The May Hakongak Community Library and Cultural Centre was opened in May 2002 in Cambridge Bay. The centre shares a building with the Kiilinik High School and supports a fully integrated school/public library, cultural centre, museum, art gallery and archives. One of the first of its kind in the Canadian Arctic, our cultural centre aims to create a venue in which traditional and modern forms of knowledge are seamlessly brought together through various museum exhibits, elder-run workshops and after-school programs. Despite serving Cambridge Bay as a fully functional library, our centre also strives to strengthen cultural, historical, and technological dimensions of community literacy. Our facility provides one of Cambridge Bay’s only sources for accessible public Internet, after-school reading programs, sewing and traditional tool making workshops, and viewing community-based documentary films. A team of elders works on site at the centre on a daily basis to help youth develop traditional skills and language, and assist in research projects.
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