Puhitaq is an emerging video & cultural arts company owned and operated by Stacey Aglok MacDonald of Kugluktuk.
Puhitaq is dedicated to producing inspiring film and arts projects that are engaging and culturally relevant to Inuit across Canada and to develop and produce creative projects that promote education, wellness, social reflection and cultural knowledge.
Amy Tuglavina, of Nain, Nunatsiavut, completed this photo project, along with audio, following her participation in Inuusivut workshops there in March of 2009.
TUNE IN at 8PM (eastern standard time) on May the 11th, 12th and 13th to watch Qanuqtuurniq - Finding the Balance.
A TV series on Inuit Wellness.… Read more
Doreen and Ipiksaut, of Rankin Inlet, produced this video, showing "the effects of NOS" as part of the Inuusivut project workshops which took place in their community in the summer of 2008
Melissa and Cassandra, of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, prepared this video highlighting the Inuusivut training which took place in their home community in 2008.
The Kitikmeot Inuit Association coordinated an Elder and Youth Culture Camp in the summer of 2008. This slideshow presents some highlights of the camp.
This is a 3 minute video introducing the Inuusivut Project. Traveling to Inuit communities across Canada, the Inuusivut project trains youth in photography and film production, promoting mental health.
Ian Mauro is a forthcoming Canada Research Chair in "human dimensions of environmental change" at Mount Allison University, in New Brunswick. He is both a researcher and filmmaker, with a PhD in environmental science, and his work focuses on hunter, farmer and fisher knowledge regarding environmental change, specifically issues related to food security and global warming.… Read more
International Sami Film Centre is a centre for Sami film productions located in Kautokeino, Norway. We support sami filmmakers and co-produce sami films for education and training and we also collect traditional sami knowledge through the film medium.… Read more
The Inuusivut Project is a national initiative of the Embrace Life Council and the National Inuit Youth Council. The primary objective of the project is to learn, document and share - through a variety of multi-media techniques - how Inuit perceive, express, develop, foster and promote mental health.… Read more
Ullumi is designed to be meaningful to both northern and southern
audiences. The film's stories are told from the points of view of four
young people from Nunavik and Nunavut who affirm their Inuit identity
in an age of information, technology and self-determination. For more information go to:
www.ullumi.tv
