Thanks to all of our long term employees!
2024
It’s definitely a challenge. […] but I believe in what we are doing here. I get feedback from people who visit our school. They like the atmosphere, tell me how we have such great students, great resources and, all in all, things are going well. That moves me.
I want everybody to continue their schooling. Education is a tool. Either in Inuktitut, French or English. Students have good teachers that teach them well. There are so many materials and so many programs right now, more than when I was a student. Now they have trips and so many activities going on. It makes me wish I was a student right now!
I work in a service department. There’s no question, when you see people satisfied with the help you’ve provided them or when you have assisted departments, schools, teachers and, ultimately, the students in reaching their goals… that’s a great feeling! It feels good knowing that you play a part in helping these people. I am very proud of the initiatives we have put together.
Be on time! Listen to your elders or whoever is taking care of you. Most importantly, do not run to the bus, Sandy shared. Jeannie continued, I want to tell children to go to bed early on school nights. I would also like to see all the students graduate. When students graduate, they have more opportunities.
You know, when you have a secondary student who’s really discouraged and mentions dropping out and you tell them “No! You’re not!” and you just kind of push them through. Then, seeing them at graduation, giving a speech and they tear up, that’s a really nice moment for sure.
My students are very smart and so talented. They have this resource that nature gave them. And just like a light switch, I would love to turn it on, to light up something in them.
Over the course of his almost 20-year career, Daniel has distinguished himself by helping challenged youth become productive members of the community. He has offered them mentoring, taught them invaluable life skills like hunting, and, on occasion, has become a surrogate parent to boys in his classes.
I’ve been a janitor at Isummasaqvik School for more than 30 years, and I can say that our work is the most important of all! Without us, the school couldn’t even open. Yet it often feels as though our work is taken for granted. Better salaries and benefits help for sure!
2023
I wish that all school staff could be Inuit. Well, the majority. […] To have more Inuit teachers. That would be my… that would be my ultimate goal
I am proud to have ended my career at Kativik Ilisarniliriniq. In the last 7 years, I have always felt that I was contributing to an important cause. The Finance Department is a driving force at the heart of the education system in Nunavik. We ensure the success of all our students.
Once you get into the groove of things, you kind of learn how to manage your time better, and you have more time to do the things you enjoy like playing music, reading or whatever else you like doing.
I am really attached to the students. I want them to succeed. They all have very different talents. I want to enable them to discover these talents so that they can develop them fully.
I have loved every position I held! From day 1, the school board has taken me under its wing and opened so many windows for me. The most precious gift the school board has given me are the relationships I have I built over the years.
When you work with students, you are truly able to be yourself. It’s an aspect of my work as a teacher that I really enjoy, and you don’t get that in many professions.
Teaching is about sharing knowledge; it makes you grow as a person. The things I have learned over time are grounded in my passion for education.
To illustrate her jack-of-all-trades character, she references a quote from Albert Einstein: “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”