Remembering the Sun''s Return: English Edition

About Carolyn MacDonald

Carolyn MacDonald grew up in Lachine Quebec and was from an early age befriended by Inuit from the Eastern Arctic who were regular visitors to her family home while they waited to return north by ship following medical treatment in Montreal. These friendships and other Arctic connections were to shape her future teaching career. In the mid-1960s she spent three summers in Arctic Quebec after which in 1968 she moved to Kangirsualujjauq Nunavik and worked as an early elementary teacher in the communitys two-room school. In 1985 after ten years in Ottawa she moved to Igloolik with her family where for almost twenty-five years she worked in the Ataguttaaluk School on a half-time basis. There she team-taught Grade 2 and 3 and later she worked closely with Inuit teacher-trainees special-needs and program support. She was involved with Iglooliks community-based Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP). In her spare time she undertook volunteer educational activities in the community. Collaborating with community Elders and a professional archaeologist she assisted in running a summer field archaeology school for local students offering Grade 10 11 and 12 credits. She also helped to establish Iglooliks Headstart Program including its curriculum development and programs its teacher training needs and its fundraising activities. Athena Gubbe is an Ontario-based artist. She works as an animator and painter. In her spare time you can find her backpacking in the wilderness and working with wildlife.