If your northern community is interested in requesting a visit from the Chinook Project, we encourage you to contact one of the Project coordinators listed on the Chinook Project "Welcome" page. Before you do, though, there are a few things we ask that you keep in mind:
We ask that requests for Chinook services represent the will of the community, rather than one or two individuals; and we ask that the requests have the approval and blessing of community elders.
We ask that communities be prepared to provide the Chinook Project with as much support as they can. This support can take several different forms:
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some communities fundraise in order to provide financial assistance to the Project
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some communities are able to provide accommodation for Project members (sometimes with donations from a local hotel; sometimes with educational institutions like the Nunavut Arctic College; sometimes with houses or rooms provided by community members)
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some communities are able to help the Project by cooking meals and/or by contributing to food orders
We ask that communities provide a number of volunteers to help with the day-to-day running of the clinic. We have found that high-school students in particular enjoy helping out with the Project
We also ask that communities be willing to help to provide Chinook Project members with some kind of northern cultural experience so that they can have a small taste of the "northern culture" that makes up a significant aspect of our "Canadian Identity." This experience can take a number of different forms:
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the sampling of "country food" like char, caribou, muskox, seal, polar bear
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a hike "out on the land" to experience the rich northern landscape
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participation in a community feast, dance, or games night
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a boat trip to see icebergs
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meeting and watching carvers, or the scraping and stretching of skins
An Elder drum dancing in Cambridge Bay
Kimmirut landscape
A visit to Katannilik Park
Learning to drum dance
Kimmirut Iceberg
The Cambridge Bay golf course
