The Nunatsiavut Government’s Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, have developed an “Okak 1918 Commemoration Committee”.
We spoke with Brenda Jararuse who is the director of Cultural with Nunatsiavut Government.
Jararuse says they have one representative from each Nunatsiavut Communities Upper Lake Melville and one from the Canadian constituency.
She says this committee’s purpose is to plan and develop ideas and events for the commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the Spanish flu in Okak.
To hear more of what Jararuse has to say, click HERE.