New ebook explores life and legacy of Canadian artist Annie Pootoogook
Nunavut artist Annie Pootoogook was renowned for her drawings of day-to-day life in the Inuit community of Kinngait, and now
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Inuit TV coming to Northern Canada from new Inuktut-language broadcaster
Nunavut is getting a new all-Inuktut TV channel this year. Inuit TV will have Inuktut programming in dialects from all Inuit
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American cartoonist says his new book on Canadian Indigenous history helped decolonize part of himself
Renowned comic artist Joe Sacco has taken a journalistic eye to bringing some of contemporary history’s biggest conflicts — including
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From mobile concerts to virtual fireworks on your phone: Canada Day in the North COVID-19 style
If Canada Day in the North normally means fun under the midnight sun, parades, street vendors and large crowds of friends,
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Virtual events lined up for National Indigenous Peoples Day in northern Canada
Many National Indigenous Peoples Day events are going online in the Inuit region of Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) this Sunday,
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Works by Nunavut, Canada artist Qavavau Manumie featured in Warsaw exhibition
A number of works by Canadian artist Qavavau Manumie are being featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern
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Russia adds ancient sites along Norway’s border to cultural heritage list
The monument erected after the delineation of the two countries’ border in 1826 has officially been declared an object of
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Exhibition explores little-known story of graphic textiles produced in Canada’s eastern Arctic
An exhibition currently underway at the Textile Museum of Canada explores the little-known story of the graphic texitle program in
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How not to promote Arctic tourism – Why Finland’s Indigenous Sami say marketing their region needs to change
Illustration showing an example of destructive Sami stereotypes for the Sami Parliament in Finland’s Culturally Responsible Sami Tourism project. (Artist:
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Can crossborder cooperation help decolonize Sami-language education?
By Eilís Quinn Web editor: Mathiew Leiser
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Qajaq art installation at Ottawa Hospital “in light of reconciliation for Inuit” says artist
A unique qajaq art installation was unveiled at an Ottawa hospital on Thursday, a project artists involved say is an
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Norwegian slow TV to feature Svalbard round the clock for nine days
Fascinating viewers for hours and days, the Norwegian slow TV concept takes it to the ultimate with the longest ever
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New Quebec audio guide shows how to correctly pronounce Inuktitut place names in part of Arctic Canada
The Quebec government department responsible for authorizing place names, the Commission de toponymie du Québec, has launched a new online audio guide to
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Kelly Fraser, acclaimed Canadian Inuk singer, was ‘fiercely open with her fans,’ says family
Family confirms the 26-year-old, who was from Nunavut and had been living in Winnipeg, died by suicide Kelly Fraser, the
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Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuk singer-songwriter, dead at 26
Kelly Fraser, an acclaimed Inuk singer-songwriter born in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, who had been living in Winnipeg, has died at age 26. Fraser’s advocacy
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