Aluki Macdonald, left, Amaiyah Dyer-Akavak, Arianna Lewis, and Pattu Joanasie perform on the recorder at Iqaluit’s Nakasuk School on Friday. They were among 100 young musicians who participated in a concert to cap off the Iqaluit Music Society’s music camp, which began on June 29. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Short film will receive its world première at Swiss festival this summer
Jennifer Qupanuaq May’s design debuted at Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee meeting in Kuujjuaq
Iqaluit entrepreneur uses fresh sourdough to feed daughter's education fund
Artist Tatanniq Idlout discusses 5-year process to translate ‘most significant English-language play of the 20th century’
Plans in place to launch Inuktitut-fluency badge pilot project in local schools in the fall
Bike-decorating, burgers, and balloons part of city’s celebration
As Canada turns 159 years old this Canada Day — July 1 — Iqaluit residents gather for pancakes at the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre. More than 75 diners already had their breakfast served by centre staff moments after the event’s 9 a.m. start time. The City of Iqaluit also planned a parade and downtown barbecue after noon. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Nunavik musician calls the prospect of performing to a national TV audience ‘mind-blowing’
Randy Olayuk picks scrub near Iqaluit’s Joamie School on Sunday. He said he was gathering the woody plants to sell to a neighbour to use as kindling in a barbecue pit. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Olivia Chislett performs “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan Friday during a karaoke event at Nunavut Brewing Company’s tap room in Iqaluit. Nunavut Pride Society, which organized the event, raised $350, which it plans to spend on a Zoom subscription for better communication with people in the territory’s communities, said society secretary Nicole Giles. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Advocacy organization currently boasts more than 40 members from around Nunavut
Four recipients recognized for contributions to research, Inuit communities
And hunts, and learns, and loves, and laughs, and dares
Iqaluit-based artist Barbara Akoak, right, stands beside three oxidized copper pendants with her child Percy Akoak, on June 11. The pendants, which Akoak made, are featured in the Qillaniq exhibition of circumpolar art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Titled Ancestral Love; Angunatsiuviit?, or “Are you a hunter?”; and F*ck who you want, It’s your body, the works reflect themes of consent, bodily autonomy and Inuit culture. “To be among so much talent — people for whom this is also their full-time job, or what they’re naturally gifted at — I was so emotional and so proud,” Akoak said. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Akoak)
Sophie-Mae Panesar, 3, paints over the RCMP badge on a police truck Saturday as part of a children’s event hosted by officers at the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit. The badge is inscribed with the motto, ‘maintiens le droit,’ or ‘uphold the right’ in English. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Crowd of 100 forms in Iqaluit to watch contest to see who can prepare their meat the fastest
Arts festival’s Pride party honours LGBTQ+ Inuit past, present, and future
Dustin Neil and his children, one-year-old Madison Neil and three-year-old Jackson Neil, enjoy a Father’s Day outing at the Alianait Arts Festival grounds in downtown Iqaluit on Sunday morning. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Anishinaabe artist based in Montreal chosen to come up with design
Terry Uyarak and the Beatrice Deer Band bring Iqaluit arts festival audience to its feet
Pisiit is this year’s festival theme
Hip hop artist Jacob Okatsiak of Arviat brings out an accordion Thursday evening at the Storehouse Bar in Iqaluit, during the Alianait Arts Festival jam. He is backed by drummer Blair Williams. The festival continues through Sunday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
$2.8M to go towards cultural preservation, on-the-land projects, and environmental monitoring initiatives
The U.K.’s Royal Air Force Red Arrows sit on the tarmac June 18 at the Iqaluit Airport as the aerobatic display team makes its way to the east coast of the U.S. for six airshows this summer. (Photo by Mosha Folger)
Paper wins 8 Quebec Community Newspapers Association awards
‘Random chaos’ behind the scenes at arts festival, as almost everything unfolds according to plan, say organizers
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An eight-person crew from Tom Fitzgerald Construction erects the upcoming Alianait Arts Festival’s big top tent in Iqaluit at 2 p.m. on Friday. The festival will take place from June 18-21 and feature such performers as Naja P, a 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Greenland; Beatrice Deer from Quaqtaq; Arviat’s Jacob Okatsiak; and Greenland’s Andachan. (Photo by Daron Letts)
