Last Friday, February 28, the government of Nunavut concluded a two week celebration of Inuit native languages that began on Monday, February 17. The Nunavut Languages Commissioner, Sandra Inutiq, expanded what had previously been a one-week annual celebration into two weeks of activities. The point was to get school children… Continue reading…
Last Friday, February 28, the government of Nunavut concluded a two week celebration of Inuit native languages that began on Monday, February 17. The Nunavut Languages Commissioner, Sandra Inutiq, expanded what had previously been a one-week annual celebration into two weeks of activities. The point was to get school children… Continue reading…
Inuit girls and women are the victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking, both in Nunavut and in major cities, according to a revealing 146 page report prepared by a Canadian consulting firm. Helen Roos, President of Roos-Remillard Consulting Services, recently released her report, “Service and Capacity Review for Victims of… Continue reading…
Inuit girls and women are the victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking, both in Nunavut and in major cities, according to a revealing 146 page report prepared by a Canadian consulting firm. Helen Roos, President of Roos-Remillard Consulting Services, recently released her report, “Service and Capacity Review for Victims of… Continue reading…
The village of Cape Dorset on western Baffin Island enthusiastically supports its Inuit artists, some of whom have a reputation of producing world-class art. Two years ago, the artists in the community were covered in a college newspaper, and last week they were the subject of a feature story in… Continue reading…
Last Thursday, the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven officially opened. It displays Inuit items taken by Roald Amundsen during his historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. According to earlier news reports, Amundsen stayed in the small community in Nunavut, named after his ship the Gjoa, for nearly two years,… Continue reading…
Last Thursday, the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven officially opened. It displays Inuit items taken by Roald Amundsen during his historic voyage through the Northwest Passage. According to earlier news reports, Amundsen stayed in the small community in Nunavut, named after his ship the Gjoa, for nearly two years,… Continue reading…
When a new cultural center opens in Gjøa Haven, Nunavut, this fall, it will include some items taken from the community over 100 years ago by Roald Amundsen, the famed Norwegian explorer. The Inuit town is named after the small ship sailed by Amundsen and his crew, the Gjøa. According… Continue reading…
The CBC reported last week that the design of a massive new research facility, to be located in the Nunavut community of Cambridge Bay, will be based on traditional Inuit culture and knowledge. Alain Fournier, an architect from Montreal, told the community that designers of the very large Canadian High… Continue reading…
As peaceful as some Inuit groups may once have been, today they experience incredibly high rates of suicides—partly caused by childhood abuses, according to a recent study. The study was released last Wednesday at a news conference in Iqaluit and discussed on the website of the Canadian Medical Association Journal,… Continue reading…
