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.
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.