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Hey Everyone, have you heard that RPAN (Recreation & Parks Association of Nunavut) is up and running? Do you know that they are having a Conference and Annual General meeting?

Well they are and it is happening September 20 - 22, 2013 right here in Iqaluit. This is a chance for all community Recreation Coordiantors to get together in one place to discuss common issues and learn about recreation in Nunavut. Also invited are TSO's and any recreation or local parks groups.

Please be advised that the MTO offices will be closed on Friday, August 30th and will re-open on Thursday, September 5th.  You may still send in Registration Forms and invoices during this time though no MTO staff will be available.

If you have any concerns, please speak with your MTO program officer before August 30th.

 August 19, 2013 (IQALUIT, NUNAVUT) -- E-learning in Nunavut takes another step forward this fall, as the MTO and its partners at the Nunavut Arctic College launch the latest online program—a unique, made-in-Nunavut course designed to support the volunteers who staff, govern, and program community radio stations across Nunavut. It will cover the fundamentals of broadcast law, production, distribution, and governance for a community station – and without a single flipchart, binder or classroom!

This seminar will involve three phases of training:

This summer, Nunavut Municipal Training Organization (MTO) will be hosting the annual Aboriginal Firefighter Competition. Last year, Team Nunavut came home from Walpole Island, ON with the Max McNeil award for Most Sportsmanlike Team. It is that time of year again, when our dedicated Firefighters battle the heat and express their bravery in our community. From August 5th to the 10th, firefighters from all the communities will be out on the field proving they are the best out of the best.

The MTO staff and Board of Directors would like to welcome Greg Holitzki, SAO of Taloyoak, as the new MTO President.  Greg was elected as a member of the Board at the MTO's AGM in Rankin Inlet on 6 November 2014 and selected as President at the first Board Meeting on 11 December 2014.

Greg replaces John Ivey, SAO of Clyde River, who will continue to work on the MTO Board of Directors as Vice-President.   

Other Board members are Margaret Taylor; Secretary/Treasurer, and Ralph Ruediger; Director at large.

We are once again offering a course entitled “Introductory Teaching Methods – Train the Trainer”.  This course targets potential Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun instructors to enable them to acquire the necessary teaching skills to teach  conversational Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun.

The course will run Monday to Friday for two weeks from February 2-13, 2015 and will be held in Iqaluit. Participants will also receive a textbook “The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher” by Wong and Wong.

CGS and the MTO present some background information on dust control in municipalities

Dust control is maintained using Calcium Chloride.  Calcium chloride is classified as a salt. Calcium chloride is non-toxic!  These two key properties of Calcium Chloride make it an excellent dust suppressant; this ability to pull moisture from seemingly dry air maintains the road at a fairly uniform level of moisture. The result is a binding effect on the fines in the gravel road, thereby stabilizing the base and preventing dust.