WAG-Qaumajuq museum in Winnipeg, Canada to co-host 22nd Inuit Studies Conference
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq will co- host Auviqsaqtut: the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference, along with the University of Manitoba
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Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq in Canada launches interactive digital platform for Inuit carvings
An interactive digital platform launched by the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)-Qaumajuq offers anyone the chance to get up close with
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Health teams ‘working around the clock’ to contain spread of COVID-19 in Arctic Canadian territory of Nunavut, officials say
Territory continues lockdown as 4 new COVID-19 cases reported on Monday, dozens over the weekend Nunavut is entering the first
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Rising COVID-19 cases in Canadian province of Manitoba could affect medical travellers from Arctic territory
People with questions about their medical travel are advised to contact their health centre A rise in COVID-19 cases in
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Canada’s Arctic territory opens 2nd isolation hotel in Winnipeg
The Nunavut government opened a second isolation hotel for medical travellers in Winnipeg last week, according to the territory’s premier.
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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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Hospital in southern Canada apologizes to Inuit family who buried wrong baby
The president of a Winnipeg hospital says she’s “deeply sorry” and promised a complete review, after a Nunavut family learned
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Finger-pointing but no answers after family in Arctic Canada buries wrong baby due to hospital mistake
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, in the Canadian Prairies, is pointing the finger at a local hospital after a Nunavut
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Canada: Opponents to proposed Indian day school settlement make voices heard
First Nations lawyers who object to the proposed federal Indian day school settlement held a rally Wednesday outside the Winnipeg,
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Canadian museum gets $15 million for Inuit Art Centre
The Canadian government will contribute $15-million dollars towards the construction of an Inuit Art Centre at the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG)
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