Getting ready to leave!

Students and staff at Osler are getting very excited about leaving for Nunavut in a few days! We've been going over in sessions about what to bring and what the weather will be like. Some students have never been on a plane before, so this is very exciting for them!

We are flying to Ottawa on Saturday April 13th, and to Iqaluit on Sunday April 14th. 

Here's some quick facts about Iqaluit:

Iqaluit is the capital of Nunavut with a population of 6,699 (2011).
The average temperature in April is 
-9.9 degrees celsius (high)
-19.6 degrees celsius (low) 
with a windchill feeling of -53.1 degrees celsius!!

42.8% of people speak English as their mother tongue.
52.4% of people speak Inuktitut as their mother tongue.

Religion, 64% of the people are Protestant 
19.4% Roman Catholic, 12.6% no religion.

Iqaluit is 2072.7km from Ottawa with a flight time of 2 hours and 40 minutes
Iqaluit is 2336.2km from Toronto.

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