competent, capable and caring people in the profession and the classroom.
Today, our Year 3 Nunavut Teacher Education Program students are participating in the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) program. It is being delivered at Nunatta Campus, Iqaluit, and is under the direction of Jack Hicks and his team. It is our intention to incorporate this training as a regular component of NTEP.
We thank Andrea Burry, NTEP Faculty: Educational Psychology, for her efforts in arranging this excellent educational opportunity. Additionally, we thank the ASIST Team - Jack Hicks, Tutalik Boychuck and Malaya Qaunirq Chapman for their efforts on our behalf.
Participants with this year's Environmental Technology Program (ETP) Winter Field Camp included 24 students, 4 instructors, 17 snowmobiles, and 12 qammotiqs. The annual expedition to Crazy Lake is a key component of the highly-successful program and a rite of passage for the program's students. The group left on March 28, 2026 and returned on April 4.
Environment Canada, working in partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, the Kivalliq Inuit Association and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, is hiring Inuit students to work in their offices for 4 month periods during the summer.
This academic year there has been increased encouragement and emphasis pertaining to the development of a Middle School Education delivery system.
Researchers from the University of Quebec – Trois Rivieres will be presenting the results of their research “Healthy Living in Schools and Substance Abuse” on Tuesday March 27th at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Parish Hall (across from the curling rink) in Iqaluit.
Interviews and surveys were conducted in January and February 2010 in order to understand the extent, context, causes and consequences of alcohol and drug use, as well as to collect opinions about solutions to substance abuse in the community.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided by the Baffin Deli.
Pallulaaq Ford, a Registered Nurse and past graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Arctic Nursing program and now Manager of Clinical Nurse Education in Rankin Inlet is seen here with her former instructor Sally Naphan, now Manager of the College's Nursing Program. The former student and teacher met at a recent conference in Toronto to discuss Cultural Competency in Nursing programs across Canada.
On Friday morning, March 23, 2012, Iqaluit's Inuksuk High School held a career fair. The Nunavut Teacher Education Program set up a booth there to distribute information on our program.
(Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada) - It is 0600 hours; time for me to wake up and prepare for another clinical shift at the Qikiqtani General Hospital (QGH).
For one of our third year classes, we have two eight hour shifts a week that contributes to the requirements for a passing grade. Our shift for this semester starts at 0710 on the dot and we are to come prepared with our completed patient(s) research, Care Plans and medication cards for all the medication we will be administering throughout the day.
IQALUIT, Nunavut (March 19, 2026) – It’s time to celebrate, conserve and protect Nunavut’s fresh waterways during Canada Water Week from March 19-25! This year’s theme is “Discover Your Water Footprint.”
