Joamie Ilinniarvik School

Iqaluit, NU

Joamie Ilinniarvik School is a public elementary school located in Iqaluit, Nunavut. The school is an elementary school serving Grades 1 to 5 and named after Inuit hunter Joamie. The school opened in 1988, but the original building burned down in a fire in 2003 and was rebuilt. The front of the school features a two-storey gym with classrooms located at the rear.
At Joamie Ilinniarvik, we seek to meet the needs of our students in relation to the role they will play in Nunavut.
We are committed to providing a caring atmosphere in which staff, teachers, children, and parents work together to encourage respect, responsibility and cooperation.
We also strive to awaken in each of our learners a sense of exploration and lifelong learning.

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Details

Population of Iqaluit

7,500

Languages Spoken

Inuktitut

English

French

Grades

Kindergarten - Grade 5

About Joamie Ilinniarvik School

We are a kindergarten to grade five, dual language (Inuktitut and English) school located in Iqaluit, Nunavut's capital.

Our school enjoys a strong connection with our students' parents and a high level of community support. We are lucky to have the support of the Joamie Parent Committee (JPC). This committee of enthusiastic and dedicated parents work diligently and cooperatively with the school and their past endeavours have raised thousands of dollars for school programs.

At Joamie, we offer language instruction in Inuktitut and English. We also offer French as a second language once a day to our grade four and five students.

Our programming emphasizes literacy, math, science and technology, communication and thinking skills. We also focus on our cultural program, which celebrates the heritage and traditions of all our students. 

We also have spirit teams within our school to engage our students and have our different grade levels interact with each other. We have six teams, each associated with an arctic animal.  At least once a month, students and staff can earn points for their spirit team. It's all in good fun but at the end of the year, we do declare a winner and hang a banner in the winning spirit team's honour.



Finally, our school day does not look like traditional schools as we break for lunch for 1 hour and 15 minutes. This means that the Joamie school day does not end until 3:40pm.

I.Q. Principles

Many of the lessons at Apex are based in the I.Q. Principles. These principles guide the Inuit in their daily lives.

• Inuuqatigiitsiarniq: Respecting others, relationships and caring for people.

• Tunnganarniq: Fostering good spirits by being open, welcoming and inclusive.

• Pijitsirniq: Serving and providing for family and/or community.

• Aajiiqatigiinniq: Decision making through discussion and consensus.

• Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq: Development of skills through observation, mentoring, practice, and effort.

• Piliriqatigiinniq/Ikajuqtigiinniq: Working together for a common cause.

• Qanuqtuurniq: Being innovative and resourceful.

Respect and care for the land, animals and the environment.




Some Simple Vocabulary in Inuktitut

English - Inuktitut - Phonetics

Good Morning - Ulaakut - Oo-lah-coot

Good Afternoon - Unusakut - Oo-nah-sa-coot

Thank you - Nakurmiik - Na-koor-meek

You are welcome - Ilaali - Ee-lah-li

Polar Bear - Nanuq - Naa-nook

Seal - Nattiq - Naa-tick

Caribou - Tuktu - Took-two