Inuit woman builds north-south bridges - Helps Red River attract Nunavut students

It is the irony of Simona Baker's work that she informs people about Inuit culture at the same time as she tries to tear part of that culture down.

Baker, the Nunavut representative at Red River College, organized an Inuit fashion and culture show Wednesday to raise awareness of ways of life in Canada's North.

Yet Baker also helps the college attract more Inuit students by persuading young people in Nunavut to receive a formal education, even though it means a temporary break from their traditional tightly knit, family-centred and largely isolated lives.

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