More than 100,000 square kilometres have been placed under protection through the creation of national parks
We’re celebrating Nunavut’s twentieth birthday by reviewing the territory’s successes and its challenges in areas ranging from music and the visual arts to the economy, the state of Inuktut and climate change.
ᑕᐃᒪᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᕐᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 100,000 ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑭᓛᒥᑕᔅ ᓄᓇ ᐋᕿᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕘᓇ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᕐᓯᕕᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ
Five legislative assemblies, made-in-Nunavut laws, shifting time zones, diamonds and gold ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐃᕐᓱᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᓯᙳᐃᓂᖅ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒎᓗᐃᑦ
The part that Inuit played in the discovery now told around the world
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓯᕕᓂᖏᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᓕᒫᒥ
Over the past 20 years, Nunavut has witnessed dramatic changes as the climate warms
ᐸᕐᓇᐅᓯᐅᕐᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᔾᔪᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ. ᓱᓕ ᐅᑕᕿᕗᒍᑦ.
Planners imagined state-of-the-art telecommunications for Nunavut. We’re still waiting
ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᓕᐊᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᔪᒥᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ, ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ
Nunavut’s visual artists continue to excite, enchant and educate
From hitmaking pioneers to Toronto debuts, Nunavummiut shine in the performing arts
ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒥ ᖁᙱᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᒻᒪᕆᒃᐳᑦ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓈᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ
“ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒦᓐᓇᑦᑕ”ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᒋᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᕗᑦ
“I believe Nunavut has a big influence on Inuit art”
“ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᑐᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓄᑦ”
ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓅᓂᑯᕕᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥ, ᐱᕈᖅᓴᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᒃᑯᓕᕈᔪᒃᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᑦ 1999-ᒥᑦ
“Our small communities still have a long way to go”
“ᒥᑭᓐᓂᕐᓴᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᔪᐊᕐᒪᑕ”
Amateur radio club revives early communication of Ellesmere weather station
“We hold on to his music to inspire and move us for years to come”
“ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᕗᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯᐅᕐᑎᕗᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᔪᓐᓇᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓱᕈᓰᑦ ᖁᓄᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ”
“An event like this helps with cultural understanding”
Jennifer Lindell has owned a hair salon business for over a decade. Now she owns her building, too.
Anu Boucher, a first-year student at Nunavut Sivuniksavut, stitches together the first pieces of her hand-made parka Jan. 23 as part of traditional skills workshops held each week at the Ottawa-based college. (Photo by Aiden Anawak)
“It’s about finding how you can be strong yourself. I’ve learned to rely on myself here”
