Science Camp 2000 Staff
Science camp 2000 would not be possible without the energy, enthusiasm, and effort exerted by the camp staff.
All of the staff members adopted names of rivers during the science camp. One of the challenges put to the students was to find the real names of the staff members during their week in camp. Due to multiple blunders on the part of the staff, several students succeeded in finding out all of the names.
The staff are divided up into zzz groups. Activity Animators were responsible for leading the activities and workshops during the week.
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Congo. Student from Queen's University in Kingson. Congo animated the animation, flying machines and structures activities. Also contributed to noise mayhem at meal times by teaching the campers the announcements song. |
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Nahanni. Student from the Universiy of Guelph. Nahanni walked the students through animation, structures, and lego workshops. Nahanni also contributed to camp spirit and frustration with her never=can=tell games. |
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Metabetchewan. Student from l'UQAC. Metabetchewan's main responsibilities were to lead the environment and boat building activities. |
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Madawaska. Student from the University of Waterloo. Madawaska lead the students through the avalanche, environment, and lego workshops. |
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St Louis. A professional videographer from Montreal, St. Louis showed the campers how to use digital video and still cameras and led a stream on the use of computers in video making. St Louis was very popular among the campers with his equipment loan station. |
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Junior counsellors were added to the staff this year in an effort to give them some leadership skills and to act as a liason between the students and the activity animators. Both junior counsellors for this year's edition of the camp are participants from previous camps.
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Red is a student from Inukjuak. Red compensated for the nasty weather we had with his wide, bright smile. He never stopped smiling all week long. |
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Kuujjuaraaluk is a student from Montreal. He entertained the troops with his guitar. With Red he was also instrumental in running the video equipment. |
Three guests from out of town were invited to the camp this year to show the students some different technologies. The technical director of the Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund was on hand to give a presentation and then a hands-on demonstration of mineraal prospecting methods. Two members from Canada's armed forces were also on hand to show the campers the apparatus behind satellite communications.
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Amazon. Sergeant with the Canadian armed forces. Amazon helped pass on information about satellite communications to the students. |
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Danube. Communication specialist with the Canadian armed forces. Along with Amazon, he carried out the demonstration of the satellite telephones that the Canadian Military currently uses while in the field. |
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Saguenay. The big man from Kuujjuaq was on hand to show how to look for minerals in a stream bed using both the panning and sluice box tecniques. He also gave the students a geological history of the Nunavik region and gave a little lesson in the theory behind VLF and Beep Mapping. |
Two veterans from the science camp held last year returned to help out again this year. Their experience and knowledge were invaluable resources.
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Kuujjuaq. A long time resident of Salluit but currently working for KSB in Montreal, Kuujjuaq served as our Inuit camp counsellor. Kuujjuaq was always available to the students when-ever they needed an ear to talk to or a shoulder to lean on. |
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Kuuvik. Originally from Puvirnituq, but now working in Montreal, Kuuvik was in charge of maintaining order in the student residences and was always available to the students in times of need. Kuuvik also prepared the bannock for the days spent out on the tundra. |
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Kangiqsualujjuaq. The local physical education teacher planned and animated all of the recreational activities for the campers. His abilities in origami was of great interest to the campers. |
This year, a number of teachers were approached and asked if they would be interested in attending science camp as active observers during the workshops. It is anticipated that these teachers will be able to learn some new activities that they will then bring back to their classrooms to use with their students. In this manner, the science camp will be able to exert a positive influence on students who were not present at the science camp. The KSB pedagogical consultant for the English primary level also attended the camp to pick up some pointers to share with the teachers she works with throughout the year.
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Nastapoka. A long time employee of the KSB, Nastapoka has taught in both Inukjuak and, more recently in Kuujjuaq. His tireless help in the kitchen rendered the task of the chief cook and bottle washer much more palatable. |
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Mississippi served as our minister in charge of the housing and transportation portfolios. Mississippi ensured that everyone was on their best behaviour and dotted all of their i's and crossed their t's. |
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St. Lawrence. Long legs is a local primary teacher who joined the camp when she was forced to vacate her classroom to make room for the workshops. She led some of the activity animators into the mud after regaling them with stories of big fish at low tide. St. Lawrence was also instrumental in the choosing of pictures that are posted on these web pages. |
These two characters set the wheels in motion for Science Camp 2000 to happen on Nunavik Soil. Once the ball was given a push, it was kept rolling by all those pictured above. Without their commitment and dedication, none of this could have happened.
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Nile. The driving force behind Science Camp 2000. Nile also served as the chief cook and bottle washer and kept track of where all the money was going. Nile managed to navigate through all the turbulence to get all of our campers to Kangiqsualujjuaq. |
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Volga. The guy who kept an eye on the general running of the camp. Responsible for running around and getting broken things working again. Builder of the science camp section of the website. |
