Inuksuk High School,  Iqaluit,  Baffin Island, Nunavut
Nunavut
  Minister’s Youth Action Team on Tobacco (MYATT)

Georgina Lovell was honoured to attend the MYATT conference in Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut  where she spoke to approximately 500 students and facilitated workshops for the Project Moving Target Youth Tobacco Awareness mentorship programme to the 18 youth delegates representing areas of  Nunavut from Cambridge Bay to Grise Fiord.

The 1999 Northwest Territories school based survey indicated only 8% of Inuit youth between the ages of 15 and 19 have not smoked a cigarette and 65% report that they smoke regularly. In 2000, the Minister of Health and Social Services launched a territorial tobacco strategy in the hopes of reducing tobacco use in Nunavut.

On November 28, 2003 Honourable Joe Handley and Honourable Kelvin Ng, the Ministers responsible for the Workers Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, announced   the approval of the Regulations to eliminate and control second-hand smoke in the workplace. The Regulations known as the Environmental Tobacco Smoke Worksite Regulations will come into effect on May 1, 2004.
Symbolism of the flag: The colours, blue and gold, are the ones preferred by the Nunavut Implementation Commissioners to symbolize the riches of the land, sea and sky. Red is a reference to Canada.

The inuksuk symbolizes the stone monuments which guide the people on the land and mark sacred and other special places. The star is the Niqirtsuituq, the North Star and the traditional guide for navigation and more broadly, forever remains unchanged as the leadership of the elders in the community.
Bilingual Stop Sign: English/Inuktitut
voix des anges
Inuit throat singers
Student cameraman and production team  at work!
Georgina meets Iqaluit students who packed the high school library  for one of the three talks she gave there
First Nunavut Team of  Project Moving Target  Tobacco Awareness Youth Mentors
Time for fun and relaxing now the work is all done!
"Breath is life".........................................................................................................."smoking takes both away"