The hotel in Clyde is under renovations. I have the pleasure of staying at the piqqusilirivvik cultural learning centre. It is a beautiful building established in 2010. People from all communities come here to learn about traditional Inuit culture. There are sewing, woodworking, hunting as well as other traditional skills and values classes. I often arrived after work to the sounds of beautiful traditional throat singing and drumming.
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| Sunrise view from my room over the piqqu centre. |
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| Seal skin bench |
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| My little room. Please note my essentials! Blue yoga mat, zero water filter, humidifier and kettle. |
http://www.piqqusilirivvik.ca/apps/authoring/dspPage.aspx?page=home
This wind barrier is the latest project in Clyde. Many locals have told me that it is a huge waste of money and will likely not work. They feel that the $1.3 MILLION could have been spent on building something more useful, such as a swimming pool for the children.
The health centre is a short ten minute walk from the learning centre. The nursing staff here are fantastic. There are no permanent doctors in the North, only nurse practitioners, they are doing an amazing job of looking after the community.
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