PPD (Pt 2)

We flew out of Salluit 16 days ago, and it has been 15 and a half days since we started missing it. It is hard to believe such an incredible experience is over, and while 46 days does not seem like a long time in the grand scheme of things, it is one we will never forget. It was a priviledge to work with and get to know the students, teachers, elders, healthcare workers and community members of this beautiful community. It is hard to describe our appreciation, but we will try to do so in the following list. Here goes:

To the teachers and staff of Ikusik secondary school and Pigiurvik primary school: thank you for the encouragement, patience, freedom and feedback you gave us in and outside of the classroom, as we worked and re-worked things to make the project better (sometimes successfully, sometimes...not). We could not have accomplished anything without your support!

Sick Glasses!

To the teachers and staff at Sapummivik Rehabilitation Center: thank you for the opportunity you gave us to deliver our material to a smaller, boys-only audience. We really appreciate that you participated in our lessons through thick and thin, good and bad, awkward and...more awkward. (Teaching sexual health to one 13 boy was certainly an experience)

To Marie-Helene and the students of the Qaunnaq Adult Education Center: thank you for giving us such a unique and challenging opportunity in developing a program for your students to teach the kids at the Tasiursivik daycare. We are so excited that this partnership will allow us to reach so many young children, and that it does so in a sustainable way. We are also very thankful for the bannock you managed to score us, all of which was devoured in a couple of days.

To the doctors, nurses, midwives and staff of the Nursing Center: thank you for all your support and guidance, as well as your generosity in lending us materials! Sexual Health Education would not have been the same without the...props...you lent us. Thank you as well to two people at Social Services and the Department of Youth Protection for giving us important insight, reality checks and help in or outside of the classroom.
To the staff of the Community Center: thank you for being so welcoming to two Qalunaq looking to organize events and play some floor hockey. We had a great time!

To the members of the Church: thank you for being so considerate, warm and welcoming to us during our Sunday visits. The songs and singing are truly beautiful, even though we didn't understand a word.

Thank you as well to the various members of the community who took us out on the land (AMAZING), invited us for bbq's, gave us directions or gave us a ride, and made us feel welcome and at home in Salluit.

To Barb and William: what can we say...great homestay hosts who turned into even better friends, we could not have asked for more.

Finally, thank you to all the students and kids of Salluit. We hope you guys learned half as much from us as what we learned from you. Thank you for listening and for speaking up, for asking questions, for coming to our events and for inviting us to yours, for teaching us Inuktitut (and lying about what half the words meant...nottttt eeeeveeeen) and the ways of the north. Thank you for playing hockey, basketball, dodgeball, volleyball, elimination and Saputiit (questionable spelling) with us. Thank you for making us smile and laugh every day (and for making us cry sometimes too). Thank you for making it worth our time. We are so happy and lucky that we met every single one of you. We will not forget you guys!!

Nakurmiik, thank you, for everything.

Blake & Liz

Post-project denial (Pt 1)

After six and a half weeks that will never be forgotten, new friends and a mountain of life lessons, Blizabeth's adventure has ended, and after splitting up in Montreal they are back to being boring ol' Blake and Liz. (Blizabeth---> Bl-izabeth-----> Blake + Elizabeth) But due to our tardiness on the blogisphere, you haven't been updated on our last week yet!

Awesome Class!

Unfortunately, our last week in Salluit was also exam time at Ikusik, so we didn't get a chance to teach much during our last week. But with the primary classes we did get a chance to go to, we decided to send the teachers out of the room and make thank you cards for the teachers! Each student made thank you cards, and you could tell that the teachers really appreciated them after a year of hard work and dedication to their students.

Fun with the Thank You cards!

