Guluk Cockney Sr. is originally from Tuktoyaktuk, NT. He is a long-time official and coach for the Northern Games and Arctic sports in the Beaufort Delta region and beyond. His goal is to ensure that the games are delivered and passed down authentically and with the proper teachings so the next generations may carry them forward.… Uqalimakkanirit
Natalie Baker got interested in makeup when she was 13 years old. She taught herself by watching step-by-step tutorials on YouTube.
When she was 17 years old she was asked to work for Younique, but turned them down because she wasn't ready for the next step in her life. But once she turned 19 years old and was asked again, she was ready. Now she works for Younique.
Christopher Jr Mikeeuneak lives in Arviat, Nunavut. He makes hip-hop music with his closest friends Phillip Okatsiak and Ted Thompson. He and Phillip made their first song in 2020, and they enjoyed it so much they kept making songs.
Anne Thrasher was born in Letty Harbour, located on the Hudson's Bay Coast between Paulatuk and Cape Perry. In those early years she travelled frequently with her parents on the land and to different communities learning and collecting the stories she would later share with others in her community and beyond.… Uqalimakkanirit
Jacob Okatsiak is a hip-hop artist from Arviat, Nunavut. As a kid, he performed at his local church and learned to play drums, piano, and guitar. Inspired by other Indigenous rappers, Jacob began to rap and record his own music, building a northern fan base.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Phase 2 development proposal for the Mary River mine continues, and IsumaTV/DID records the process of public engagement sessions in communities. Sessions started in January 2019, leading to public hearings scheduled for summer 2019.
Tunnganariq Nunagijavut (Welcome to Where We Live Now) is a weekly, live cultural and current affairs series produced in-house by Uvagut TV with community partners throughout Inuit Nunangat.
Based on oral histories and conversations with elders who grew up on the land, ᐅᐃᒃᓴᕆᖕᒋᑕᕋ Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) follows director Zacharias Kunuk’s cinematic tradition of critically acclaimed Inuktut-language historical drama pieces set in the distant past, like Atanarjuat The Fast Runner (2001) and Angakusjaujuaq: The Shaman’s Apprentic… Uqalimakkanirit
Angela Amarualik was born and raised in Igloolik, Like many small communities in Canada’s Arctic, Igloolik had many social problems. Angela worked hard to retain good attitude, improve circumstances, and be a role model for the younger kids in her town.… Uqalimakkanirit
Beatrice Deer, singer-songwriter, winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards, is from Nunavik. Half Inuit and half Mohawk, Deer left the small Quebec town of Quaqtaq in 2007. She has five albums to her credit. It is a body of work in which she uniquely mixes traditional Inuit throat singing with contemporary indie rock.… Uqalimakkanirit
Born in 1957 in a sod house on Baffin Island, Zacharias Kunuk was a whalebone carver in 1981 when he sold three sculptures in Montreal to buy a home video camera and 27” TV to bring back to Igloolik, a settlement of 500 Inuit who twice had voted to refuse outside television.… Uqalimakkanirit
Upon graduating from the Director’s Department of the Russian State Film School (VGIK) in 1996, he launched his career with a documentary entitled The Time When Dreams Melt. He continued to film his best work in his native land, focusing on the lives of the local people.… Uqalimakkanirit
Pakak Innuksuk is a reknowned drum dancer from Igloolik, Nunavut, who performs and teaches all over the Arctic. He is also an actor and associate movie director, known for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), The Journey of Knud Rasmussen (2006) and Maïna (2013).
Niap (Nancy Saunders) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work has been collected by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Avataq Cultural Institute among others. Based in Montreal, QC, the artist divides her time between the city and her home community of Kuujjuaq, Nunavik—a place that continues to deeply influence her work.… Uqalimakkanirit
Tunnganarniq is an Inuktitut word meaning welcoming and inclusive. Tunnganarniq Live is a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative live TV platform, to give people access and engagement with Inuit art by Inuit artists sharing live TV content.… Uqalimakkanirit
This map shows a sample of our many incredible Inuit artists, with ways to find out more about them online.
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