Arctic Issues

In 1953, Inuit families were forcibly relocated to the uninhabited and inhospitable high arctic, 1500 kilometres north of their traditional homeland of Nunavik, in northern Québec, to extend Canadian claims of sovereignty to Ellesmere Island. Inuit endured families torn apart and many years of hardship.… Uqalimakkanirit

Zacharias Kunuk with Lloyd Lipsett, Formal Intervention, NIRB Technical Hearing, July 23, 2012, Igloolik, Part 1/2 3:13 English Version. Zacharias Kunuk, speaking Inuktitut, describes his childhood growing up in the heart of the Baffinland mining region, going to school in English, eventually becoming a filmmaker.… Uqalimakkanirit

 Lloyd Lipsett talks about the Human Rights Impact Assessment on July 19, 2012.

Kiviaq's extraordinary life story bears testimony to the treatment Indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic have endured for generations due to the government's inhumane colonial policies.… Uqalimakkanirit

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In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

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In June 2003, Cannes prize-winner Zacharias Kunuk's family gathered at their traditional home camp site of Siuraajuk, to share stories and honor the ancestors who came before them: a wedding; a burial; messages from the past.

DIRECTOR: Zacharias Kunuk

On November 24th, Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change was screened on Parliament Hill at The National Press Gallery, the audience included approximately 40 MPs, Senators and Government Staffers from across all the major Canadian political parties.

We've worked very hard to get this video to the United Nations for COP-15. Here it is!!! Ukiutatuq Takuguk! is ready for the world to watch!!! It will be presented in Copenhagen at Denmark's National Gallery this upcoming week.… Uqalimakkanirit

On Baffin Island, two mountains of ore will be cut down at Mary River. Some residents of Igloolik react to this development : they worry that this industrial development will destroy their environment and the marine mammals as well as their culture and hunting life style.

Noah Piugattuk was one of the must respected elders in Igloolik and the chief of the last family asked by the RCMP to leave the outpost camp and settle in Igloolik. This video is part of an interview series produced by the IBC about him where he talks about this experience.

Producer's Name: IBC

Noah Piugattuk was one of the must respected elders in Igloolik and the chief of the last family asked by the RCMP to leave the outpost camp and settle in Igloolik. This video is part of an interview series produced by the IBC about him where he talks about this experience.

Producer's Name: IBC