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Jimmy Oleekatalik

Jimmy Oleekatalik is the manager of Spence Bay Hunter & Trapper Association in Taloyoak, Nunavut.

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area

Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021

TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of

Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada