Photo: Arviat youth launch a local television station

Arviat Film Society members, from left, Calvin Pameolik, Charmaine Komak and Abe Eetak were on hand to help launch the society’s new community television channel Nov. 28 at Arviat`s John Arnalukjuak high school. Besides its locally-produced programming, Arviat TV is also a research network and a digital archive, which will eventually host hundreds of hours of traditional knowledge and footage from the Nanisiniq Arviat history project. The channel has been a big hit so far, say society members, broadcasting throughout the day at the local co-op store and in peoples’ homes. Viewers in Arviat can tune into channel 19; viewers outside the community can also watch the broadcast at www.isuma.tv. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AFS)