What the lack of teaching did allow us to do however was to plan our game of Amazing Race: Salluit Edition (an acronym we later realised was ARSE bahahahah) for the primary students, since secondary students were in exams! This was a scavenger hunt around Salluit where the students would have to go to various locations around Salluit with their class, completing activities and answering health related questions! We had five stations: the first was in the Ikusik gym with Abdullah, a Tanzanian national basketball player. Their goal was to score a basket on him, and them answer a question about physical health. The next station was at the community centre with Aku, an Inuktitut teacher at Ikusik. At her station the students had to sit in a circle and compliment the person to their left. It was great having Aku there because they were able to give the compliments in Inuktitut, and not have to worry about struggling with English or French! The next station, also in the community centre, was with Richard, a PhysEd teacher and hockey coach where the students had to shoot top corner on a hockey net, then answer three questions about Sexual Health. The fourth station was with Mary, the Ikusik guidance counsellor, at the municipal building. Here the students had to make their version of a human Inukshuk, then answer a question about Salluit history. The kids had a ton of fun with this, and got super creative! The fifth and final station was with Jean-Louis, a teacher at Ikusik, at the Co-op grocery store. Here the students had to run adn find one food item from each of the four food groups.
Overall, ARSE was a great success, and the two winning teams enjoyed their prize of Pizza and Ice Cream!

Last basketball practice of the year!

After our game of ARSE, we also organized a "Thank You" Meal for all Ikusik students, Teachers, and any other people who had helped us out during out stay! We made a scrumtuous meal of macaroni and meat sauce, some bread and Jello! It was very hectic serving so many people at once, but the Salluit team pulled through! There were plenty of leftovers, so we brought them to the Community Centre, and went to the local Radio station so that they could let the community know there was free food. It was all gone within a couple of hours!

Hangin out outside the CC

The next day, we were told there was a mandatory meeting for all Ikusik staff and the QHO people in the kitchen. Little did we know, that the teachers had made us some cake and got us some gifts for our hard work. Bernard, the Ikusik principal got up and said some words to thank us and it was very touching. Blake attempted to reciprocate, but unfortunately it ended up being a speech full off "uhhhhs," "ummms" and looking down in an attempt to avoid breaking down, much like Liz was behind him.

Woohoo! Another class!

Our last day in Salluit was also the Ikusik Graduation! It was great to see some of the students we got to know graduate, and even hear from some of them they plan on moving on to university! It was an awesome ceremony, followed by a trip on a firetruck around the town for the graduates, and a great dinner cooked by the Ikusik staff in the gym. During the dinner, we were told by Sarah, one of the behaviour techs at the school, that they were hunting beluga down at the bay. NO KIDDING! Almost all of the hunters in the community were down at the bay with their rifles shooting at at least 10 beluga! Guns were being fired from all directions! It was insane! They managed to catch six, one of which someone cut off a piece of the head and we got to try! That's right: The Salluit kids are Belugivores.

Just chillin with the Beluga Bucket!

We ate that white chunk!

After this awesome night, we stayed up super late just hanging out with kids from the community, so we would spend as much time as possible with them before we left. Blake spun every kid around by their hands at least 10000 more times, and Liz gave a jumble of hugs to any child who yelled "Piyuriari Blake!" (You love Blake!) 

Salluit at 2:30am

Time to Disco!

John Travolta and [insert famous female disco icon] here, with updates on Salluit! Last night was our disco where we had a chance to boogie down with some of the students from Ikusik and Blake had a chance to break the world record for most piggy backs in one night! Never has there been such a repeat of Blake and Liz's (very minimal number of) dance moves. Blake also discovered his new found talent; THE LIMBO! Now on to the rest of our week!

Pretty much sums up Blake's night

This week was our Mental Health and Substances week for the secondary students at Ikusik! We had a fantastic time teaching about Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs & Household Products, and Self-Esteem. As always, the recovery position was both a good time and an important skill for the students to learn. A new hit was playing the Price is Right to show the students how much money they could save by quitting smoking: "You could be the owner of a brand new pair of 9KPump skates, the kind worn by Sidney Crosby in about 7 weeks smoke-free!" This was a great way of showing a more immediate benefit to quitting smoking, as opposed to only focusing on the long term negative effects. Everyone had a ton of fun (and was super surprised) guessing how many packs  of cigarettes a Four Wheeler would cost (only 385! Just over a year of smoking a pack a day!). Jeopardy after our Drugs & Household products was a success as always, and Warm & Fuzzies were had by all during the Self-Esteem lesson (Warm & Fuzzies are compliments written on a piece of paper from your classmates, put in an envelope with your name on it).

