Inuktitut Services & Cultural Programming

Mona Qamanirq, Full-Time Inuktitut Interpreter

My name is Mona and I am from Arctic Bay Nunavut, I have lived in Ottawa since 2001. During my childhood years, I would join my mother when she spent time with elders, this gave me a real passion for working with seniors. I take great pride in the level of care, empathy, and hard work I bring to Embassy West every day.

Inuktitut Services

  • Three full-time interpreters on staff. Off-hours EWSL has interpreters available through OHSNI and through the Government of Nunavut Can-Talk phone line. 

  • Country food delivery from Kivalliq foods in Rankin Inlet

  • Visual aids for translation for activities of daily living

Cultural Programming

  • Sunday Inuktitut church service 

  • Inuktitut Hymn Singing

  • Drum circle and dancing

  • Inuktitut storytelling

  • Sensory Stimulation room

  • Throat singing 

  • Chair travel to Nunavut and remote communities

  • Nunavut Day celebrations

  • Weekly Bannock baking

DR. Bill Dalziel, Ottawa’s leading geriatric physician, Welcomes you home to Embassy West:

“I am always impressed by the Embassy West team because at all levels of management from the owner to the manager to the front-line staff they are skilled, educated, and dedicated to providing the best care for their residents.”