Hopedale Youth Symposium

This year’s Labrador Inuit Youth Symposium will centre on land-based programming with a focus on cultural healing.

The annual event will be taking place at the Department of Health and Social Development’s Healing Lodge at Little Bay near Hopedale from April 24-29.

They will be gathering youth from each five Labrador Inuit Communities and Upper Lake Melville, as well as from the Canadian Constituency.

The delegates will take part in a variety of activities, such as including a session on throat singing, and presentations on governance and leadership, reducing the carbon footprint and language.

There will also be discussions on revitalizing the Rising Youth Council, as well as sessions on how to prepare and make cultural foods.

A cultural feast will also being planned for a later day of the week.