“Grand Nord” (Far North) – Oblate mission in the North Pole through the eyes of André Goussaert

André Goussaert was formerly an Oblate of Mary Immaculate (OMI), and now an Associate Oblate. As a member of the Oblates he worked in Canada’s North from 1956 to 1985. In 1966, Father Goussaert was named to the mission in Pelly Bay and after eight years he was sent to the mission in Cambridge Bay.

This former missionary Oblate recounts the rapid transformation of the Inuit way of life, and its growing involvement in the development of communities which then organized into villages. It reveals a portrait of a Far North united and enterprising, despite the challenges that still threaten the fragile social and economic balance.