Employment support centre gives hope to Nunavik youth – Nunatsiaq News

November 24, 2015

“I came here because I need more job experience”

Tamussie Echalook is a typical Inukjuak youth: he likes to hang out with friends, play hockey and hunt.

But the 18-year-old, who recently completed his studies at Innalik school, is also at a crossroads in his life. He needs to find work, to support himself or to support future studies.

And that’s not always easy in this Hudson coast community, which suffers from Nunavik’s highest unemployment rate.

Fortunately for him, Echalook gets to do a lot of favourite activities as part of the job hunt, while enrolled at Ivirtvik Centre North, a local employment support and training organization.

“I’ve been here for about five months, and I came here because I need more job experience,” Echalook said. “I’m really trying to find a full-time job.”