July 2011
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Order of Nunavut honours late Arviat educator Mark... →
July 13, 2011
by Sarah Rogers
Mark Kalluak’s work as an author and educator will help to pass Inuit traditional knowledge onto Nunavut’s younger generations. For his efforts, Kalluak has been named to the first Order of Nunavut.
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First People Radio Broadcast: Arctic history makes...
The history of the Arctic is retold, from an Inuit perspective, and the project creates interest at an international conference.
Living a self-propelled lifestyle…
As bicycling moves into the mainstream, it provides transportation, exercise, and recreation. But is it an identity?
Grieving in an online world…
Online grieving, whether on Facebook or other social media, is becoming the new...
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The Tyee: UBC Inuit youth research project garners...
By Ainslie Cruickshank
July 25, 2011 04:51 pm
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Aboriginal-Affairs/2011/07/25/InuitYouth/
A University of British Columbia research project aimed at helping Inuit youth learn more about their history and culture captured international interest at a student conference in China last week.
Fourth year sociology student April Dutheil presented on the...
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Writing Inuit History
by Jordan Konek
July 19, 2011
Since I have been in this project, I’m starting to realize how important it is to keep our culture alive. A rich piece of Inuit lives must be written and remembered because of how rich it really is because of our elders who worked so hard to keep this generation of Inuit alive. If my grandparents James and Helen Konek gave up and just decided to die and decided not...
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The Importance of doing this project in Arviat, Nu...
by Curtis Konek
July 16, 2011
Arviat Nanisiniq History Project is a great way of bonding with our Elders and to colloborate with our Elders and youth to talk about our history and listen to their knowledge. Our Elders have a lot to say, like my grandparents have told me that they can talk for hours and hours about how they survive and what they have done to survive in the arctic. So don’t be...
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Nanisiniq Summer 2011
July 10, 2011
by Jordan Konek
Nanisiniq, a journey of discovery. I think we’re doing what our title is supposed to be doing. We have done a lot of research and came across so many things as we are starting to get to the end. One thing I personally have been doing for the project is editing some videos and posting them on youtube. I’m doing it to kind of advertise the project to the people that...
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Summer with Nanisiniq Group
July 8, 2011
by Amy Owingayak
So far, Nanisiniq group have been meeting to discuss what has to be done over the summer. The group have been talking about who we will talk to and scheduling a time to do an interview, teleconference, etc. The main things that the group is concentrating on for this summer is working on Final Cut Pro so that Nanisiniq History Project group can start working on...
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Media release: ARCTIC HISTORY MAKES HEAT WAVES IN...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARCTIC HISTORY MAKES HEAT WAVES IN SHANGHAI, CHINA
VANCOUVER, BC, JULY 8/2011
April Dutheil, research assistant from the University of British Columbia has been invited by the Universitas 21, the leading network of research universities in the world, to present her research on the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project in Shanghai, China. From July 13-18, Dutheil will partake...
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Young Inuit Working Hard - Canadian Roots
July 5/2011
by Jordan Konek
These past two months I worked so hard to get myself and Michelle Malla to join Canadian Roots Program held in Moosenee and Moose Factory, Ontario. This weekend Michelle Malla and Wnedy Shamee will now be travelling to Toronto, Ontario and get picked up there to Moose Factory this weekend.
CALM AIR: I would like to thank Calm Air for giving free tickets for...
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