{"id":16968,"date":"2024-05-22T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/?p=16968"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:27:52","slug":"spotlight-on-ki-employees-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/en\/spotlight-on-ki-employees-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on KI Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;10\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text](This interview was conducted in 2022)<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Justin Fillion-Riopel never thought he\u2019d become a teacher at all, let alone a teacher in Nunavik! But after taking a tutoring position for a few months, he was offered a substitute teaching position, which he accepted. And since then, he has made Ivujivik his permanent home.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221; style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; border_width=&#8221;4&#8243; el_width=&#8221;60&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;10\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]Justin Fillion-Riopel landed in Ivujivik in the middle of January five years ago. He came to take up a tutoring position, but after only three months, he found himself teaching full-time in front of a class.<\/p>\n<p>While he recalls that the transition took some time, for the students and for him, he will never regret his decision. His motivation: the success of his students, watching them evolve and seeing them happy. For him, the goal of making Nuvviti School a place where young people feel good is a priority.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"module-testimonial module-testimonial module-testimonial-inverted\">\n    <div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n                    <div class=\"col-8 col-5xl-4 col-lg-5 d-flex align-items-center\">\n                                    <div class=\"image-box\" data-aos=\"fade-right\" data-aos-delay=\"100\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/justin-filion-riopel-2-quote.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-xxl-7 col-testi\">\n                                    <div class=\"image-box-mobile\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/justin-filion-riopel-2-quote.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\">\n                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"titleTesti-box\">\n                                                        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"testimonial-content-box\"  data-aos=\"fade\" data-aos-delay=\"500\">\n                    <div class=\"testi-color-bg-box color-bleu\">\n                        <div class=\"deco-left\"><\/div>\n                        <blockquote><p>We work on this a lot, our goal is to make the school a space where the students can be themselves, where they can express themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"testimonial-bottom-box\">\n                        \n                                                \n                            <div class=\"testimonial-signature-box\" data-aos=\"fade\" data-aos-delay=\"500\">\n                                                                    <span class=\"nom-personne\">Justin Fillion-Riopel<\/span>                                     <span class=\"poste\"> High School Teacher, Nuvviti School<\/span>                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;10\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]Justin is a second language teacher at the high school level. In his classroom, he has built up an impressive collection of books featuring Inuit literature. \u201cWhat I want to do is create my own material. Since I arrived, I have worked a lot to find books that the students want to read and that they can relate to.\u201d\u00a0On students&#8217; desks are books by Aviaq Johnston, in which they follow the adventures of Pitu, a young shaman who learns to use his powers, as well as books from a fiction series by co-authors Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve never known any other schools or school boards, and I don&#8217;t see myself teaching in the south.\u201d Justin is pursuing a part-time M.A. in teaching while working in his full-time position and offering optional cooking classes. 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