Johanna Awa is a reporter from CBC radio AND the voice that everyone in Nunavut knows very well. She is the facilitator of the day and introduces the program of the 15th.
This afternoon we had an amazing meeting in the Astro Theater; 6 filmakers talked about their work, their inspiration, the audience they want to reach and the technologies and skills they have to tell their stories. Alethea Aggiuq Arnaquq-Baril screened "Inuit High Kick" and a beautiful animation film, (which title I miss right now but will find it for you).… Read more
The opening of the Symposium after many months of preparation; Martha Michaels, an Elder from Iqaluit demonstrated the lighting of the qulliq with her daugther, Ann Henson, her grand daughter and her great grand daughter at her side. She talked about traditionnal education and how Inuit used to learn by watching their mother and their elder.… Read more
Only one day to go before the opening of ARNAIT NIPINGIT Leardership Summit.
I am flying to Iqaluit tomorrow as many other women travelling to Iqaluit.
At 3.00pm there is the Special Opening of an Exhibition of Women's Art from across Nunavut. Meeka Kilabuk will do a presentation. Come visit; the exhibition will be ongoing all week. (Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum)
Collecting, Connecting and Creating Women’s Voices in Nunavut September 13-17, 2010 Iqaluit, Nunavut
Welcome to the Symposium! We will keep you updated on what is happening in Iqaluit during this exciting meeting. You will find here photo, video and text, in Inuktitut and English from the Symposium participants.
Synopsis:Well, this one was a small herd Joan said, between 1000 and 2000 caribous roaming the tundra in front of Baker Lake; obviously we bothered them with the helicopter as we were trying to reach our camping spot. This is a reason why people are worried about more mining activities around Baker Lake.
Collecting, Connecting and Creating Women’s Voices in Nunavut
September 13-17, 2010 Iqaluit, Nunavut
Welcome to the blog we created during the Symposium! We want to keep you updated on what happened in Iqaluit during this exciting meeting. You will find here photos, videos and texts, in Inuktitut and English from the Symposium participants.
This channel is dedicated to the wonderful work of Inuit midwives.
Interviews with traditionnal midwives from Igloolik done in 1991, rescued from 8mm video recording (so sorry for the technical quality) are here in their original Inuktitut version.
Seperarete English transcripts are also available on this channel for each of the interviews.
Bonjour, nous sommes des Inuit et on habite tous au Nunavik (nord du Québec). Nous sommes ici au Cégep Marie-Victorin et c'est notre 2e trimeste. On a tous des intérêts différents. Dans ce blog, vous allez trouver des photos, des vidéos et des textes à propos de notre vie à Montréal. Écrivez-nous des commentaires.
This site is part of an ongoing effort to create links between Inuit media artists in Nunavut and indigenous media groups in Mexico. It is also a reflection about cultural connections more generally. In what ways do cultural exchanges bring about new and innovative creative conversations? What do people learn from them?
This channel presents Paul Apak's two Expedition Films, Qidtlarssuaq by dogteam from Igloolik to Qanaaq, Greenland; and Umiaq by walrus skin boat from Siberia to Alaska across the Bering Strait. Paul Apak Angilirq (1954-1998) was vice-president and co-founder of Igloolik Isuma Productions in 1990.… Read more
What you will find here are excerpts of the travels of Arnait Media Productions to Nuuk: meetings, encounters. discoveries.
This exchange with media producers , filmakers and artists of Greenland was possible with a grant from Canada Council for the Arts through the Aboriginal Peoples Collaborative Exchange.
ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ NIRB Iqaluit Baffinland Final Public Hearings Live Radio Call-in, July 17, 2012, 86:22, Inuktitut AND English, DID human rights lawyer Lloyd Lipsett summarizes the presentations on the first day of the technical hearings, first by the NIRB Chairperson, second by Erik Madsen, Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.… Read more
After over ten hours of presentations and discussions, the first day of Mary River’s final hearings closed at 9:30pm, two items behind schedule, with the intimation of many yet unanswered questions to come.… Read more
Final Baffinland hearings start in Iqaluit, The Iqaluit hearing begins Monday with a presentation from Baffinland, the company which hopes to build the mine. "I think we've done a lot of good work ... See full story cbc.ca
Malachi Arreak worked as a regional land negotiator on the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement in the early 1990s and negotiated the Qikiqtani region’s first IIBA, for the Sirmilik National Park, across Eclipse Sound from Pond Inlet.… Read more
July 12, 2012, DID human rights lawyer, Lloyd Lipsett, previews on Igloolik Community Radio the Human Rights Intervention he will present at the NIRB Final Public Hearing on the Mary River Project in Iqaluit July 18, with simulatneous oral Inuktitut translation of Lloyd by Celina, English and Inuktitut
Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. Last Tuesday, QIA negotiator Paul Quassa spoke over Igloolik community radio to summarize the 24-article Inuit Impact and Benefit Agreement (IIBA) offer the association made to Baffinland earlier this month.… Read more
Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. BW: You’ve been mayor of Igloolik since January. Can you tell me a little bit about your background? NA: My real profession is interpreter-translator—I had a private business as an interpreter-translator in Iqaluit—but I’ve been many things.… Read more
ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ QIA and Mary River IIBA Part 3, June 27, 2012, 177:11, live call-in about Baffinland Mary River Impact and Benefits Agreement (IIBA) and QIA negotiations, with QIA President Okalik Eegeesiak, Mary River Project Coordinator Solomon Awa, Baffinland Working Committee member Solomon Mikki and QIA Igloolik Board Member Zacharias Kunuk.
ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ QIA and Mary River IIBA Part 2, June 26, 2012, 175:05, live call-in about Baffinland Mary River Impact and Benefits Agreement (IIBA) and QIA negotiations, hosted by Lucassi Ivalu with QIA President Okalik Eegeesiak, Mary River Project Coordinator Solomon Awa, QIA IIBA negotiators Paul Quassa and Phillip Paniaq.
Tuesday night – The Mary River IIBA and QIA. Get information on what is an IIBA, who is on QIA’s team, what are some of the things that will be in an IIBA and where are negotiations. Call in if you have questions. … Read more
ᓂᐲᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ QIA and Mary River IIBA Part 1, June 25, 2012, 202:13, live call-in about Baffinland Mary River Impact and Benefits Agreement (IIBA) and Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) negotiations, hosted by Lucassi Ivalu with QIA President Okalik Eegeesiak, Mary River Project Coordinator Solomon Awa, Baffinland Working Committee member Solomon Mikki and Igloolik QIA representat… Read more
Full story at baffinlandwitness.com. "When I was a child, we would live out on the land. And I grew up on Baffin, where there were always mountains around us. I loved Baffin because it has colour, it has landscape.… Read more
The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation provides a window to the Arctic by producing award-winning television programming by Inuit, for Inuit. Created in the late 1970's, IBC is, indeed, Nunavut’s public producer. IBC does not produce the regular fare of TV sitcoms and talk shows.… Read more