We also taught at Pigiurvik, the primary school in Salluit, for the first time! All of the kids were super receptive towards our Hygiene lesson and our frequent games of Simon Uqatu ("says" in Inuktitut) to teach hand washing and tooth brushing! Never has there been a more effective way of getting kids to go back to their seats than a good game of Simon Uqatu. We also got a secondary student from Ikusik to come into Pigiurvik with us, helping us with the teaching and translating our lessons from French or English into Inuktitut. We owe her BIG TIME since the kids at Pigiurvik don't speak English or French well. Thanks Samantha! We are hoping to get another secondary student to come in with us next week, since it's a great way to get them involved in health initiatives for the younger kids.

Blizabeth and Castle Barb

Unfortunately, our Sexual Health Info Night was a flop, but we had a great time watching a movie with the 4 people who decided to show up. To make up for it, we did a big talk about Sexual Health in their classes the next morning! Blake had to do some logistical work, so Liz was left alone in a room of 14 seventh grade boys talking about Sexual Health for an hour and a half. Naturally, she had a hard time keeping track of the two fake "usuks" that we normally use for our "10 steps to condom use" demo (now you're learning Ikuktitut too!). Despite the many inappropriate jokes and aforementioned items being thrown around, it was a great lesson, and the boys both learned a lot and were obviously very interested!

On Tuesday, we had Darryl, a social worker from the Department of Youth Protection, come down to Ikusik. He ran a discussion about Substance Abuse with a group of secondary students. It was great for them to be able to talk openly and honestly with someone who has had first-hand experience with the substance abuse and its realities (both in and out of Salluit).

Next week we will be doing a make up week for any classes who may have missed a topic they want us to talk about. Liz will be hosting a Girls' Afternoon for the older girls today and another Girls' Night (in the afternoon) on Monday for the younger girls, while Blake has a Dodgeball Battle in the gym with the boys. We can't believe there's only two more weeks left! We are dreading the day we have to leave all of our new friends. But until then, WE'LL JUST KEEP PARTY ROCKIN'! (This is a reference to the song "Sorry for Party Rockin'" by LMFAO, which we heard about 7 times last night.)

Liz and Katsuak

More to come next week!
Boogie Blake and Limbo Liz

John Travolta et [insérez danceuse de disco fameuse] ici avec des nouvelles de Salluit! Hier on avait notre disco, où on avait une chance à dancer avec les étudiants de Ikusik, et Blake avait la chance d'attenir un record du monde pour plus de Piggy Backs dans une nuit. Jamais a t'on vu ce montant de répétition des (très peu) danses de Blake et Liz. Blake a aussi découvert une nouvelle talent; LE LIMBO! Maintenant pour les autres parties de notre semaine.

Liz and Ken at the Disco!

Cette semaine était notre semaine de la Santé Mentale et les Substances pour les étudiants de secondaire à Ikusik! On avait un temps fantastique enseigner à propos de L'alcool, Les cigarettes, Les drogues et L'estime de soi. Comme toujours, pratiquant la position de la sécurté était très amusant et était quelque chose d'important pour les élèves d'apprendre. Un nouveau jeu qu'on a essayé était 'The Price is Right,' et c'était un grand succès! On a pu montrer les élèves une raison pour quitter les cigarettes qui a des avantages plus immédiat que les effets sur la santé. Tout le monde était très amusé en devinant combien de paquets de cigarettes un VTT leur couterait (seulement 385 paquets! C'est moins d'une année de fumer un paquet par jour!) Jeopardy après nos leçons à propos des drogues est bien allé comme toujours, et tout le monde a aimé leurs 'Warm & Fuzzies' après notre leçon de l'estime de soi. (Les Warm & Fuzzies sont des choses gentilles que les étudiants écrivent pour leurs camarades de classe.)

