Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on September 6, 2015, the Cape Dorset Fire Department was called to the scene of a fire at the Peter Pitseolak High School. The fire burned through the night and the school was completely destroyed.
The Government of Nunavut appreciates the outpouring of support the staff and students of Peter Pitseolak School have received in response to the devastating loss of their school in Cape Dorset, after the fire on September 6, 2015.
After a fire destroyed Kugaardjuq School on March 1, 2017, Nunavut’s Department of Education and the Kugaaruk District Education Authority (DEA) are finalizing contingency plans to get students back to school.
The Government of Nunavut (GN) has concluded its investigation into an April 17, 2020 fuel spill at Maani Ulujuk Ilinniarvik (MUI) High School in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. As a result of the investigation, the Department of Community and Government Services (
Two doses and a booster shot of a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine provide better protection against COVID-19 and new variants, such as Omicron.
The Government of Nunavut’s departments of Community and Government Services, and Education today responded to the Office of the Auditor-General’s report, Safety of Schools and Childcare Facilities in Nunavut.
Today, Minister of Community and Government Services David Joanasie responds to the loss of the NCC building due to a fire on March 26, 2022, which housed several Government of Nunavut (GN) services in Gjoa Haven.
The Department of Health in partnership with the Department of Education will be running school-based COVID-19 vaccination clinics in some Nunavut schools beginning September 1.