Inuksuk High School is the high school of

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, the capital of the

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territory of Nunavut.

History

The school opened in late 1971 as the Gordon Robertson Educational Centre with 278 students and 28 teachers.Hume, Steve (October 12, 1971).
North School Runs Into Snag
. ''Edmonton Journal''. p. 39. Don King was the first principal. The school was built by two companies, Maurice Carrier Inc. and Wilfrid Legars Inc., both of

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, at a cost of $3.3million.Indian Students Get New School With Radical Design, Concept
. ''Calgary Herald''. August 30, 1969. p. 53.

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built the school's exterior walls from prefabricated glass-fiber reinforced plastic, a light-weight material that would reduce shipping costs. The panels were designed to withstand winds of , which sometimes occur in the area. Exterior windows were made of three layers of glass, similar to the type used on airplanes, in order to provide thermal insulation. Before the school was built, students were sent to Churchill, Manitoba, for high school.

References

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