Teen shown on $2 bill grew up to become world’s first Inuk bishop

In the 1970s, Canada’s $2 bill bore a striking picture of Paul Idlout, an Inuk teen, alongside his father and four other men preparing for a hunt.

The scene, near Aulatsiivik in northern Baffin Island, captured a traditional way of life that was vanishing amid rapid social change, much of which was imposed by government policies. The image was from the remarkable 1952 National Film Board documentary Land of the Long Day, which showcased the Idlout family.