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Under the Arctic sun: The life of a Kenyan in Canadian archipelago

Until Thursday when it reported its first case, Nunavut, Canada, was one of the few remaining places on earth with no confirmed cases of coronavirus. Its capital city, Iqaluit (population 7,082 as of the last census), is my home.

When people ask where it is, I tell them to look at the squished-up bit at the very top of Canada on a world map. That’s where you’ll find me, one of approximately 36,000 Nunavummiut (the Inuktitut word for someone who lives in Nunavut).

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