Northern cinema celebrated in Yukon
The Available Light Film Festival, now in its twelfth year, began on Sunday in Whitehorse, the capital of Canada’s northwestern
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Culture (Canada)
Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq on reclaiming Nanook of the North
By Holly Gordon, CBC Music Tanya Tagaq doesn’t mince words. Asked about her impressions of Nanook of the North, a
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New app teaches Inuktitut through song
No language is easy to learn, but Inuktitut? Many a langauge student has been sidelined by the complex sounds and
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Nunavut photographer finalist in international contest
A photographer from the community of Arctic Bay, in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, is a finalist in
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Restoring the Tagish role in the Klondike gold rush
An author from Anchorage, Alaska is getting set to release a new biography that restores the reputation of some of
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Inuk artist’s design appears on new Canadian quarter
The Royal Canadian Mint started circulating 25 million quarters this week with images of the Arctic. Half of the coins
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FEATURE INTERVIEW: Inuk aritst Mark Igloliorte on how skateboarding inspires his work
Mark Igloliorte is an Inuk artist from Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region in the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Helping to promote and preserve the Inuit language in Canada
It is one of Canada’s oldest languages, and unlike many other Aboriginal languages, Inuktitut, the language spoken by the Inuit
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Priceless Inuit artifacts still in Canada’s N.W.T. for lack of Nunavut museum
Ten years after a decision was made for a museum in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, to temporarily
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Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving renewed in Yukon, Canada
Chilkat and Ravenstail weaving is a skill and an artform that was almost abandoned in northwestern Canada. Now it is
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Film explores ties between Inuit in Greenland and Canada
Much has been written about the rapid social and environmental change faced by Inuit living in the circumpolar world. But
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Canadian festival welcomes artists from across the North
Musicians, singers and other performers from all across the North have descended on the Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit this
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Osmos iPad game translated into the Inuit language
Ever wondered how to translate ‘Mote’ into the Inuit language? What about ‘biosphere’? Those were just some of the challenges
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Inuit art market slow to recover, say Canadian wholesalers
Inuit art sales have been slow to rebound following the collapse of financial markets in 2008, say major wholesale buyers.
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Art program launched in Arctic Canadian community
Mike Soares was surprised there was no strong class in the hamlet The principal of Peter Pitseolak High School in
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