Vancouver Trip 2010 - Day 8

Feb 28 Our last day in Vancouver

We spent the morning and early afternoon at the Aboriginal Artisan Village again. The downtown core of Vancouver was crazy busy because of the gold metal hockey game that was on that afternoon. (We were all very excited when they won! Go Canada Go!) We left the trade show a little early because we needed to head back to residence to pack and get ready to catch our plane home.

Overall, we all had a fantastic time in Vancouver. The days were busy, overwhelming and tiring, and sometimes it was hard and uncomfortable to be outside of our element. But in the end, we only come home with great memories, real life learning experiences, and a once in a lifetime opportunity we will never forget!

A big NAKURMIIK and THANK YOU to Kakivak, the President and Dean of the Nunavut Arctic College, Lyn at Green College, Susan at the Museum of Anthropology, Ippik at Emily Carr, Madeline at UBC, Mark (for being so helpful around town!) and all the fun and interesting people we met who made us feel so welcome.

Here are a few more fun pictures from the trip. Enjoy!

Green College

Around UBC Campus No polar dip for us!

Cool stuff around town

Biggest flag we've ever seen!











At the Northern House
With the Premier of Nunavut

With the Mayor of Iqaluit

Joe with fox

Henry's art at the Northren House

Mammoth tusk

Olympic Spirit!

We all got to go to a concert at a Victory Ceremony.

Vancouver Trip 2010 - Day 6

Joe drum dancing!

Feb 26

The day before our sale, we spent the morning at our residence going through all of our work, finishing up details, putting on cords and pricing work. In the afternoon, Henry, Patrick, Myles and Rose had the opportunity to show their work at the Northern House. There was another great crowd of interested on lookers! To add some fun to the afternoon, Silas was invited to demonstrate his high kick ability. He was amazing! We were all very impressed. After the arctic games demontration we saw Godson perform is awesome northern hip hop. Great show!

Silas shows off his high flying skills

Checking out Godson's show at the Northern House

At Green College caffeteria, getting ready for the big sale!

As an added bonus, we went to see Avatar in 3D at a huge movie theatre that night. It was awesome!

Vancouver Trip 2010 - Day 5

Feb 25

Today we had our first opportunity to showcase our work at the Northern House Pavilion. Silas, Kaajuk and Jutanie displayed their work and spoke to the eager crowds about life and art making in the north.

Great crowd of interested people!

In the afternoon, we bused out to Burnaby to hit up Mountain Gems, a great rock and gem store. The staff were really helpful and friendly as they helped us each pick out stones. We each got to choose out own gems and stones, so we could bring them home to learn gem setting.

Like kids in a candy store!