Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to be able to stand up in this Assembly and celebrate the award of Northwest Territories Literacy Awards to three constituents of Inuvik Boot Lake. Cassidy Lennie-Ipana and Mataya Gillis received the NWT Youth Learner Literacy Award for their outstanding work in starting up Nipaturuq Magazine in 2019. This magazine and the associated social media content raised awareness of the current issues for Inuvialuit youth and celebrate our culture, stories, and our elders. Well done, ladies.

Earning the Ministerial Outstanding Educator Award is Dwayne Drescher. He went above and beyond, making sure learning of the language did not stop because of COVID, by developing learning kits and videos that allow students and their families to learn from home. His next project that I'm really looking forward to using is helping develop the Inuvialuit emojis, GIFs, and abbreviations to further promote the use of Inuvialuqtun through media and mobile technologies.

I ask you to join me in congratulating my constituents who are doing their part to keeping our language strong. Quyanainni, Mr. Speaker.

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