On a aussi enseigné à Pigiurvik pour la première fois! Tous les étudiants étaient très attentives pendant nos leçons à propos de l'hygiène et nos jeux fréquent de Simon Uqatu ('dis' en français) pour enseigner de bonnes habitudes de laver les mains et brosser les dents. C'était aussi une façon très efficace à les convaincre de retourner à leurs pupitres! Une des secondaires d'Ikusik est venue nous aider avec des traductions de Anglais ou Français, à Inuktitut. Elle nous a aidés BEAUCOUP! Merci Samantha! On espère avoir une autre élève secondaire pour faire les traductions pour nous, car c'est une bonne façon de leur inclure dans des initiatives de la santé pour les jeunes!

Liz and Salluit! 'YOSO!' Liz Munn

Malheureusement seulement quatre personnes sont venues à notre séance de la santé sexuelle, alors on a dû l'annulé. Mais on avait quand même un bon temps en regardant un film avec les personnes qui sont venus! On a décidé d'enseigner dans la classe des personnes qui sont venus dans le matin pour qu'ils puissent encore recevoir l'information. Blake a dû faire des travaux logistiques, alors il n'a pas pu aider Liz dans la classe de la 7ième année, avec 14 garçons parlant à propos de la santé sexuelle pendant une heure et demie. Naturellement, elle avait un peu de difficultés en savoir où se trouvait les deux 'usuks' qu'on utilisait pour nos démonstrations des '10 étapes pour mettre un condom.' Même avec tous les blagues innapropriers, et les usuk volants, elle a pu faire une leçon interessante que les garçons ont bien compris! Bien fait Liz!

Mardi, Darryl qui travaille avec le département de la protection des jeunes, est venu parler à propos de l'abus des substances avec quelques étudiants secondaires. Les élèves ont pu parler ouvertement et honnêtement avec quelqu'un qui a beaucoup d'expérience avec l'abus des drogues en Salluit et hors de Salluit.

La semaine prochaine on va avoir une semaine où les profs pourront signer pour n'importe quelle leçon qu'on n'a pas eu la chance a enseigné à leur classe. Aujourd'hui Liz va faire sont "Girls' afternoon" avec quelques filles secondaires, et Lundi Liz va faire son "Girls' Night" et Blake va jouer au dodgeball avec les garçons. C'est difficile à croire qu'on a seulement deux semaines qui nous restent! On ne veut pas laisser nos nouvaux amis!

À Bientôt!
Boogie Blake & Limbo Liz

Classic Qalunak: Showing up underdressed

WE WENT OUT ON THE LAND TODAY!!! SOOOOO AWWEEESSOOOMMEEE!!!
But before we get to that, let's talk about the rest of our jam packed, also very exciting week.

We started off our week with our first Girls' Night (ft. Blake) of the trip! We had a ton of fun making, decorating and eating (obviously) cupcakes, making bracelets and doing hair! Unfortunately, we did not have a full make-up kit, so the QHO Northern tradition of giving the males on the trip a total make-over was not upkept. Only Blake's nails were painted. Regardless, it was still a ton of fun and all of the girls had a great time!

Girls' Night!

This week we also presented our preschool nutrition and hygiene activity book at the adult education centre to six women enrolled in the daycare educator program. We went through almost all of the 31 activities (Yikes!) that we had prepared over the weekend. We were incredibly nervous, because neither Liz nor Blake have had any experience teaching at a daycare, so we had no idea what they would think of the activities.

The class and their mobiles

But it turned out great!!! Not only did they love the activities, they were all super receptive and very friendly! One of the women in the class even told us about a dessert bannock that's similar to a cinnamon bun (I think that it was obvious we've been eating nothing but dried food since we got here, because they laughed at the faces we made when they told us about it.) The best part about all of this was actually going to visit the daycare on Friday. Once Blake managed to wade through the ocean of children jumping on him yelling "ataata!" (daddy in inuktitut), we saw that they had not only used the ideas from our manual, but had totally made them their own and had adapted the activities to suit their various age groups! This proved to be a fantastic way of getting nutrition and hygiene information to very young children in Salluit, and we are so proud to have been a part of it! We are also dying for some of that tasty bannock!

