ᓄᑖᖅ ᓱᓪᓗᓕᐊᓗᒃ ‘ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ, ᓴᓗᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᒪᖃᕐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ’ ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒃᒥ
ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖓ ᐆᒪ $6 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᑐᖅᑑᑉ ᓱᓪᓗᓕᒃ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᕕᐱᕆᒥ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᒧᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᑲᑕᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᑦ
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Nunavik seamstress, entrepreneur named artist of the year
Winifred Nungak selected for honour by Quebec Council of Arts and Letters
Canadian North names Kuujjuaq’s Shelly De Caria CEO, president
First Inuk to lead airline briefly served role on interim basis
Nunavik schools close as Quebec health, teachers unions start 1-week strike
Around 420,000 workers affected by strike across the province
Makivvik opens nominations for president
Nominations due by Jan. 8; election scheduled for Feb. 1
New pipeline brings ‘safe, clean drinking water’ to Ivujivik
Construction on $6M pipeline finished in November after pandemic delays, says KRG
Manon Jeannotte named lieutenant-governor of Quebec
Jeannotte is from Nation Micmac de Gespeg
Police announce liquor seizures in Nunavut, Nunavik
Nunavik actions also led to cocaine being seized, suspects charged
5 Nunavik school board members elected to executive committee
Sarah Aloupa re-elected Kativik Ilisarniliriniq president
New album brings Inuktitut folk songs to children
‘Little Songs’ a collection of 15 folk songs from Nunavik-born singer Beatrice Deer
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Nunavik schools reopen, some health-care workers remain on strike
Quebec health-care workers union launches planned 2-day strike
Nunavik schools, health services affected as Quebec public sector strike enters 2nd day
More than 400,000 public sector workers part of 3-day action across the province
Nunavik health board launches new app in Inuktitut
Tukisiutik Application designed to bridge language gap in health-care access
Kativik school board announces new leaders
Commissioners will serve three-year terms
Nunavik basketball group grinding now in hopes of shining later
Organizer Russ Johnson working to alleviate funding woes so Inuit youth can participate in sport
Freeze-up starts near Puvirnituq
Temperatures consistently below 0 C in the last week of October
Ice is forming on the river near Puvirnituq. Temperatures have been steadily below 0 C since Oct. 27, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. In the past week, there has been a sharp drop in temperature in the second-biggest village in Quebec’s Nunavik region. A week earlier, there was a high of nearly 3 C and two weeks ago, both the high and low temperatures were above the freezing mark. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
Agencies agree on $36M, 5-year plan to boost Inuktitut in Nunavik
Choice is ‘extinction’ of the language in Nunavik or new course that guarantees survival, Avataq official says
KRG reaches new agreements with unionized employees
Contracts provide salary increase, flexible working conditions
Carving takes shape at Kuujjuaq workshop
Qajaq men’s network hosts event to share techniques
Sammy Kadluk, from Kuujjuaq, examines a carving he made this week during a workshop organized by the Qajaq men’s group. The three-day soapstone carving workshop at the old firehall was led by elder Johnny Akpahatak, an elder and experienced carver from Aupaluk. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᔮᓂ ᕗᐊᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᒃᐱᒍᓱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓇᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ
‘ᑐᙵᕕᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓚᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ,’ ᐊᐱᕐᓱᖅᑕᐅᓕᕋᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᑲᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᑐᖅ, ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᓕᐅᕆ ᕗᐊᑦ
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Getting art from a stone in Nunavik
Elder Johnny Akpahatak shares carving tips in Kuujjuaq at Qajaq men’s network workshop
Elder Johnny Akpahatak, an artist from Aupaluk, teaches new and experienced carvers how to make sculptures out of soapstone. He led a three-day workshop this week in Kuujjuaq at the old firehall, organized by the Qajaq men’s group. (Photo by Malaya Qaunirq Chapman, special to Nunatsiaq News)
ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕕᖕᒥ ᑕᓯᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᒪᐃᕈᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ
ᓱᕋᒃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᐊᑖᓂ ᓱᓪᓗᑯᑖᒃ ᐸᓯᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᔾᔪᐊᑉ ᐃᒥᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᐃᒪᖓᓐᓂ
Canadian North names Kuujjuaq’s Shelly De Caria interim CEO, president
Michael Rodyniuk out as part of ‘strategic leadership transition’; De Caria becomes first Inuk to lead airline
Quebec ombudsman calls on government to embrace UNDRIP in report
‘Well past time for the government to listen to us,’ says Quebec Native Women president
Rented pumps and a fishing boat: Quick action prevents Nunavik lake from draining
Broken underground pipe blamed for threat to Kangiqsualujjuaq’s supply of drinking water