![Our Youth of the Week is Macayla Alanak of Ulukhaktok. Macayla keeps busy, both as a student at Helen Kalvak Elihakvik school but also helping take care of her grandmother. Photo courtesy Sharon Alanak.](https://www.bpmcdn.com/f/files/nnsl/import/2023-02/31847089_web1_230216-INU-YouthOfTheWeek-_1.jpg)
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