Now to today...SO MUCH FUNN!!!
We started off our day with the horrible smell of sewage. Yes sewage. Barb was worried that there was a leak somewhere in the house. But no need to worry, it was just the smell of our horrible chili that had been slow cooking all night! The one time we strayed from our dried foods, powdered mash or quinoa, all we managed to make was chili that smelled like sewage. Didn't taste great either. But this was totally negated by the awesome trip out on the land with Quppia, a woman who knows the land through and through, and was nice enough to invite us out! We showed up at her house in what we thought was more than enough clothes to stay warm, but we're quickly advised to add more layers. We were headed to an area where the wind would be coming from the North, and it was ikki (cold)! Luckily Quppia gave Blake an extra coat, and gave Liz a sweater and some mittens so we were all bundled up!
Our first stop was on the south side of an island that sits on the Hudson Straight. We were fairly well sheltered from the ice cold arctic winds, so it was a perfect place for a picnic! Quppia and her two sisters fed us generously, and kept us warm with tea and mr. noodles!
Our second stop was to do some fishing for Ugly Fish (this is what everyone calls it, not sure what it is actually called)! We were all unsuccessful (although Blake is convinced he had a nibble), but we did get to see the Hudson Straight, Afingwa (a mountain that looks like the head of a humpback whale), Afingwala (a mountain  that looks like the head of a smaller humpback whale), and a seal that popped its head out of the water!

UGLY FISH! UGLY FISH! UGLY FISH!

All in all...AMAZING!

This week was Mental health week and the end of our Sexual health week. Next week we'll be continuing our Mental Health week, but also adding in lessons about Substances! This includes Drugs, Household Products, Alcohol, and Smoking. We also look forward to starting teaching at Pigiurivik, the elementary school in Salluit for the first time! Our first disco is Friday, and that's going to be a great time! I'm curious to see how next week will match this one!

Thanks for reading! That was a lot to take in
Blabbing Blake and Lippy Liz

NOUS AVONS ÉTÉ APPORTÉS SUR LES TERRES AUJOURD'HUI!
Mais avant on va parler à propos des autres parties de notre semaine aussi très amusant!

Nous avons commencé notre semaine avec notre première "Girls' Night" (avec Blake) de notre temps ici! On a fait, décorer et manger (naturellement) des cupcakes, on a fait des bracelets, et on a fait nos cheveux (pas Blake, car il n'a presque pas de cheveux.) Malheureusement, la tradition de QHO Northern de maquiller les garçons sur projet n'était pas continuer car on avait seulement de vernis à ongles, alors les filles ont pu seulement faire les ongles de Blake. Quand même, c'était beaucoup de fun, et on a pu bien reconnaitre des filles en Salluit!

Cutie pies and Liz

On a aussi présenté notre livre d'activités d'hygiène et de la nutrition à Quannaq, le centre d'éducation pour les adultes cette semaine! On l'a présenté à six femmes qui sont en préparation pour devenir des éducateurs dans la garderie. Nous leur avons enseigné chacun des 31 activités (yikes!) dans le livre que nous avons préparé pendant la fin de semaine. On était très nerveux, car on n'a jamais enseigné dans une garderie, alors on ne savait pas ce qu'ils penseront de nos activités.

Food wheel!

Mais ça très bien aller! Elles aimaient les activités, et elles étaient très réceptives et gentilles! Une des femmes nous a même dit à propos d'une sorte de bannock qui est similaire d'un pain à la cannelle que nous avons très hâte d'essayer! Mais la meilleure partie était vendredi, quand nous sommes allés à la garderie pour voir comment elles ont utilisé nos activités. Dès que Blake a pu sortir de la tas d'enfants qui criaient 'ataata!' (C'est papa en inuktitut), on a vu que chacun de nos "étudiants" ont pris nos activités, mais les ont complètement adapté pour leurs enfants de différentes ages! Tout ça était une façon fantastique pour passer l'information à propos de la santé à des enfants très jeunes! Nous avons aussi très hâte d'essayer ce Bannock!

