Makivik Magazine Issue 102

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MAKIVIK CORPORATION
Kenny Blake Retired
As time goes forward, now and then a long-term employee
will also move forward from a present career into their next chapter
of life. And thus came the notice to all staff from Makivik’s
Human Resources councillor Michael Iorio, “This is to inform you
that Kenny Blake has decided to retire from Makivik effective
this Thursday April 17, 2014...On behalf of Makivik, I would like
to thank Kenny for all his hard work and dedication. He will be
missed by all. Wishing Kenny a long
and healthy retirement.”
Indeed Kenny, who served as the
Corporation’s driver and messenger
ever since Makivik was created, was
also the longest-term employee at
Kuujjuaq head office. He started out
working for the Northern Quebec
Inuit Association in August 1976,
assisting with the delivery of passengers
and goods to Nunavik
communities by Beaver airplane,
where he worked for “a year or two.”
Originally from Kelso, Scotland,
Kenny arrived in Kuujjuaq with a glider pilot license. Bill Love,
who could play many different musical instruments, including the
bagpipes, accordion, clarinet and harmonica, piloted the Beaver.
Kenny recalls that some of the Nunavik villages were then “just
a few tents” and their longest trips on the Beaver included from
Kuujjuaq to Kuujjuaraapik or Kuujjuaq to Salluit—before modern
navigation aids such as the GPS.
Makivik’s Kuujjuaq staff gathered to have cake and celebrate
the times they enjoyed working with such a dedicated colleague.
Certainly everyone had benefitted from his help on multiple occasions.
In his closing remarks, Kenny wished “all the best to the
board members and fellow workers whom I gotten to befriend
over the years.” He also noted, “There have been major improvements
in services to all of Nunavik compared to what it was.”
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