Rankin Inlet program brings flight school to aspiring pilots – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 19, 2025

Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway program expands to Nunavut

Nujaliah Iyerak remembers growing up in Igloolik and being fascinated by airplanes, but feeling that flying one and becoming a pilot was far out of reach.

The closest he got to this dream was checking-in passengers and handling baggage as a representative for Canadian North in Igloolik.

That was until last year, when the Atik Mason Indigenous Pilot Pathway program, which brings flight school to pilots, expanded to Rankin Inlet.

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