Aujourd'hui nous avons été apportés sur les terres par Qupia, une femme qui connaît bien tous les places autour de Salluit! Nous sommes arrivés chez sa maison avec ce qu'on pensait était un montant de vêtements suffisant pour notre séjour, mais on était rapidement avisé d'y mettre plus. Où on allait, il y a des vents qui viennent de l'arctique, alors c'est beaucoup plus froid. Qupia a donné Blake une autre manteau, et Liz une autre chemise et des mitaines.
La première place qu'elle nous a apporté était sur la côté sud d'une île qui se trouve sur le détroit d'Hudson. Le coté sud est partiellement protégé de la vent nordique, alors c'était une bonne place pour un pique-nique! Qupia et ses soeurs nous ont bien nourri et nous avons gardé chaud avec du thé!

Blake with Afingwa and Afingwala in the background

Après, nous sommes allés à une place pour faire de la pêche! Nous n'avons rien attrapé, mais on a pu voir de détroit d'Hudson,  Afingwa (une montagne qui ressemble une baleine à bosse), Afingwala (une montagne qui ressemble une petite baleine à bosse), et un phoque curieux qui voulait voir ce qu'on faisait!

Cette semaine était notre semaine de la santé mentale et la fin de notre semaine de la santé sexuelle. La semaine prochaine, on continue nos leçons sur la santé mentale, et on commence nos leçons sur les substances. Les leçons des substances incluent des leçons à propos des drogues, les produits ménagers, l'alcool et les cigarettes. Nous avons aussi très hâte de commencer à enseigner à Pigiurvik, l'école primaire en Salluit pour la première fois! Vendredi c'est le disco qu'on va organiser pour les enfants et ça va être très amusant!

Show us your teeth!

À la prochaine!
Blake & Liz

FOR FREE?!?!?!

The Salluit crew is back from their first hike in Salluit! Wowee the views are gorgeous! If only one of us had any photography skills then you would get to see what we saw...
Nevertheless we're going to make you look at our poorly photographed landscapes, so you can try to see the beauty beyond the blurry!

"Does it look weird if I have my hood on?"
Needless to say, this is the next picture

This week was Sexual health week! We spent our week talking about Sex, Pregnancy, Menstruation, Puberty, Contraception, and Healthy Relationships. The kids have all been super interested, even with Blake's giggling every time someone says the name of a private part. The kids have even been nice enough to teach us a variety of words to help us teach these lessons! Unfortunately, they are all far too inappropriate to say on this blog, so we'll let you guess what words we're referring to.

Julie, a nurse from the maternity ward at the nursing station, even came down and did a Salluit-specific talk on STI's, getting tested and contraception (all in Inuktitut)! This was a great way for the students to get comfortable with a member of the nursing staff, and get some great information about the services available in Salluit for sexual health. "ALL FOR FREE?" Blake asks about contraception in Salluit. Yes. Free. It's all free.

Liz in Barb's Amautik with William

We are super excited for our girls' night on Monday! We can't wait to get to know some of the girls in Salluit and Liz has been pumping it up with every girl she sees! "Girls' Night 4 o'clock on Monday! Girls' night? Are you going to Girls' Night? See you at Girls' Night! You're going to Girls' Night right?" Blake is invited, and is excited to eat all of the leftover cupcakes and learn how to make bracelets!

On Tuesday we'll be teaching at Quannaq, the adult education centre. Rather than actually teaching the daycare educators health-related topics for them personally, we'll be giving them nutrition and hygiene lessons that they can teach at the daycare! Liz has been working her butt off developing lesson plans, activities and ideas for them. It's been a challenge, but we look forward to working with them and spreading our health messages to the 5 years old and younger crowd!

