Hi my name is Susannah Mablik and I am from Naujaat , Nunavut. I am an NYA Next participant and it has been a lot of fun! My first week here I got to tour Parliament Hill with the other participants. I saw so many interesting things but my favourite part of the tour was seeing the library because I’ve never seen a library like that before. A week after that, we all went to the beach. I enjoyed swimming and spending time with group, but I didn’t expect the sand to be so hot.

Last week we went camping for the weekend and got to spend time with the Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) group. They were all so kind and welcoming. We watched one of the A7G member dancing with hoola hoop and it was awesome. We also got to listen to a few of their traditional songs. I enjoyed my time with them. The only thing I didn’t like about camping was the bugs.

During the weekend we went to a park to watch the movie “Coco” and it was fun although the ending was sad. A day later we hada choice of going to the market, or a Canadian Museum of History. I picked the museum and it was amazing. I got to see many cool things like the t-shirt Terry Fox wore during his marathon, some traditional clothing made by first nation people, and old things like spoon, knives, combs and so many more.

If it wasn’t for NYA, I would never have these experiences. Thanks to all the staff and leaders for their hard work.

Thanks ☺

Susannah