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Recreation co-ordinators from the Kivalliq region gathered with Nunavut government representatives to find out how to get funds for activities in their communities. From left Greg Tanuyak, senior recreation development officer for the Kivalliq region; David Clark, Rankin Inlet recreation co-ordinator; Celestino Uiarak, manager of community programs for CLEY; Damian MacInnis, Arviat recreation co-ordinator; and Rodney Taparti, recreation co-ordinator for Repulse Bay. - Christine Grimard/NNSL photo

Learning how to get sports funding

Christine Grimard
Northern News Services
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

RANKIN INLET - Recreation co-ordinators gathered in Rankin Inlet last week to learn about how to get more money into their communities.

Representatives from the department of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth were in town June 5 to 7 to teach recreation co-ordinators from the Kivalliq region about where and how they can get funds for activities in their hamlets.

"They've been passing on information to us so we can do our jobs better," said David Clark, recreation co-ordinator for Rankin Inlet.

Clark said he has picked up a lot about how simple the process is to apply for funds.

"The funding is a lot more straightforward than it looks," said Clark.

Rodney Taparti, recreation co-ordinator for Repulse Bay, said he plans on using the information to help bring a baseball diamond and possibly a swimming pool into the community.

"I'm just trying to get help for sports," said Taparti. Having just started working as recreation co-ordinator since April, he said this meeting was a great introduction to his job.

Damian MacInnis, who also just started as recreation co-ordinator in February, also said the course helped him with his position.

"I'm learning a lot about funding and where to get it," said MacInnis. He plans on trying to get funding to fix up the community's baseball field. He's also going to look into getting artificial turf to put in the arena for indoor soccer.

MacInnis said the gathering has also been useful to meet other recreation co-ordinators in the area and find out about projects and activities they've been running.

In addition to helping run more and better sports programs, Clark said he'll use the information to help recognize volunteers in Rankin Inlet.

"One thing I really want to get into is awards, and recognizing people who do things in the community," said Clark. "There's some good volunteers I have in this community."

Celestino Uiarak, manager for community programs for CLEY, will be travelling to the Kitikmeot region this week as part of a tour around Nunavut to teach recreation co-ordinators around Nunavut the information he passed along in Rankin Inlet last week.