The candidates: Uqqummiut (Clyde River and Qikiqtarjuaq)

Clyde River (pop. 1,192) and Qikiqtarjuaq (pop. 651) are about 350 kilometres apart but share many similarities. Both communities are almost exclusively Inuit and almost every household speaks Inuktitut in the home. Neither community is decentralized and there are few government jobs.

Clyde River is home to Nunavut's Piqqusilirivvik cultural school run by Nunavut Arctic College, as well as the Ilisaqsivik Society and the Ittaq heritage and research centre.

Sheila Enook and Mary Killiktee are running in this constituency.

CBC has reached out to all candidates with a list of questions in Inuktut and English, as well as consulted candidates' own online campaign messages. The available information has been edited for length and clarity.

Sheila Enook

Sheila Enook was born in Frobisher Bay and raised in Clyde River.

She holds a business school diploma and has served as a finance officer and director of operations at the Government of Nunavut.

Most recently, Enook worked at the Ilisaqsivik Society in Clyde River as a counsellor in its 28-day addictions recovery program.

Enook, who has also volunteered elsewhere as a counsellor, said she decided to run as MLA because she wants to see Inuit "taken care of and excel."

As an MLA, she said would lobby for more job creation, infrastructure and housing.

She said she would also work to obtain proper counselling for Nunavummiut.

Mary Killiktee

Mary Killiktee was born and raised in Pangnirtung and later moved to the High Arctic with her family.

She finished Grade 8, but she did not go to high school because her father didn't want her to study far away. She instead furthered her education through upgrading, taking management courses and training in previous positions which helped to advance her English studies.

Most recently, she has worked for the Qikiqtaaluk Business Development Corp.

When she was mayor of Qikiqtarjuaq from 2012-2019 and then from 2019-2020, she was involved in the Nunavut Tuberculosis Group.

Killiktee also worked on the Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Association, intended to be a voice for Inuit women and, among other things, address "the challenges and contradictions in social, economic and political institutions that restrict equity."

She said she is ready to be a voice for Nunavummiut and actively participate in lawmaking, one of the major activities of the legislature.

She said the big issues to tackle include jobs, housing, health and economic and social development and improving the lack of support from the Nunavut government.

Killiktee said she would sit in the cabinet, if asked.