From left, Mary Gabby Padluq, Leevee Arlooktoo and Susie Onalik get ready to prepare food for children in Kimmirut. Local nurse Anke Krug was able to apply for and receive funding to implement two food programs in Kimmirut, one which provides breakfast, lunch and snacks to children throughout the school year. Children also received winter clothing. (Photo courtesy of Anke Krug)
Katrina Kierstead builds an inuksuk on the hills of Goodyear, Ariz. Kierstead has a home in the American desert state, nearly 5,000 kilometres southwest of Pangnirtung where she works as a home-care nurse. Kierstead said that while on a hike recently, she decided to build the inuksuk because she was thinking about her family and fellow community members from the North. “I built the inuksuk because I love what it represents and a huge part of my heart is always in Pangnirtung,” she said. (Photos courtesy of Katrina Kierstead)