{"id":16992,"date":"2024-05-22T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T17:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/?p=16992"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:01:22","slug":"spotlight-on-ki-employees-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kativik.qc.ca\/en\/spotlight-on-ki-employees-7\/","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>From Ivory Coast to Salluit: A French teacher settles down in Nunavik. Having fallen in love with his community in the Far North, he already knows that he will stay here until he retires![\/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]Mian Bosson teaches Grade 3 French at Pigiurvik School in Salluit. For many children, French is the third language they learn after Inuktitut and English, which are more common in northern communities. When they arrive in his class, French is therefore new to many of his students.<\/p>\n<p>Letters, the alphabet, nursery rhymes, songs . . . with Mian, French is learned through play. He and his wife Maimounata Kamagat\u00e9, also a French teacher who ventured north and now teaches at the same school, are responsible for the students\u2019 breakfast each morning. Mian loves this moment when they get to welcome the kids: \u201cWho wants to eat an apple, who wants a banana, cereal?\u201d Mian explains: \u201cwithout feeling like they are in the classroom, it\u2019s a fun way for them to name fruits, and for us to introduce a little French into their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the school is at the heart of their lives, Mian and his wife Mouna, as all the children affectionately call her, also quickly became friends with the people of the Salluit community. \u201cWe participate in all their activities. The funerals, the gatherings . . . we\u2019re there. There are many similarities between people from the North and people from Africa. Here people live in a community, the same as in Africa.\u201d\u00a0Although his three sons live in Gatineau, where they are busy pursuing their education, Mian has no intention of leaving the North.[\/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\/bosson-mian-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\/bosson-mian-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>I came north, and I don&#8217;t see myself going anywhere else or doing another job. I was born to teach. And I will retire here in Salluit.<\/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\">Mian Bosson<\/span>                                     <span class=\"poste\"> Teacher, Pigiurvik 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][\/vc_column_text][\/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_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221; style=&#8221;dashed&#8221; border_width=&#8221;4&#8243; el_width=&#8221;60&#8243;][vc_column_text]We\u2019re hiring! Join our team and apply today.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/career.kativik.qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>APPLY HERE\u00a0 \u2794<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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) \u2026 From Ivory Coast to Salluit: A French teacher settles down in Nunavik. 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