From: Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 2 <BreitG7@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 01:06 pm
Subject: Nunavut: Course to train potential hunting guides
PUBLICATION: Nunavut News North
DATE: 2008.03.17
BYLINE: Guy Quenneville Northern News Services Taloyoak/SpenceBay
ILLUSTRATION: Photo courtesy of ESPN2 Taloyoak will host a workshop on outfitting next month in hopes of boosting its tourism sector. Here, Cambridge Bay hunters and guides Willie Nakashook, middle, and Kevin Evetalegak, right, take Tom Miranda of ESPN2's Advantage Adventure on a muskox hunt near Cambridge Bay in April 2005.
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Taloyoak to outfit entrepreneurs; Course to train potential hunting guides
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The Hamlet of Taloyoak plans to hold a three-week long introductory workshop on big game outfitting next month in an effort to boost the community's tourism sector. "There's a need for more tourism," said Vivienne Aknavigak, Taloyoak's economic development officer. "We've got a lot of people coming into Taloyoak, but all they do is just go to work and stay in town."
The interest in outfitting expressed by community members, and the amount of game both big and small in the outlying area, make the program especially feasible, added Aknavigak. "The community was asking about it, so I worked on the budget, which is $49,000. We're currently seeking funding from the Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission."
The workshop will take place between April 7-25 at the Taloyoak Community Complex and will offer level 1 guide training, an introductory look at taking guests out to fish or hunt game on the land like caribou, muskox, polar bears and birds.
A second course, which could happen this fall, would offer level 2 advanced training which, if completed, could allow potential outfitters to begin offering their own tours, following the acquisition of proper government licences.
So far 15 people from the community have signed up for the course, which will include five days of on-the-land training. "Some are already employed at other jobs, but others are not," said Aknavigak.
Clayton Burke, a Fort Smith outfitter of more than 20 years, is teaching the class. "(It's) more a holistic course for an outdoor guide," he said.
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 01:06 pm
Subject: Nunavut: Course to train potential hunting guides
PUBLICATION: Nunavut News North
DATE: 2008.03.17
BYLINE: Guy Quenneville Northern News Services Taloyoak/SpenceBay
ILLUSTRATION: Photo courtesy of ESPN2 Taloyoak will host a workshop on outfitting next month in hopes of boosting its tourism sector. Here, Cambridge Bay hunters and guides Willie Nakashook, middle, and Kevin Evetalegak, right, take Tom Miranda of ESPN2's Advantage Adventure on a muskox hunt near Cambridge Bay in April 2005.
WORD COUNT: 325
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Taloyoak to outfit entrepreneurs; Course to train potential hunting guides
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The Hamlet of Taloyoak plans to hold a three-week long introductory workshop on big game outfitting next month in an effort to boost the community's tourism sector. "There's a need for more tourism," said Vivienne Aknavigak, Taloyoak's economic development officer. "We've got a lot of people coming into Taloyoak, but all they do is just go to work and stay in town."
The interest in outfitting expressed by community members, and the amount of game both big and small in the outlying area, make the program especially feasible, added Aknavigak. "The community was asking about it, so I worked on the budget, which is $49,000. We're currently seeking funding from the Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission."
The workshop will take place between April 7-25 at the Taloyoak Community Complex and will offer level 1 guide training, an introductory look at taking guests out to fish or hunt game on the land like caribou, muskox, polar bears and birds.
A second course, which could happen this fall, would offer level 2 advanced training which, if completed, could allow potential outfitters to begin offering their own tours, following the acquisition of proper government licences.
So far 15 people from the community have signed up for the course, which will include five days of on-the-land training. "Some are already employed at other jobs, but others are not," said Aknavigak.
Clayton Burke, a Fort Smith outfitter of more than 20 years, is teaching the class. "(It's) more a holistic course for an outdoor guide," he said.
