The first science and culture camp after the shutdown due to Covid was held in Baker Lake in 2023.
Victor Sammurtok School teacher Glen Brocklebank of Chesterfield Inlet is the co-president of the Kivalliq Science Educators Community (KSEC), but he's currently looking for another co-president to join him on the KSEC executive.
Brocklebank said the 2023 return to Baker Lake was the hard-rock-themed camp.
He said the event returns to the community again this year because Baker Lake has the required infrastructure.
“Seeing how the theme is rocks and minerals, we usually take a mine tour,” said Brocklebank.
“So we learn about rocks and minerals and then we go tour the gold mine at Meadowbank.
“The students really enjoy the experience and the food.”
Brocklebank said KSEC is still searching for members to fill its board, but it's been difficult without running programs for three years.
He said with turnover, it's been difficult to recruit new teachers, but they've got some who have been in the region for a really long time and who have spent a significant amount of time on the KSEC board.
“We're really looking forward to finding new members once they've learned more about KSEC and become more familiar with our programming.
“We had every Kivalliq community but one attend the 2023 camp in Baker Lake.
“There's no doubt we need more moving parts and we've sent out a bunch of correspondence to the schools to let them know that we'd be running the camp this year and the dates we'd be running it.
“The camp takes place during the first two to three weeks of school, so it comes up pretty really quickly. This year's camp runs this week from Thursday, Sept. 5 until Monday, Sept. 9.”
