APTN National News
Starting in 1977, Canadian kids just out of high school gained valuable experience working as volunteers across Canada in the Katimavik program. Through Katimavik — named after the Inuit word for “meeting place” — youth worked in many Aboriginal communities throughout the country, among other places, providing much-needed help and support.
However, with the announcement of the 2012 federal budget, the governing Conservatives stated that the Katimavik program would be ending.
APTN National News reporter Ossie Michelin sits down with a Katimavik alumni to talk about what the program meant to him, and to the communities he helped.
Good program for showing Canadian youth another part of Canada.
(BTW, it’s “alumnus” if you’re talking about one person)