Sanikiluaq, Nunavut

Sanikiluaq (ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ) is a small Inuit hamlet located in Hudson Bay, on the Belcher Islands, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

It is the southernmost community in the territory, and is served by the Sanikiluaq Airport. Flights are three times per week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) by Air Inuit, the only airline that services Sanikiluaq. Nuiyak School, with 23 staff, teaches Grades K-12, with 302 students enrolled. In 2007, Principal Lisi Kavik was named one of Canada's Outstanding Principals. [cite web |url=http://www.canadasoutstandingprincipals.ca/2007-winners.html |title=Canada's Outstanding Principals |accessdate=2007-11-23 |publisher=The Learning Partnership]

The community is in the Hudson Bay electoral district and the current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is Peter Kattuk. The current mayor is Eli Kavik.

As of the 2006 census the population was 744 an increase of 8.8% from the 2001 census. [ [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=6204001&Geo2=PR&Code2=62&Data=Count&SearchText=Sanikiluaq&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&GeoLevel=&GeoCode=6204001 2006 census] ]

The community was developed in the early 1970s to replace Belcher Island, located further south in the island group.

In current affairs, residents of Sanikiluaq are concerned about how the Rupert River diversion in Quebec will affect them; fresh water ice, of which there will be more, is less flexible for hunters out on the bay.

References

Further reading

* Arctic College. "Stories from Sanikiluaq". Iqaluit, N.W.T.: Arctic College, Nunatta Campus, 1989. ISBN 155036099X
* Canadian Arctic Producers Co-operative Ltd. "Sanikiluaq, Belcher Islands Recent Sculpture". Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers, 1979.
* Driscoll, Bernadette. "Belcher Islands/Sanikiluaq The Winnipeg Art Gallery, June 27-August 30, 1981". Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1981. ISBN 0889150958
* Kavik, Lisi, and Miriam Fleming. "Qikiqtamiut Cookbook". [Sanikiluaq, Nunavut] : Municipality of Sanikiluaq, 2002. ISBN 1896445225
* "Language of Sanikiluarmiut Snikiluarmiut Uquasingit". --. Sanikiluaq, N.W.T.?: s.n.] , 1980s.
* "Report on Business Development and Resource Management Strategies for Eider Down Industry in Sanikiluaq, N.W.T". Sanikiluaq, N.W.T.?: s.n, 1990.
* Wein, Eleanor E. "Sanikiluaq Traditional Food Study Report". Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta, 1995.