Speakers Block 3

Elders, spokespersons and performers from across Inuit Nunangat join co-hosts Lucy Tulugarjuk and Zacharias Kunuk for a special two-hour live program to celebrate the launch of Uvagut TV - Canada's first Inuktut television channel.… Uqalimakkanirit

 Uvagut staff video selfie-montage. Created for the launch celebration of Uvagut TV aired on Feb 24, 2021.

 Statement from:

Jesse Wente, Executive Director of the Indigenous Screen Office
Andrew Eddy, Vice President of Programming, Shaw
Mary Nirlungayuk (VP at Arcitc Cable-Coops)
Isabelle Alaku Administrative Assistant, FCNQ
Roselynn Akulukjuk - Project Manager, Nunavut Film Development Corporation.

 Intro sequence to Uvagut TV Launch Celebration broadcast on Feb. 24, 2021

 Statements from:

Margaret Nakashuk, Minister of Culture and Heritage (NU)
Aluki Kotierk. President, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
Merlyn Recinos, Mayor of Igloolik

For Uvagut TV Live Celebration. Broadcast Feb 24, 2021

 People from Pond Inlet share their thoughts about Uvagut TV.  Recorded during the NIRB Public Hearings in Feb. 2021.  Broadcast as part of Uvagut TV LaunchCelebration on Feb. 24, 2021.

 Footage of Arviat (NU) short by Eric Anoee for the Launch Celebration of Uvagut TV which aired on Feb. 24, 2021