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No Place to Grow Old - The Globe and Mail

No Place to Grow Old - for The Globe and Mail

Portraits hang on the wall insi...River, Nanavut on May 16, 2022.

Portraits hang on the wall inside the Piqqusilirivvik Cultural School building in Clyde River, Nanavut on May 16, 2022.

As the tide returns and lifts t...t, Nunavut, on October 9, 2021.

As the tide returns and lifts their boats, Alice Munik, Maggie Gordon and Imoona Karpik start their way home from Aupalajaaq, an “island of reddish colour” near Iqaluit, Nunavut, on October 9, 2021.

Kimmirut, Nunavut - translated ...and whale harvesting is common.

Kimmirut, Nunavut - translated as “heel” in English, due to the rocky outcrop which resembles a heel across the bay from the community - is home to roughly 400 residents. The community has a small healthcare centre, school and government offices. Here, residents live a more traditional Inuit life than in Iqaluit where seal and whale harvesting is common.

Peepeelee and Joe Arlooktoo in ...mirut home on October 12, 2021.

Peepeelee and Joe Arlooktoo in their Kimmirut home on October 12, 2021.

Children play on a fence at the...nipeg, Yellowknife or Edmonton.

Children play on a fence at the Kimmirut airport on October 11, 2021. With no roads connecting Nunavut communities, air, boat and snowmobile are the only ways to travel. In medical emergencies this reliance on air travel is crucial, as community healthcare centres can only stabilize people as they await for a medevac air ambulance to transport patients to hospitals in Iqaluit, Winnipeg, Yellowknife or Edmonton.

Sandy Akavak stands next to a p...t, Nunavut on October 14, 2021.

Sandy Akavak stands next to a polar bear hide drying on his staircase in Kimmirut, Nunavut on October 14, 2021.

Iqaluit residents pick up bottl...of Iqaluit on October 15, 2021.

Iqaluit residents pick up bottled water donated by the City of Iqaluit on October 15, 2021.

Murals of arctic scenes, wildli...it, Nunavut on October 3, 2021.

Murals of arctic scenes, wildlife and portraits are painted on the road wall leading up to Qikiqtani General Hospital in Iqaluit, Nunavut on October 3, 2021.

Megan Levy Mason, a doula and c... in Iqaluit on October 8, 2021.

Megan Levy Mason, a doula and co-founder of the Uummati perinatal support program, with elder and doula Rhoda Ungalaq in Iqaluit on October 8, 2021.

A woman sits in a boat while Iq... Aupalajaaq on October 9, 2021.

A woman sits in a boat while Iqaluit residents, including a group of elders and youth, harvest clams at Aupalajaaq on October 9, 2021.

Solomon Awa, a hunter, elder an...it, Nunavut on October 7, 2021.

Solomon Awa, a hunter, elder and a specialist in Inuit traditional knowledge with the Qikiqtani Inuit Association photographed in Iqaluit, Nunavut on October 7, 2021.

Iqaluit’s elders home...for those needing 24 hour care.

Iqaluit’s elders home sits vacant and under renovations, according to the Government of Nunavut. In early May 2021, six residents were flown from Iqaluit after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19. Four of those elders were sent to Embassy West Seniors Living Residence in Ottawa while the remaining two were sent elsewhere in the territory. Elders in Nunavut are regularly sent out of the territory for care. There is currently no care in the territory for elders with dementia or for those needing 24 hour care.

Aluki Kotierk, president of Nun...t, Nunavut on October 20, 2021.

Aluki Kotierk, president of Nunavut Tunngavik, outside her office building in Iqaluit, Nunavut on October 20, 2021.

Dr. Michael Patterson, chief pu...own Iqaluit on October 8, 2021.

Dr. Michael Patterson, chief public health officer for the Government of Nunavut, in downtown Iqaluit on October 8, 2021.

A family photo hangs in the liv...t, Nunavut on October 12, 2021.

A family photo hangs in the living room of Peepeelee and Joe Arlooktoo’s home in Kimmirut, Nunavut on October 12, 2021.

St. Paul’s Anglican M...s in outpost camps in the area.

St. Paul’s Anglican Mission was established in Kimmirut in 1909 but replaced with the current building in 1948. The second Anglican church on Baffin Island, St. Paul’s was built soon after the Hudson Bay Company established a trading post for Inuit living traditional lives in outpost camps in the area.

A memo posted at the Kimmirut h...ntist will be in the community.

A memo posted at the Kimmirut hamlet office notifying residents that the dentist will be in the community.

Pangnirtung, a hamlet of roughl... Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut.

Pangnirtung, a hamlet of roughly 1,500 residents, is a one-hour flight northwest of Iqaluit. The picturesque community is the entranceway to Auyuittuq National Park, and is surrounded by fiords and the water of Cumberland Sound. “Pang” as it is locally known, has the largest health centre on Baffin island outside of Iqaluit and serves many of the nearby communities of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut.

Teens play while Chelsea Prusky...irtung, Nunavuton May 11, 2022.

Teens play while Chelsea Prusky, Nalajoss Ellsworth and Tasiana Shirley take photos next to an old building in Pangnirtung, Nunavuton May 11, 2022.

Robert Joamie, who was diagnose...rtung, Nunavut on May 12, 2022.

Robert Joamie, who was diagnosed with tuberculosis but unable to find government support, in the one bedroom house he shares with his partner and children in Pangnirtung, Nunavut on May 12, 2022.

Eena Qullualik, Meena Newkinga,...-in centre on October 19, 2021.

Eena Qullualik, Meena Newkinga, Igha Evic and Ida Qaqasiq knit and socialize at Pangnirtung’s sober drop-in centre on October 19, 2021.

A boy rides a bike through the ...g, Nunavut on October 18, 2021.

A boy rides a bike through the streets of Pangnirtung, Nunavut on October 18, 2021.

An archival photo from 1951 sho...t - sometimes for years on end.

An archival photo from 1951 shows the ship C.D. Howe in the harbour near Pangnirtung, Nunavut. The ship was used to bring Inuit to hospitals in southern Canada for medical treatment - sometimes for years on end.

Air hockey and foosball tables ...rtung, Nunavut on May 11, 2022.

Air hockey and foosball tables are placed to the side of the community hall which has been transformed into a tuberculosis drop-in clinic in Pangnirtung, Nunavut on May 11, 2022.

A polar bear hide is stretched ...rtung, Nunavut on May 13, 2022.

A polar bear hide is stretched outside of a homein Pangnirtung, Nunavut on May 13, 2022.

A group of elders, guides, teac...d reconnect with Inuit culture.

A group of elders, guides, teachers and students gather to fish for chat at Amittuq Lake near Pangnirtung, Nunavut on May 12, 2022. The students, from the Pangnirtung grade school and high school, are taking part in the annual spring camp that has been part of the community for over 30 years. It is a program for students to get out on the land and learn how to snowmobile, fish, hunt, prepare country food and reconnect with Inuit culture.