New York Times article on Inuit draws backlash for reliance on stereotypes
When Francine Compton saw many Inuit frustrated by a recent article in the New York Times, she didn’t want to read it.
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Cape Dorset
Northern Canada: New health centre in Cape Dorset could hold those on suicide watch, inquest hears
Cape Dorset’s new health centre will be the first in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut to have a room
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Legacy of Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook explored in Canadian exhibition
Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook (1951 – 2014) was well-known for his drawings of solitary figures or architecture placed amongst vast Arctic
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Cape Dorset, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, considers returning to Inuktitut name
The Nunavut community of Cape Dorset could go back to its traditional name. The community was named by English explorer
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Arctic Canada: Wrongful death lawsuit settled in case of Nunavut’s Baby Makibi
A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against the government of Nunavut and a former nurse in
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Arctic Canadian co-operative behind renowned Inuit art program celebrates 60th anniversary
The West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative, the Arctic Canadian business behind the renowned Cape Dorset print program, is marking its 60th
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Inuit art featured on new Canadian banknote
The Bank of Canada has released a new $10 bill featuring the work of one of Canada’s most renowned artists,
Read moreThe New Raw: Documentary Report
In this 2010 documentary report, Eye on the Arctic’s Eilís Quinn travelled to Cape Dorset, Nunavut to speak with the Arctic artists whose work is exploring the rapid social and environmental change in their communities.
Read moreTHE OBSERVER- Jimmy Kamimmalik
We take you into studio with Jimmy Kamimmalik, an artist and printmaker working in Baker Lake, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut.
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Pioneering Inuit artist honoured with Canadian ‘heritage minute’
VIDEO: The new Heritage Minute that came out this week. Her name was Kenojuak Ashevak. A founding member of the Kinngait
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Jutai Toonoo, iconoclastic Arctic artist, dies in Nunavut
VIDEO: Eye on the Arctic documentary interview with Jutai Toonoo, 2010 Jutai Toonoo, the iconoclastic artist from Arctic Canada, died
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Feature Interview: Arctic hamlet drives cultural centre campaign
Kinngait Studios is legendary in Canadian art circles. It’s housed in the small, ramshackle couple of buildings that stand across
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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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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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Feature Interview: Artist Itee Pootoogook’s unique take on contemporary Inuit life
Inuk artist Itee Pootoogook is one of Canada’s most exciting contemporary voices of the moment. Known for his clean lines
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