International Geodiversity Day is a worldwide celebration, bringing people together to promote the many aspects of our natural world.

Iqaluit, Nunavut (September 27, 2023) – The Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office (CNGO), Parks Canada, Government of Nunavut (GN), and Baffinland Iron Mines are coming together to celebrate the incredible geodiversity of Nunavut

Geodiversity is all around you. It’s in all parts of nature that aren’t alive, from mountains, rocks, minerals and fossils, to rivers and lakes and spectacular landscapes.

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, geologists and other experts from Parks Canada, the GN, CNGO and Baffinland will be holding an open house at the Pond Inlet Community Centre. It’s a chance to learn more about the many beautiful aspects of geodiversity and how we as a society study it and interact with it.

Please join us from 12:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., for a day of hands-on learning and knowledge sharing!

• Oral presentations in Inuktitut and English
• Rock and mineral collections and landscape photograph displays
• Make your own pet rock for children
• Free food, drinks and other refreshments
• Geologists available to identify your rocks
• Soapstone Carving introductory lesson
• Door prizes

We will also be holding an amateur photo contest. Photos can be taken from a cell phone or handheld digital camera. Send us your best digital landscape photos of Nunavut, to Danny.Wright@canada.ca. Prizes will be handed out that day!

When - Saturday, October 7^th, 2023
Where - Pond Inlet Community Centre
Time – 12:00 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The theme of this year’s International Geodiversity Day is "Geodiversity is for Everyone".

Government of Nunavut contact:

Name: Weichien Chan
Title: Manager, Communications
Tel.: (867) 975-7818
Email: edt@gov.nu.ca
Website: www.gov.nu.ca/edt

Parks Canada contact:

Name: Carey Elverum
Title: Community Relations Visitor Experience Manager
Tel: (867) 899-8092
Email: Carey.elverum@pc.gc.ca
Website: https://parks.canada.ca/

Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office contact:

Name: Danny Wright
Title: Chief Geologist
Tel. (613) 323-2504
Email:danny.wright@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Website: www.cngo.ca

Baffinland contact:

Peter Akman
Head of Stakeholder Relations & Communications
Tel. 1 (289) 834 0744
Email: peter.akman@baffinland.com
Website: https://baffinland.com/

ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑕᐅᓲᖅ, ᑲᑎᔾᔪᑕᐅᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᐱᔪᒥᓴᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ.

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ (ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 27, 2023) − ᑲᓇᑕᒥ−ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ (CNGO), ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᑯᑦ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐ ᓴᕕᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑏᒃᑯᓪᓗᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᖔᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

ᓄᓇᒥᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓂᑐᐃᓐᓈᖅᐳᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓇᓂᓕᒫᖅ ᐆᒪᙱᖢᑎᒃ, ᐃᓐᓈᕈᕐᓂ, ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᒥ ᐱᕝᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᙳᕐᓂᑯᓂᓪᓗ, ᑰᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᓯᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᑲᔾᔮᕐᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ.

ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 7, 2023-ᒥ, ᓄᓇᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ−ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓ (CNGO), ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ, ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓪᓗ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓯᒪᓛᖅᑐᑦ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᑲᑎᕝᕕᐅᓲᒥ. ᐃᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ.

ᐃᓚᒋᓛᖅᐸᑦᑎᒍᑦ 12:00-ᒥᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ 5:00-ᒧᑦ, ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅᑕᖃᓛᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᕐᓂᒡᓗ ᑐᓴᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᓂᖅᑕᖃᕐᓗᓂ!

• ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑑᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑐᓪᓗ
• ᐅᔭᖅᑲᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪ
• ᑎᒍᐊᖅᑖᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐅᔭᖃᖅᑲᒥᒃ ᓱᕈᓯᖁᑎᖕᓄᑦ
• ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᖅᑕᖃᕐᓗᓂ, ᓂᐅᖅᑲᒐᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᓯᓪᓗ
• ᓄᓇᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖁᑎᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᓗᑎᒃ
• ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᖅ
• ᐱᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒧᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᑦ

ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔭᔅᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᔨᐅᓪᓚᑦᑖᙱᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᒃᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒥᔪᓯ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᕋᓛᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᒐᖅᑎᒍᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒨᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕈᑎᓄᑦ. ᓇᒃᓯᐅᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᐅᓪᓛᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᒨᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᖔᖅᑐᑦ, ᓇᒃᓯᐅᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ Danny.Wright@canada.ca. ᓵᓚᖃᐅᑏᑦ ᑐᓐᓂᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓛᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓂ!

ᖃᖓ − ᓯᕙᑖᕐᕕᖕᒥ, ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 7, 2023
ᓇᓂ− ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥ ᑲᑎᕝᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᖅ
ᖃᖓ − 12:00-ᒥ 5:00-ᒧᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒃᑯᑦ

ᑕᒪᑐᒪᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓪᓗᖓᓂ “ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᖔᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᑭᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ”.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ:

ᐊᑎᖅ: ᐅᐃᔾᔨᐊᓐᔨᐊᓐ ᔭᓐ
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓ: ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ, ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (867) 975-7818
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑖ: edt@gov.nu.ca
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃ:  www.gov.nu.ca/edt

ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒦᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ:

ᐊᑎᖅ: ᑭᐅᕆ ᐃᐅᓪᕗᕋᒻ
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓ: ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐳᓚᕋᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᑯᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (867) 899-8092
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑖ: Carey.elverum@pc.gc.ca
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃ:  https://parks.canada.ca/

ᑲᓇᑕᒥ-ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ

ᐊᑎᖅ: ᑖᓂ ᕋᐃᑦ
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖓ: ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃ
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: (613) 323-2504
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑖ: danny.wright@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃ:  www.cngo.ca

ᐹᕙᓐᓛᓐᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ:

ᐲᑕ ᐊᒃᒪᓐ
ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑎᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ
ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑖ: 1 (289) 834 0744
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑖ: peter.akman@baffinland.com
ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᕕᒃ:  https://baffinland.com/