Pangnirtung Young Hunters Program - Screening

Pangnirtung, Nunavut, is a growing community well anchored in Inuit traditions and blessed with a plentiful environment and abundant wildlife. In the modern days, the youth generation does not have an equal access to the land and country food and culture and language is fading. The Pangnirtung Young Hunters Program tackle this issue and offer the opportunity to the youth to develop skills on the land and grow as capable hunters and providers. Attending school and the program, the youth learn how to navigate the ‘two worlds’! 

Maggie Lucy Kilabuk, 41, was born and raised in Pangnirtung, Nunavut. At a very early age she started to travel out on the land with her family to enjoy traditional Inuit practices and culture. Now that she has her own children, going out on the land and passing on her knowledge is still what she thrives for! ‘It is a healing being out there’ as she would say! In the new reality, Maggie was saddened to realize that the young generations don’t go out much. To make a positive change in her community, she created in 2020 the Pangnirtung Young Hunters Program.
Maggie is currently a Fisheries Sector Specialist with the Government of Nunavut.