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Inuksuk High School
Address
Box 487
Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0, Canada
Coordinates 63°44′57″N 068°30′50″W / 63.74917, -68.51389Coordinates: 63°44′57″N 068°30′50″W / 63.74917, -68.51389
Information
School board Qikiqtani School Operations
Superintendent Hughie Butt
Principal Terry Young
Grades 9 to 12
Language Inuktitut and English
Team name Huskies
Colours Blue and Black

Inuksuk High School is the high school of Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Iqaluit (iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ in Inuktitut syllabics; often pronounced ɨˈkæljuːɨt in English is the territorial Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Postal codes by province and territoryA Canadian postal code Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Education in Canada is provided funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and Local governments Education is within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum Inuktitut ( Inuktitut syllabics: iu-Cans ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ( fonts required literally "like the Inuit") is the name of the varieties of Iqaluit (iqaluit ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ in Inuktitut syllabics; often pronounced ɨˈkæljuːɨt in English is the territorial Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the It offers grades 9 through 12 to a student population of about 450. The focus of the school is on teaching Inuit language and culture. Inuit (plural the singular Inuk, means "man" or "person" is a general term for a group of culturally similar Indigenous peoples inhabiting The original name of the school was the Gordon Robertson Education Centre, or GREC. In the early 1990s it was renamed for the Inuksuk monuments that dot the region and are a symbol of the territory. An inuksuk (plural inuksuit) (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ plural ᐃᓄᒃᓱᐃᑦ alternatively inukshuk in English or inukhuk

The school, with its large gymnasium, is one of only a handful of public structures in the territorial capital. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium A number of important events have been held there, including a visit by Queen Elizabeth. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The gymnasium was also the first temporary home of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut after the territory was created in 1999. The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is located in Iqaluit, and is the territory's Parliament.

Other schools in Iqaluit include three elementary schools, Nakasuk School, Joamie Ilinniarvik School, and the French-language Ecole de Trois-Soleils. Nakasuk School is one a few elementary schools in Iqaluit. The school design is distinctive consisting of a two storey fibre-glass ice block Also located in the capital is Nunavut Arctic College, the only postsecondary school in the territory. Nunavut Arctic College is a Crown corporation that is funded by the Government of Nunavut and has several campuses and centres spread out throughout Nunavut

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