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Focus on Mary River:  Oceans North presents their latest research into the impacts of increased iron ore shipping traffic on marine mammals.  Zacharias Kunuk speaks with elders from Pond Inlet.  

William Perry, Woodcutter by Norman Cohn, 34 mins. 1980. How We Lived: Pople at Work. St. Patricks, Prince Edward Island. (c) Norman Cohn 1980.

This week on Welcome to our Qammaq, the Igloolik team shares some footage from the fishing derby at Lailor Lake last weekend, and Susan Avingaq showing us how to make a liu liu. Hosted by Benjamin Kunuk. 

Fishing Derby - edited by Mark Jr. Malliki, camera Ben Kunuk and Carol Kunuk.

Susan Avingaq liu-liu making; editor Mark Jr, camera Carol Kunuk and Mark Jr. Malliki

Welcome to my Qammaq live from the North end of Lailor Lake, Hosted by Benjamin Kunuk, with Nataq Ungalaq and others preparing for the fishing derby happening this weekend.

LIVE on May 31st, 2024.

Arviat Youth Art and Film members share perspectives on the importance of sexual health.

An introduction to the Arviat Youth Art and Film initiative, developing arts-based sexual health interventions for Inuit youth in Arviat, Nunavut.

A documentary short revisiting the morning of 9/11 while President Bush visits Booker Elementary.

I wrote this composition August 1992, when I was working with late Jimy Sidlar, Hunkpapa Artist Kim Soo Goodtrack, and Native Revisionist Creations. This is one of many compositions I wrote for piano or strings when I upgraded to the Commodore 2000 Amiga Computer from the Amiga 500 Commodore computer system.… Read more

I wrote Monsieur Cote on Strings around 1994 after working on the film Windigo. I upgraded to the Commodore Amiga 2000 in 1992 after buying the Amiga 500 in 1991. Both systems had music writiing programs which I embraced fevorishly. Late nineties, I transfer much of my early writing works to VHS video through a genlock device.… Read more

Patricia Tidd, Grade 9 Teacher at the Ataguttaaluk High School in Igloolik, Nunavut shares her experience. She talks about the challenges of teaching in Igloolik grade 9, the activities that have worked for her with the students and how IsumaTV and the Inuit Culture Education can be helpful for her and her students.

ᓇᑲᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ − ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᑦ, ᓴᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒃᑯᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1997−ᒥᑦ 2005−ᒧᑦ.

ᓇᑲᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ − ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᑎ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᔪᑦ, ᓴᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᓂᖅ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕆᔭᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᒃᑯᓴᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 1997−ᒥᑦ 2005−ᒧᑦ.

Classic episodes from Nunatinni - a live culture, arts, news, and local events series broadcast daily in Igloolik from 1997 to 2005.

You ever want to hire a real-life soundtrack to follow you about? The Squeeze Box is a film-noir love poem about a hitman that hires a mute accordion player to follow him around and be his real-life soundtrack.

Filmmaker: Shane Belcourt & Duane Murray

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During the 1950's famine in the Canadian Arctic, Kikkik, an Inuk woman killed a man in self defense and them found herself in the position of having to leave 2 of her 5 children on the tundra. She was tried for murder and criminal negligence and subsequently acquitted. Written by Elisapee Karetak, one of Kikkik's daughters.

Filmmaker: Martin Kreelak