Students and adults gather every Monday to perform, paint and share baked goods
It’s Monday evening at Jaanimmarik High School in Kuujjuaq, and the art building is buzzing with music and creativity. Secondary students and adults have come to perform, listen and make art.
Alooloo Joe Atagootak displays a pair of leather and fur mitts she won during a game at the community hall Tuesday in Pond Inlet. The community hosted activities for all ages to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Dylan Mablick/Hamlet of Pond Inlet)
Hamlet’s lone pastor talks about regrets, fears and achievements
Tarralik Duffy turns everyday items into hand-sewn sculptures
Community members gather at the front of the Cambridge Bay community hall Tuesday for a group selfie to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)
Noah Kudluk drums at the community hall in Cambridge Bay on Tuesday. The community gathered for a feast and games in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. (Photo courtesy of Krista Matthews)
Fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation marked with ceremony in Ottawa
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Entrepreneurial artists Kenneth Mathewsie, left, of Kenny’s Crochet, and Alicia Angrove of Alicia’s Jewelry, display their handmade wares in the foyer of the Igluvut Building in Iqaluit on Friday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Governor General emphasizes Inuit-led education and dialogue with government, Crown in reconciliation efforts
Nunavummiut start adopting the newly revived bear-shaped plates
Public meeting in Iqaluit on Friday to give public chance to comment, ask questions
Money offers Inuit artists support for materials, skill development and large-scale projects
Nadene McMenemy is an award-winning volunteer, royalist and doer
Iqaluit artist Yurak, who goes by one name, works on beaded jewelry Wednesday in the foyer of the Aqsarniit hotel in Iqaluit. Yurak was taking part in an arts market at the entrance to the Nunavut Trade Show and Conference, which is being held at the hotel and continues through Thursday. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Acting coach Natar Ungalaaq, left, and director Zacharias Kunuk sit in the Astro Theatre in Iqaluit Friday as they await a free screening of Kunuk’s film “Uiksaringitara (The Wrong Husband).” The filmmaker and actors stayed for a question-and-answer session with the audience. The film was named best Canadian feature film at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Premier P.J. Akeeagok, left, watches as Igloolik musician Terry Uyarak performs “Aniqsaatuinnarit,” which means just breathe in English. Uyarak sang to MLAs and staff Friday at the legislature after Akeeagok awarded him a King Charles III coronation medal. Akeeagok praised Uyarak for his Inuktitut songwriting. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
ᖃᓄᐃᓐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐸᐃᓯᑰᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᓴᐅᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᕗᕌᓐᔅᒥ ᐅᐸᒃᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐸᐃᓯᑰᖅᑎᓂ ᕼᐋᒻᓚᓕᒫᒥᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐹᐱᑭᐅᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ
Jackson Pijamini, left, watches as his mother, Emma Pijamini, cuts beluga blubber with an ulu alongside Rose Audlakiak, Nevaeh Newkingnak and her mother Laura Newkingnak. Families enjoyed Arctic char and other country food Wednesday evening at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit as part of the Embrace Life Council’s 20th anniversary feast. (Photo by Daron Letts)
ᑖᓐᔭ ᑕᒑᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓰ ᐳᑐᒎᑉ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖓ ‘It Bears Repeating’ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒦᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆ 27−ᒥ ᓵᓚᖃᐅᓯᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ
Toronto International Film Festival filmgoers pack Royal Alexandra Theatre for screening of Zacharias Kunuk’s new film
Fred Novoligak, left, and Helen Mannilaq with their granddaughter McKenna Mannilaq Taipana, 4, and daughter Codie Bolt, 13, prepare for a boat ride up the Coppermine River from Kugluktuk on Monday. The family planned to fill four buckets with freshwater from the river, Novoligak said. They, like many locals, prefer freshwater to tap because it “tastes better.” (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
Rita Pigalak, left, and Wilma Pigalak pick cranberries and blueberries for tea and muffins on a hill just south of Kugluktuk on Sunday. The tundra is so bursting with fall colours that it looks almost like the prairies in the old westerns, Rita said. “The only thing that’s missing is a cowboy on a horse,” she joked. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)
: ᑲᒦᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᑉ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᖃᕐᕕᖓᓄᑦ
Susan Aglukark reflects on childhood, early songwriting days and ‘survival tools’ during national book tour
