Today was our first day in Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. We landed around 12:30pm and headed to Arctic College to settle in. Around 2pm, we headed to Inuksuk High School which is where we will be meeting up with our matched students from Nunavut daily. We arrived to go over the weekly plans and rules. We were introduced to Craig and Kim, two teachers from the local school who were going to be our guides for the week. The students finally got to meet their student match face to face.
The Nunavut students led many ice breaker games (see photos below) to start conversation. Already we can tell that the students are enjoying each other's company. Next, we had a special guest, Johnny Issaluk, inform us about some Inuit Games. Inuit Games focus around building skills about hunting, fishing and daily life of the Inuit. Mr. Issaluk is well known across Canada as the Inuit Games expert. He even was at the Olympic Games in Vancouver! He taught us many games and even let us try some.
For dinner, we had a delicious meal made by the host families. There was many of the local foods we were used to back home, with the addition of a special fish, the Arctic Char, which kind of tasted like a salmon Popsicle. Most of our students tried it, which made us staff members happy. The evening was filled with events around the hotel such as socializing, basketball in the gym, working out in the weight room and resting up for tomorrow. In the meantime, Mr. Magee caught a glimpse of a beautiful sunset.
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