The final time Patrick Garland noticed Joshua Qiyuk, the younger chef was on his manner residence after a shift at Garland’s restaurant.
The subsequent morning, Qiyuk’s physique was discovered within the 400 block of Meadow Park Place — a quiet residential space in Ottawa’s east finish. The 21-year-old had been stabbed to demise.
WATCH | Inuk chef recognized as sufferer in Ottawa stabbing:
Ottawa police identify sufferer in metropolis’s newest murder
Police say 21-year-old Joshua Qiyuk was discovered useless on an east-end avenue Wednesday morning.
Matthieu Boisvert who lives within the neighbourhood, discovered the physique on Wednesday morning. He described the expertise as surreal.
“No one expects to start their day like that, but it’s far worse for his family and people that knew him than it is for me,” he mentioned.
Matthieu Boisvert discovered Joshua Qiyuk’s physique on Wednesday morning. (Francis Ferland/CBC)
A life lower quick
Those that knew Qiyuk in Ottawa bear in mind him as an keen, hardworking younger man who at all times wore a smile.
Garland first met Qiyuk over two years in the past, when the then-teen confirmed up in his restaurant asking for an interview.
We needed him to be a part of our goals.– Trudy Metcalfe-Coe, celebrated Inuk chef
“Josh was standing at the bar in full chef regalia with his chef toque … he was ready to go,” he mentioned.
Garland gave him a job that very same day, and says he shortly grew to become an indispensable employees member.
Joshua Qiyuk lately accomplished a culinary certificates program for Indigenous cooks at Algonquin Faculty. (Fb)
That doesn’t shock celebrated Inuk chef Trudy Metcalfe-Coe, who was one in all Qiyuk’s first mentors in Ottawa. She says Qiyuk was happy with his heritage and sometimes helped her cater occasions that featured nation meals.
“I admired him … and just so proud of what he accomplished,” she mentioned.
Qiyuk lately graduated from Algonquin Faculty after ending a culinary certificates program for Indigenous cooks.
Chef Patrick Garland of Absinthe (far proper) nonetheless remembers the day Qiyuk confirmed as much as Garland’s restaurant to ask for an interview, raring to go. (Submitted by Patrick Garland)
Metcalfe-Coe calls Quyik’s demise an enormous loss for the culinary neighborhood particularly in a metropolis the place there are so few Inuit cooks.
“You feel it more. It really has an impact, not just because he was aspiring to be this, but he’s from the Inuit community,” she mentioned.
“He had dreams that he wanted to fulfill … and we wanted him to be a part of our dreams.”
