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News Briefs: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Truth and Reconciliation office closing in March
The public face of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in Yellowknife will be open for one of its last dates during an open house from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday.
The office, at 5114 49 St., will close its doors indefinitely at the end of March as the commission wraps up its work in the North, Commissioner Marie Wilson stated in a press release.
- Laura Busch
New priorities at Yk1
Ensuring all students engage in healthy lifestyles and respectful, caring relationships are new strategic priorities Yellowknife Education District No. 1 trustees added to their mandate during the March 12 board meeting.
There were three existing priorities - ensuring students reach their highest level of learning, promote the engagement of teachers, staff and students in aboriginal language and culture-based education, and providing an inclusive school community for special needs students.
Under the new strategy, the board hopes to increase participation in healthy activities, increase nutrition awareness and the value of traditional foods, reduce incidents of bullying and promote good citizenship and positive relationships.
- Danielle Sachs
Experts talk oil sands
A panel of experts is set to come together Wednesday night to discuss oil sands research and monitoring initiatives.
The talk, which marks Canada Water Week, begins at 7 p.m. in the Prince of Wales Heritage Museum and features speakers John Smol of the Department of Biology at Queen's University, Roland Hall of the Department of Biology at Waterloo University and Stuart MacMillan of the Peace Athabasca Delta Ecological Monitoring Program.
There will be discussion near the end of the event, which is hosted by Ecology North in collaboration with the GNWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
- Miranda Scotland
Car seat clinic
The GNWT Department of Transportation is hosting a free clinic for child car seats at Canadian Tire from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday.
Newly trained child car seat technicians will be on hand throughout the afternoon to ensure children are being transported safely in automobiles.
- Simon Whitehouse
Medals presented
Rankin Inlet
Nellie Kusugak and Jim Shirley of Rankin Inlet became the latest Kivalliq recipients of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals for their extraordinary contributions to Nunavut, earlier this month.
The medals were presented to Kusugak and Shirley by Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq during a special ceremony at the Rankin Inlet community hall.
Students protest
Ottawa/Toronto
Students of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut program in Ottawa were on Parliament Hill this past week to promote Inuit seal harvesting.
The students held a sealskin fashion show and modelled outfits provided by the Government of Nunavut's Department of the Environment during their display.
The students then travelled to Toronto to educate southerners on the continued importance of seal harvesting to the Inuit culture and economy. The rally was intended to be a foil to demonstrations held by animal rights groups to protest the harvesting of seals.
Public hearing
Rankin Inlet
A public hearing was scheduled to be held at the Siniktarvik Hotel in Rankin Inlet on March 16, concerning the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 169's application to the Nunavut liquor licensing board for club licence approval for the legion building in Rankin.
Wrestling silver
Coral Harbour/Ontario
Judai McKitrick, originally of Coral Harbour, earned a wrestling silver medal at the Ontario high school championships in Guelph, Ont., earlier this month.
McKitrick took silver in a group of 26.
The talented wrestler is also showing athletes can combine brains with brawn, by scoring 99 per cent in all his advanced placement academic courses during his recent school semester.
McKitrick is now set to attend the national wrestling championships in Saskatoon, Sask., this coming month, where he expects to meet up with a number of his friends from Coral Harbour.
Law day rescheduled
Arviat
A special Arviat Law Day originally scheduled to be held at the Arviat Community Learning Centre on March 14 has been rescheduled to March 25.
The event is sponsored by the Akitsiraq Law School and will give youths the opportunity to take a day to consider law as a career.
Participating youth will learn how they can possibly attend a southern law school, get an idea of whether a career in law appeals to them, and learn what lawyers do, how long legal studies take, what a student has to do to be accepted, what a law class is like and what options a student has.
The event will also feature a law school lecture with law school professors.
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