Resolute Bay students honour ‘Father of Nunavut’ through reconciliation project – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 15, 2026
John Amagoalik gets chance to see students’ handiwork, responds to their questions
Jake Amarualik wants to know if it was difficult to create Nunavut.
He’s one of six Grade 6 and 8 Qarmartalik School students in Resolute Bay who studied the life and legacy of former leader John Amagoalik, one of the territory’s founders, for a class project.
Their research sparked more questions about Amagoalik’s life and work, which Nunatsiaq News posed to the Father of Nunavut himself, Wednesday during an interview at Embassy West Senior Living in Ottawa.
