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Dec 16
2009
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Return Visit to Lake of Two Mountains High SchoolPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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So I'm back from "le Grand Nord," and feeling very inspired by the stories I heard,
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Dec 16
2009
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Return Visit to Lake of Two Mountains High SchoolPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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So I'm back from "le Grand Nord," and feeling very inspired by the stories I heard,
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Dec 10
2009
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More From Me in AkulivikPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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It's Day Three of our visit to Akulivik. Winds today are gusting at 45 kilometers an hour. so my morning run only lasted 10 minutes -- after which I went into the house where I'm staying and
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Dec 09
2009
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"Ai" from AkulivikPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Some Inuit say "Hi" the way we do in Montreal, but most say something that sounds more like "Ai." This morning, my new friends here at Tukisiniarvik School in Akulivik were teaching
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Dec 08
2009
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New Friends in PuvirnituqPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Good morning today from Puvirnituq, a village of 1,600 people on the Hudson Bay side of Nunavik. It took about 90 minutes to fly here yesterday from Kuujjuaq, which is on Ungava Bay.
I spent
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Dec 03
2009
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Hello from KuujjuaqPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Today I am writing to you from Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq. I have lots to tell you, but I cannot find some punctuation marks on this computer -- so you will have to excuse me if I don t include
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Dec 01
2009
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Hello from KangiqsualujjuaqPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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If Kangiqsualujjuaq is too hard for you to pronounce, you can just call it George River. I'm
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Nov 29
2009
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Heading to the Far Far North!Posted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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My long underwear and thermal socks are packed! First thing tomorrow morning, I head to Nunavik. The Kativik School Board has invited me to visit four Inuit communities: Kangiqsualujjuaq, Kuujjuaq, Povungnituk
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Nov 26
2009
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New Friends In Harrington HarbourPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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Nov 22
2009
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Time To Hit the RoadPosted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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...or in my case, the sky.
Tomorrow afternoon, my photographer pal Monique Dykstra and I head for Harrington
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Nov 18
2009
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By Golly, I Won!Posted by Monique Polak in Untagged |
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I really wasn't expecting to win the Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Children's and