ERIC AYALIK OKALITANA PELLY
1995-2014
By 2014, Eric had graduated from high school and begun his first full-time job as a surveyor’s assistant, with a promising future ahead. He had become a fine young man. Tragically, at 19½ years old, Eric died unexpectedly, at home while asleep, of sudden cardiac arrhythmia.
Watch a short slide show below about his first big canoe trip, narrated by Eric himself.
"Lives Lived” article in The Globe & Mail
9 June 2015 — My wife and I will never forget meeting Eric for the first time – or how quickly we fell in love with the little boy and his remarkable smile. .. The Globe & Mail featured Eric in the “Lives Lived” column.
REMEMBERING ERIC
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