#inukjuak

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K (S*********s@aol.com) submitted: Inukjuak (Husson Bay) Quebec, Canada. Wondering if your followers might know this little fella! They’re really far up North, and very pretty. I dare not guess if they’re a type of locust, or grasshopper.

I dunno about my followers, but I can tell you it’s a grasshopper with erythrism, which means it has either a lack of other pigments or an excess of red/pink pigments. This fella looks like probably a spur-throated grasshopper in the genus Melanoplus.

Locusts are grasshoppers, they’re just species that have a swarming phase. So all locusts are grasshoppers but not all grasshoppers are locusts. Some species in the genus Melanoplus will swarm, but I’m not sure if all of them do!

The now -extinct Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) was responsible for possibly the largest swarm ever recorded in 1875 with an area of 200,000 square miles, approximately the size of California. Yikes :)

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Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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CHUCK AND THE FIRST PEOPLES' KITCHEN (APTN) 7:30pm: Inukjuak, North-of-Québec: Muskox Hunting: Chuck visits Nunavik, where he hunts muskox during the summer alongside a community Elder; together, they follow a herd next to the water and cook their prey the traditional way.

CANADA'S GOT TALENT (City TV) 8:00pm: Howie Mandel, Lilly Singh, Trish Stratus and Kardinal Offishall continue a round of auditions; the judges and host Lindsay Ell are moved by surprising and soulful performances.

MARY MAKES IT EASY (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Put away that Old El Paso kit, cause Mary’s here for Taco Tuesday!

OUTBACK OPAL HUNTERS (Discovery Canada) 8:00pm: The Blacklighters achieve a long-held dream with the purchase of an excavator, and the Bishop resorts to explosives to break an opal drought.

WILD ROSE VET (Cottage Life) 8:00pm/8:30pm: A guinea pig named JT has a life-threatening tooth issue, a duck named Dick has a septic joint that needs cleaning, and Savannah and Dayle head to La Ronge, SK. to speak to a class of high schoolers and mentor the next generation of veterinarians.  In Episode Two, an elderly dog named Layne needs tests to see if she's stable enough for surgery, a cow suffers from a prolapsed uterus, and Lil shows up with a couple of creatures that need the team's help before they can be released back into the wild.

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HUDSON & REX (City TV) 9:00pm: Charlie gets a break in a long-unsolved kidnapping case that has haunted him, but runs into trouble when the abductee refuses his help.

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Igloo building activity

M. Yayla, February 2020

The “igloo building activity” is performed as a part of the “Culture and “Land Skills” classes. It provides the Inuit students the basic information to stay connected to their culture and lifestyle that they have kept for thousands of years.

Information on igloos...

Drawing from https://www.quora.com/How-does-an-igloo-work  / Ashish Choudhary .

Drawing from https://www.quora.com/How-does-an-igloo-work  / Krishna Jyothi Yadav .

“The principle behind an igloo is hidden in the material it's constructed out of. Igloos are normally built from compressed snow, which is sawn into blocks, and then these blocks are stacked around a hole, which is dug out after the blocks have been set. Solid ice is a poor insulator, when compared to compressed snow. The snow has many many more air pockets per cubic foot, and is also lighter. Also, igloos do not have flat bottoms. The inside of the igloo is tiered, or terraced, the uppermost level being where the people sleep, the middle is where the fire is and the work takes place, and the bottom level actually is a "cold sump". The principle is that all the coldest air from inside the igloo runs downward off the terraces and collects in the bottom, thus allowing the upper portions to stay warmer. The entrance for the igloo is usually at the bottom, and includes at least one right angle, which keeps the high winds from blowing straight into the igloo and chilling the residents or blowing out the fire. They also all have a small hole on the top that keeps the smoke from building up inside the igloo. All of these factors take advantage of underlying physics, and the temperature inside an igloo is likely to be 20 degrees or so, while the outside temperature in northern regions can drop down to -50 degree Fahrenheit during the daytime. 20 degrees may not be what some consider to be comfortable, but a 70 degree difference is certainly welcome somewhere so cold. “

“ Igloos are warm because snow insulates. Also, the dome shape offers  resistance to collapse by the wind. Inside an igloo, the temperature is usually around 32 degrees Celsius, rarely getting much colder with people inside. Temperatures can easily be raised by using candles or by having more people around. Cooking is easy and safe in an igloo as long as the structure is ventilated with a hole at the top. Doesn't Collapse : When they are done with building an igloo they lit fire inside and as the water melts and freezes again after the fire is out it works as a inline of binder as a single piece of ice. “

The activity was organized by Epoo Kasudluak, the Inuit culture and landskills teacher in Innalik School, with the assistance of other teachers and participation of students.

Pics and videos

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

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NHL HOCKEY   (SN Now+) 7:00pm: Habs vs. Penguins (SN) 7:00pm: Capitals vs. Rangers (TSN2) 7:00pm: Habs vs. Penguins (TSN3) 7:00pm: Jets vs. Hurricanes (SNWest/TSN5) 9:00pm: Sens vs. Oilers (SNPacific) 10:00pm: Stars vs. Canucks (SN1/SNEast/SNOntario) 10:00pm: Flames vs. Coyotes

NBA BASKETBALL (SN1) 7:30pm: Nuggets vs. Raptors (TSN4/TSN5) 10:00pm: Grizzlies vs. Lakers

CHUCK AND THE FIRST PEOPLES' KITCHEN (APTN) 7:30pm: Inukjuak, North-of-Québec: In Inukjuak, one of the largest communities in Nunavik, Chuck learns all about seal hunting; for local residents, seal and caribou are the two main sources of food.

