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territory of

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, which was created in 1999, was first given representation at the

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, Canada's national women's

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championship in 2015, following a decision to allow each of Canada's three territories to have their own teams. The Nunavut Curling Association declined their spot, but began competing in 2016.

2016

The territory had a playdown in 2016 featuring two teams from the Iqaluit Curling Club, which was won by the Geneva Chislett rink. They were supposed to play a team from

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for the territorial championship, but that team pulled out at the last minute. At the

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, the Chislett team played in a pre-qualifying event, where they scored an historic win in their first ever game, against British Columbia's

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team. The team lost their next two matches however, and did not qualify for the main tournament.

2017

Team Chislett again represented Nunavut at the

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. The team lost all three of their games in the pre-qualifying tournament.

2018

After they had already qualified for the

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, Team Chislett member Sadie Pinksen had to pullout due to a scheduling conflict, so the team asked St. Mary's, Ontario, resident Amie Shackleton to

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the team. Shackleton had never played for the team before, and met them at a practice session on the Thursday before the Hearts began.

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allows each team to have one player from outside their jurisdiction to play for the team. The 2018 Scotties eliminated the controversial pre-qualifying event, instead grouped 16 teams into two pools of eight. The Shackleton-led rink lost all seven of their group games, and then lost the 15th place game to Team Yukon, skipped by Chelsea Duncan.

2019

The 2019 Nunavut playdowns for the

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consisted of three rinks, and was played in December 2018. The Iqaluit Curling Club's

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won the event, which also included the Robyn Mackey and Sadie Pinksen rinks. The Bodner rink included recreational curler Jennifer Blaney from Ottawa as their fourth stone thrower, who joined the team for the season. At the

, the team won their first game against Quebec (skipped by

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), but lost their remaining six matches, finishing seventh in their pool, ahead of Quebec.

2020

Only one team entered the playdowns for the

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, so no playdown was held.

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, curler (and 1997 Hearts runner-up)

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skipped a team consisting of Sadie Pinksen, Alison Griffin and Kaitlin MacDonald at the 2020 Hearts. Eddy was approached by the team in June 2019 to see if she'd be interested. The team improved upon their previous record, winning 2 of their 7 games, defeating Northern Ontario's

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rink in a surprise victory, and also Quebec.

2021

Dundas, Ontario's Lori Eddy and her rink of Pinksen, Griffin and MacDonald were the only teams to enter the 2021 Nunavut playdowns again. The

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was expanded to 18 teams, adding two Wild Card teams, giving Nunavut an extra game. Unlike in 2020 they were unable to win any games, with the team going 0–8. They finished tied for last place, as Yukon which was playing in a different pool also finished 0–8.

2022

Team Nunavut at the

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was skipped by

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, chiropractor Brigitte MacPhail, who joined the team following the advice of coach Donalda Mattie. The team in 2022 also included Pinksen, MacDonald and Alison Taylor. Only Taylor was living in Nunavut at the time, as Pinksen was attending

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in Nova Scotia and MacDonald was attending the

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. The Iqaluit Curling Club was closed for much of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nunavut and the local water crisis. At the Hearts that year, the team once again went winless, finishing 0–8, tied with the Yukon which was playing in the other pool.

2023

Brigitte MacPhail defeated Angela Dale in the territorial championship, which was held in December 2022. For the third straight year, the team did not win any games in Pool A at the Scotties, finishing 0–8, which was last among the 18 teams in the field.

2024

On January 8, 2024, Curling Canada announced that Nunavut withdrew from the

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as no teams registered for the territorial playdowns. The Nunavut Curling Association stated a smaller pool of competitive players and the early season closure of the Iqaluit Curling Club due to the filming of the CBC/

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/ APTN show ''

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'' at the club were factors into the decision.

2025

On December 23, 2024, Nunavut Curling Association announced that team a skipped by

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(sister of Olympic curler

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) represented Nunavut at the

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as they were the only team to enter the Playdowns. In 2024, the father of the team's second Leigh Gustafson spoke to Weagle's father about joining the team. The team played together for the first time at the

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, winning one game. At the Scotties, the team went 0–8, finishing last in Group A, and last place overall.

Summary of results

References

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