Ottawa evening to celebrate Arctic cuisine
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami to host Tapiriit dining event at National Arts Centre
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami will host its annual event celebrating Arctic country foods on Monday in Ottawa. Formerly known as A Taste of the Arctic, Tapiriit will showcase country foods harvested from across Inuit Nunangat. (File photo)
An annual event that celebrates country food harvested from Inuit Nunangat will return to Ottawa for the first time since 2019.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami has announced it will host its celebration of Arctic country food and culture at the National Arts Centre on Monday evening.
Formerly known as A Taste of the Arctic, Tapiriit, meaning “united” in Inuktut, will showcase country foods like Arctic char, goose, maktaaq and caribou in a reception-style dinner highlighting the four distinct regions of Inuit Nunangat.
The dishes will be prepared by chef Sheila Flaherty, who hails from Iqaluit, and National Arts Centre chef Kenton Leier.
The evening will feature speakers and performances by Artcirq, Cirqiniq, Terry Uyarak, Nancy Mike, Geronimo Inutiq and Deantha Edmunds.
“Getting together to share country food is a big part of our culture,” said ITK president Natan Obed.
“I look forward to seeing old friends, and making new ones, as we gather to share in the bounty of Inuit Nunangat.”
Would be great if they can get People from Embassy home they need that
Or at least deliver dishes to each of our seniors who are staying there.
Disappointing to see disposable plates being used at this event shame on national art center
What comes from the land goes back to the land, I’m disappointed that you’re disappointed. Klinging and clanging of dishes is too deafening anyway
What comes from land does not go back to the land. Unless u consider a landfill “the land”
The pressure needed to cut frozen country food , does not make sense to use ceramic plates, what should they use in lieu of cardboard too?
Hardwood Cutting board maybe?
It’s a file photo, it is more than likely not a photo from the previous “A Taste of the Arctic, Tapiriit” event. If it were the prior event, NN would post the credits as such since they probably don’t have an in-house photographer in Ottawa.
Read the description of the photo. It is obviously a photo from Nunatsiaq News files and not of the actual event or someone would have gotten credit for submitting it as I highly doubt they would fly someone down to cover this event.
Its nice to see ITK making such good use of the millions of dollars the federal government has handed out.