22 MINUTES (CBC) 8:00pm: Spring Forward

MARY MAKES IT EASY (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Mary keeps it slow and low.

KARENA AND KASEY'S FOREIGN FLAVOURS (APTN) 8:00pm: Fiji

SON OF A CRITCH (CBC) 8:30pm: Mark tries to ‘fake healthy’ after falling ill the day he is supposed to meet the Pope. Meanwhile, a rival radio station tries to tempt Mike Jr. away from VOCM, breaking Mike Sr.’s heart.

SMART HOME NATION (CTV Life) 8:30pm: Tanya tours a seaside mansion where air, water, light and sound are all monitored by a high-tech system that aims to maximize human health; Tanya explores the latest in smart technology that happens to reside in a house built nearly 200 years ago.

WORKIN' MOMS (CBC) 9:00pm:  Kate puts the business first as things get personal at a high stakes conference. Anne's trust issues take over when Alice wants to go abroad. Sloane finally unbottles her emotions.

CASUAL (CBC) 9:30pm: Valerie and Alex’s mother shows up unannounced. Valerie gets good advice from an unlikely source. Laura and Michael share a moment after she sees her father with his new girlfriend.

MEAN MUMS (APTN) 9:30pm: Jess is in disbelief when her son is not invited to a birthday party, and she thinks he may not be as popular as she thinks he is.

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Inukjuak pictures

Mehmet Yayla, November - December 2019

Inukjuak  (Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᔪᐊᒃ  can be translated as The Giant) is an Inuit community in Nunavik, located in northern Quebec and the Hudson Bay coast. Its population is around 1800, and its latitude is around 58° 27' North: for comparison, its latitude  corresponds to that of Sweden or southern Norway. However, as the effect of the Gulf Stream is lacking at this location, climate is significantly colder than in Scandinavia.

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Travel to Inukjuak

Mehmet Yayla, November 2019

Travelling to Nunavik, just like travelling to Nunavut, is not easy for us mortals... Unless you are among the lucky 0.1 % of the population that can afford a 3000+ $ round-trip personally without ruining your annual budget. Locals can have an important discount (but it is still expensive) for a limited number of travels by air transport. Otherwise, like in my case, the travel can be paid by the organization you work for. In any case, travelling to the “Grand Nord” is almost a privilege.

There is no land road (neither highway nor railroad) to any one of the Inuit towns, and the sea transport is practically restricted to products and to some 4-5 months in the year. There is no sea transport when the Hudson Bay freezes (Mid-November to mid-June). So the airway is the only option.

My first travel to Nunavik region was at the beginning of November and with Air Inuit. I enjoyed seeing the company name logotyped in Inuktitut syllabics on the plane.

Even though I will give a picture of the Inuktitut alphabet (or rather, syllabic) on a different post, let me say that the first symbol stands for “i”, and the following ones are “nu”; “i” again and the syllable “ta” as a superscript adds the consonant “t” at the end: “Inuit”

The plane stops at almost all of the villages on its way. So, a flight to Salluit for example, the northernmost Nunavik village, should be done in at least 6 steps and takes more than 7-8 hours. Also the engine needs to take fuel several times during its journey.

My flight had two stops, first in Kuujjuarapik ( “Little great river” in Inuttitut), the southernmost Nunavik town and the only one located south of the tree line. There are around 1200 inhabitants nowadays. The ancestors of the Inuit, as well as Cree, have occupied the area for roughly 2800 years. To my surprise, there was no snow yet at this town at the beginning of November. The sun was at a good angle to catch the shadow of the airplane while landing:

It is hardly visible from the video: the runway is covered with gravel and not by asphalt, typical to the North.

The next stop was Umiujaq (meaning ”which looks like a boat” in Inuttitut). It’s a village of around 400 inhabitants, established in 1986. 

After another 1 hour and a total of around 5 hours trip since Montreal, we land in Inukjuak ( Inuttitut word for ”The Giant”, around 1800 inhabitants):

After a long journey from Montreal to Inukjuak, I am happy to reach my destination. A colleague from the Kativik School Board welcomes me at the Inukjuak airport, and kindly gives me a lift to the house I will stay:

After hesitating between settling and resting, and going out to discover the town, I decide to go, explore and take some pictures right away before the sun sets around 3:30 pm. Yes, the days are already short in November. Welcome to the North !

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Birthing in Inukjuak!

This movie sheds light on a personal, professional and cultural level which entails birthgiving in Nunavik.  In January 2005, Phoebe Atagootalook is the first inuit women to officially be approved by the perinatal committee for a homebirth since the 1960’s.  The film follows Phoebe and her family for the two weeks before the birth of her fifth child: Mumlu.

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Meeko Nastapoka

Holy Water Vessel, 1950