Dozens of booths set up at fair
Malcolm Gorrill
Northern News Services
Inuvik (Mar 30/01) - If you were looking for a career, the Midnight Sun recreation centre was the place to be earlier this month.
Over 40 booths were set up at the centre for Career Quest 2001, March 19-20.
The first evening, more than 100 people dropped by.
On March 20 members of the general public visited, as well as school children from Inuvik and surrounding communities.
Organizer Angie Luciana said many oil and gas companies were represented, though not many small firms.
"But it's difficult for them to get away, to spend a whole day at something like this," said Luciana, who is also training and development officer for Municipal and Community Affairs.
One student checking out the sights was Shyla Traer, 9, of Inuvik. She found the fair quite interesting.
Verna Itsi echoed Traer's sentiment. Itsi was spotted checking out the NWT Power Corp. display.
Itsi, of Fort McPherson, is currently taking the office administration program at Aurora College.
The fair served as a homecoming of sorts for two representatives from the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.
Researcher Roy Wilson is originally from Aklavik, and communications manager John Holman is from Inuvik.
Holman spoke to Samuel Hearne students March 19 on ITC and the types of jobs available there.
"It went well," Holman said.
