Makivik Magazine Issue 114

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑦᓱᒋᑦ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᓲᒥᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑯᑦ.
ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓪᓗᐊᖏᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᔪᔪᖅ ᑐᓵᓛᓯᔭᖓ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᑦᔩᓛᓯᒋᐊᖓ ᖃᒻᒥᑯᑦ.
“ᐊᐅᓚᔨᖏᓐᓇᑕᕋ ᐊᓈᓇᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᖓ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᑦᔨᓱᓂ ᓚᑦᓱᓂ
ᔪᐃᓖ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᒪᕆᐊᓗᖃᓕᕋᒣ ᐃᓕᓐᓄᑦ: ᔪᐃᓖ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᑦᓴᓕᐊᖑᓐᓂᖁᑎᑦ
ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓄᑦ ᓯᑯᑎᒎᕐᑐᓄ!’ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᐊᑐᕆᓇᖓ ᕿᐊᓯᑲᓴᓚᐅᔪᔪᖓ.
ᐃᓱᕐᕆᓯᑦᓱᖓ ᐃᓱᒪᖃᑦᑕᕋᒪ ᐃᓕᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔭᖕᖏᒋᐊᒥᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᒃ
ᐅᑉᐱᕆᒐᒪ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᖃᕐᓱᖓᓗ ᐊᓕᐊᓱᓕᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᔪᔪᖓ ᐱᔭᖃᕆᐊᒥᒃ
ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒥᖓ!”
ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕆᒋᐊᓕᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᑐᕆᐊᖃᕐᓱᓂ 12ᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᑰᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓗᑕ
ᐃᓚᒋᓗᒋᑦ 120 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᐅᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 80 ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᔩᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᔪᑦ
ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᑐᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᓪᓗ ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑑᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᖓᒍᑦ,
ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑕᐅᓱᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑏᑦ ᓯᑯᑎᒎᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖓᓐᓄᑦ.
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᔫᓕᐅᓯ ᖃᐅᔨᓕᓚᐅᔪᔪᖅ 2017ᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑏᑦ ᓯᑯᒦᑦᓱᑎᒃ
ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖓ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖕᖑᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᒻᒪᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ
ᑐᑭᓯᓕᐅᒥᓂᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᑐᑦᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ, ᐊᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᓂᑕᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ
ᐱᑦᔪᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᑑᑎᓕᕐᑕᑎᓐᓂᒃ.
ᐊᐅᒃᒍᓯ 8-9, 2017: ᐱᒋᐊᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᑖᑦᓱᒪ 2017ᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᒥ
ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᐅᑉ
ᑕᕐᕋᒥ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᖅ ᐅᒃᑯᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐅᒃᒍᓯ 8ᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᕐᒥᒃ
ᐊᑑᑎᓯᔪᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑌᑲᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᖏᑦ
ᑐᖕᖓᓱᑦᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓂᒃ ᐱᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ
August 6, 2017: Ottawa
It was a bright, clear summer day in Ottawa when 42 students from
across Canada’s North, Greenland and Alaska gathered at Nunavut
Sivuniksavut for the launch of the Northern pre-program.
In its second year, this Northern pre-program has quickly become
an integral part of the expedition experience. Through presentations,
activities and discussions, the staff from Nunavut Sivuniksavut and
Students on Ice help to empower Northern youth with a greater
understanding of their history and culture and provide a welcoming,
nurturing space for youth to form friendships and develop the
confidence to become ambassadors for their homeland.
For many, this is their first time outside of their home communities
and they have been travelling for days to reach Ottawa. Though, the
journey to get here started long before. For Yuliusi Saunders of Kuujjuaq,
his journey began many months prior, with his application to join the
Students on Ice (SOI) Arctic Expedition.
The weeks that followed were filled with excitement mixed with selfdoubt
at his prospects of receiving one of four Makivik scholarships to
join the expedition. Little did he know how the news he would soon
hear would change his life.
“I still remember my mom’s face when she told me ‘Yuliu I got
a big announcement for you: you got picked for Students on Ice!’
I was surprised, and I almost cried. I was relieved, after thinking,
ᐃᓕᐋᔅ ᐊᓗᑭ ᕿᑭᕐᑕᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᐅᖅ, ᓄᓇᕘᒥ ᐅᔭᕋᓪᓚᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓗᕋᕐᑐᖅ Coutts Inlet -ᒥ ᐊᐅᒡᒍᓯ 2017ᒥ.
Elias Alookie of Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut is skipping rocks in Coutts Inlet in August 2017.
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