Feature interview: ‘Gamifying’ Inuit art
A video game development company based in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has been working for two years on bringing
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Finland: English language dominance worries language teachers
Traditional grammar-focused language teaching is no longer effective in adult education, as older generations shy away from it. Today’s adult
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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years
The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.
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Two Alaska Native artifacts return home after clandestine auction bid by nonprofit
Two Alaska Native artifacts have been returned to local Native organizations after some behind-the-scenes intervention from the U.S. State Department
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Alaska documentary chronicles one family’s remote cabin adventure
FAIRBANKS — Jean Aspen and her husband, Tom Irons, who divide their time between Homer and the Brooks Range, created
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Kenojuak Ashevak exhibition in Toronto, Ontario winds up this week
When reknowned Canadian Artist Kenojuak Ashevak died in 2013, she left behind a rich legacy. Her iconic images like Enchanted
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Karelian art on show in Russia
Put together by the South Karelia Art Museum, the exhibition in the Pavlovsk Palace features drawings and watercolours by Viktor
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Thousands visit festival in Arctic Finland
The 29th Midnight Sun Film Festival held in Sodankylä, Lapland, wrapped up Sunday. Last minute cancellations of several high-profile filmmaker
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Rare World Series footage found in Yukon permafrost
A rare newsreel film has turned up in Canada of one of the most controversial episodes in baseball history. In
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Calls for arts institute in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories Arts Council is calling for an arts school in the territory. This week, the council released its
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Nunavut filmmakers turn the lens on suicide
The co-founder of Arnait Video Productions in Igloolik, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, says the group
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Feature Interview: The life and work of Itee Pootoogook 1951-2014
Canada recently lost one of its major Inuit artists when Itee Pootoogook passed away in March at the age of
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Madeleine Allakariallak to host CBC North’s Igalaaq
Starting April 1, Madeleine Allakariallak will take over as the host of CBC’s Inuktitut-language supper-hour news show, Igalaaq. “I am
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Adventurer plans 80-day solo trek from Nunavut to Greenland
An adventurer plans to spend 80 days travelling from Kugaaruk, Nunavut, to Qaanaaq, Greenland, by ski and snowshoe in an
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Feature Interview: The return of Inuit Art Quarterly (Audio)
Inuit Art Quarterly, long regarded as one of the most important sources of information on the art and artists of
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