WISDOM THROUGH THE AGES
On-the-land Training Camp, Clyde River, NU
A Clyde River-based course attracted people from around North Baffin to its counselling program, including one young man.
Saila Qayaq, 25, was the lone male, of a class of almost 20 people in Our Life’s Journey, an ambitious two-year alcohol and drug counsellor training program. Qayaq first got interested in the field when a friend approached him for help.
“Men tend to think that if they take these workshops they’ll become vulnerable. In fact, they would just become a stronger person,” he said.
The course content was continually adapted under the guidance and direction of the local elders’ committee.
The second phase of the course was in February and the final two phases were held on the land in the spring and summer.
Nunatsiaq News,Iqaluit, NU