Next week is our Mental Health week/the end of our Sexual Health kit, and we're looking forward to it! We are extending the Sexual Health week to make sure we have covered all classes and answered as many questions as we can, as this is an extremely important topic that can be very confusing! We've also started an online question box, where students can ask us anonymous health related questions, much like with the question box we hand around at the end of our lessons! They will also be able to look at past questions. We will be promoting it next week, so we hope that it will get some use. We think this could be a great means for spreading health information to the students, and even members of the community! We haven't had any questions yet, but we've posted some of the questions from the actual question box on the site.

Now we're going to go enjoy some of our trail mix and dried fruits, and rest our tired legs after our long week of floor hockey, basketball, boxing, fitness club and hiking! We are going to be ready for the beach when we get home with all this exercise! But in the mean time, if we can manage to walk tomorrow, we are going to keep having an awesome time in Salluit!

L'équipe de Salluit est retourné de leur première randonnée en Salluit! Les vues sont fantanstiques! Si on pouvait prendre de bonnes photos, vous les verriez aussi...
Malheureusement, vous aurez besoin d'essayer de trouver la beauté parmi toutes les photos floues!

It might look like a small hill, but it's not. We promise.

Cette semaine était la semaine de la santé sexuelle! Nous avons passé notre semaine parlant à propos de sexe, la menstruation, la grossesse, la contraception et des bonnes relations. Tous les étudiants étaient très intéressés, même avec les gloussements de Blake à chaque fois que quelqu'un mentionne un parti privé. Les enfants ont même été assez gentils à nous enseigner plusieurs mots pour nous aider à enseigner les leçons ! Malheureusement, ils sont tous inappropriés, alors on ne peut pas les répéter sur ce blog. Mais j’en suis sûr que vous pouvez deviner quels mots dont je parle. 

Julie, une infirmière du centre de santé est venue parler pour faire une présentation à propos des ITS, comment se tester en Salluit, et la contraception (tout en Inuktitut) ! C’était une façon extraordinaire pour les étudiants à devenir confortable avec un membre du personnel du centre de santé, et pour recevoir de l’information à propos des services offerts en Salluit pour la santé sexuelle. ‘TOUS GRATUIT ?’ Blake demande à propos de la contraception en Salluit. Oui. Gratuit. C’est tous gratuit.

Nous avons très hâte pour notre nuit des filles Lundi ! On veut vraiment mieux reconnaitre les filles en Salluit et Liz a rappelé toutes les filles ! Blake est aussi invité, et a hâte de manger tous les cupcakes qui restent !

Back uh duh truck

Mardi on enseigne à Quannaq, le centre d’éducation pour les adultes. Au lieu de leur enseigner les travailleurs de la garderie à propos de la santé, on va leur donner des leçons qu’elles pourront enseigner à la garderie à propos de l’hygiène et la nutrition. Liz a travaillé très fort en développant des plans de leçons et des activités. Ce n’était pas facile, mais nous avons hâte de travailler avec eux pour transmettre de l’information à propos de la santé à des enfants plus jeunes !

La semaine prochaine est notre semaine de la santé mentale/la fin de la santé sexuelle. Nous allons continuer notre semaine de la santé sexuelle pour assurer que nous avons couvert tous les sujets sont bien compris. Nous avons aussi commencé un site de web pour notre boite de questions, ou les étudiants peuvent nous poser des questions à propos de la santé anonymement, de la même façon qu’ils peuvent à la fin de nos leçons. Ils pourront aussi voir les questions qui ont été déjà demander. On va la promouvoir la semaine prochaine, alors on espère que ça va être utilisé. On pense que ça peut être une façon fantastique pour circuler l’information à propos de la santé aux étudiants, et même les membres de la communauté.

Maintenant, on va manger notre trail mix et nos fruits secs, et donner nos jambes un peu de reste après une longue semaine du hockey, le basket, le boxe, club d’exercice et notre randonné ! Nous serons en bonne forme pour la plage dès notre retour à la maison avec tout cet exercice ! Mais pour le moment, si on peut marcher demain, on va continuer à nous amuser en Salluit !


Trying hard to get more on top of their blogging habits,
Buff Blake and Chiselled Lizzle