Challenge #1: Introducing Brooke

My name is Brooke Boutilier. I grew up in Nova Scotia but am currently living and teaching in Gjoa Haven, NU. Our hamlet it situated on traditional treaty land, from the Nunavut settlement.

I LOVE the ocean. I have lived close to the ocean my entire life. When I was younger I wished I was a mermaid so I could live in the ocean, with the starfish, sea snails, and seahorses. I signed my class up for this challenge because I think it is important to understand how all of the world'd oceans and water are interconnected.

Gjoa Haven is in the Arctic Ocean watershed. Our hamlet is situated directly on the Arctic Ocean; you can see the ocean from everywhere in town. One issue I notice is the amount of garbage that can be found along the shores of the ocean.

DJ Porter is learning how ice can affect waves.
It is October 17th and we already have a thin layer of ice in our bay!

Challlenge #1: Introducing Courtney and Braidy

Courtney Takkiruq

Braidy Tungilik

I'm Courtney Takkiruq. I am from Gjoa Haven, NU. I am inuk, a first people. We live on treaty land, under the Nunavut settlement.

One time my science teacher let us do a project about water and gravity. So we got one cup of water, another one empty, and a string with both ends in each cup. We put the cup of water holding both ends of the strings tight and start to slowly pour the water down the string into the other cup. It's cool how gravity works, along with water's properties cohesion and adhesion.

I signed up for the Great Waters Challenge because I am taking a class about the ocean.

My community sits on the Arctic Ocean watershed.

A water issue I have noticed is that the ice here melts earlier than usual. It also comes later than usual too. We had an elder come into our class to talk about how the ice is changing.





My name is Braidy, and I am from Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. I am inuk, a first people, and I lie on treaty land (Nunavut settlement).

I don't really have a cool water story, but I signed up because it looked pretty cool to do.

The watershed I belong to is the Arctic Ocean.

The local issues that I think people should worry about it garbage going into the water because sea animals don't know what it is and it can affect what they do, or affect their lives.