September 2011
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Excuse us, We're kissing the sky & Making out
by Jordan Konek
September 28, 2011
For the past few month I’ve been in the project theres been so many things going on. One opportunity opens up, then the other opens up after we take the opportunity. It’s like we’re creating a chain that has never existed and we’re putting it all together so that we can use it.
It’s been a great experience and after each experience there’s been so many...
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We used to be Scared
by Jordan Konek
September 26, 2011
There’s a lot of things that start to change in our personal lives as we get older. It’s the human nature that is what’s controlling it, being afraid of something. Curtis and I went out hunting for caribou. As we went out hunting, we reminiscent a lot of good memories. On our first stop for lunch 30km away from Arviat in Mukyuniknaaq, we started chatting...
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Nanisiniq on CBC News
Check out Nanisiniq on CBC North News: Iqalaaq
We are at the 11 minute mark. Click here for the link.
Mutna Pauline Pemik!
Join our IQ Film Festival - For the First Time...
We are ready and very excited for our first pre-COP 17 event tonight- the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival! I wanted to pass along a few extra instructions for those that are unable to attend in person but would like to attend the online Q&A with Arviat and Dr. Ian Mauro. We hope that our friends from UBC, Ottawa, and Nunavummiut from outside Arviat will join us. We Instructions are as...
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Northern News Services: Arviat film festival...
Darrell Greer Northern News Services Published Tuesday, September 20, 2011
ARVIAT The Nunavut Arctic College Learning Centre is scheduled to host a special event involving the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project this coming week.
The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival will begin at 6 p.m. CST in Arviat on Tuesday, Sept. 27, with works done by the Nanisiniq group, as well as Zacharias...
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NS students embark on a year of learning in Ottawa →
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Inuit youth researcher, Amy Owingayak, attends...
The Nanisiniq Arviat History Project team congratulates and supports Amy Owingayak as she embarks on a new “journey of discovery” to attend the Nunavut Sivuniksavut Training Program in Ottawa.
Nunavut Sivuniksavut is college program for Inuit youth from Nunavut who want to prepare to work for the new Government of Nunavut. To read more about this year’s group of NS students,...
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From igloo to mine-shaft: Nunavut’s first Inuit... →
This summer the Abandoned Mines project teamed up with Inuk researcher and filmmaker Jordan Konek of the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project to explore the history of the Rankin Inlet mine. See the news story in Nunatsiaq Online . For more about the Abandoned Mines project and the Rankin Inlet Nickel Mine research check out the AMP’s new website by clicking here.
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Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada and Arviat Youth...
September 14, 2011
To shoot their educational film on Inuit fatherhood, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada has been working with Arviat youth actors from John Arnalukjuak High School’s drama class. Jordan Konek from the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project has been assisting Pauktuutit both as a camera operator and producer. After filming in Arviat, Jordan will accompany Pauktuutit for two...
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Young people from the North: Do you want to make a...
We are pleased to announce that the second Young Leaders’ Summit on Northern Climate Change will be held in Yellowknife, NT, from November 10 to 12, 2011.
The Young Leaders’ Summit on Northern Climate Change is designed to help participants build their leadership skills; learn to effectively communicate the impacts of climate change in their communities and around the world;...
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ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᔪᐊᕐᑕᓐ ᑯᓐᓂᒧᑦ
ᐃᓚᒃᓂᑯᑦ ᓱᓕᕆᓱᐊᖏᒥᐊᖅᑕᔪᔪᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓗᕿᒃᑐᓂᓯᐅᕈᐊᖏᒥᐊᖅᖢᖓᓗ. ᓴᒃᓇᑕᐃᓕᐊᕈᓯᑉ ᐊᑯᕐᖓᒃᓂ ᑕᑭᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᐅᓱᒐᓇᕐᓇᒥ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖅᑕᖃᕐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓐᓄᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᑦᖃᖅᑎᒃᓇᒋᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓗᒃᑕᖅ ᐱᒐᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐅᕐᓂᑯᒥᒃ ᓴᕙᒃᑎᑉᔪᖓ.
ᐊᐃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ 10 ᐅᑉᓚᑯᑦ ᐅᐊᔪᓕᐅᕐᓂᑯᒥᒃ ᓴᕙᒃᑎᐊᓂᒃᑲᒪ ᐊᑐᒐᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᒥᕋᐃᔭᕐᕕᒃ 27, 2011 ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᐃᑦᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑎᖃᓕᖅᐸᑕ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐃᓚ ᑐᐸᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ 3 ᒥᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐃᒐᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᒃᖢᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᓂᓕᓚᐅᑦᖃᖅᖢᖓᓗ, ᓴᐱᒥᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓᓱᓕ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ ᐊᑕᒃᑕᑯᑦᓄᓕᐊᒥᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᒡᔭᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᒪᖓᕐᒥᒃ...
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Inuit and Qablunaat Youth stand up for Education
Education is an important part of engaging youth with the social and political issues faced by Canadians today. For Inuit youth, improved education can strengthen Inuit culture, language and develop young Inuit leadership. These are goals that inspire the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project to create educational films for Inuit youth, by Inuit youth.
Improved education can also tackle climate change...
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Do You Know Jordan Konek!? He's....
by Jordan Konek
September 14, 2011
Today, I started working with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. We did our workshop this morning and this afternoon. We started off our workshop by introducing each other, the Pauktuutit team and the High school students. Each group was chatting about what they do and what they’re trying to do.
Then an interesting for myself came up, one of the high...
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A Journey to Discover
by Jordan Konek
September 6, 2011
There are some times when I really don’t feel like doing anything and want to stay away from certain things going on. During the long weekend there was Maguse Reunion going on and during the night before I was staying up all night doing editing.
I went home around 10AM after doing some editing for the September 27, 2011 Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival....
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Nanisiniq presenting in Durban, South Africa
by Amy Owingayak
September 4, 2011
The Nanisiniq group will be presenting on climate change and social health in Durban, South Africa from November 28- December 9, 2011. We have been collecting information from our Elders about climate change. We will use that information to present climate change from an Inuit perspective. The group is partnering with Canadian Youth Delegation to attend...
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About COP17 in Durban South Africa
by Curtis Konek
September 4, 2011
What I have learn about COP17, taking place in Durban, South Africa, is that COP17 is all about climate change and health. It’s about trying to do better for our environment. There is going to be a lot of people from all around the world there, sharing their own perspectives and knowledge on climate change from their own tradition and culture. Some are going to...
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Nunatsiaq News Photo: A new tool for Nanisiniq →
Silas Illangiayok, an elder advisor on Arviat’s Nanisiniq history project, and Curtis Konek, one of the project’s researchers, test out the image distortion function on a new iMac used by by the Nunavut Research Institute to help produce a documentary film. Over the past year, members of the Nanisiniq team have collected archival footage and shot interviews with elders for a...
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Letters to the Echo: I do not wish to leave my... →
This letter was written by the late Inuit Elder Donald Suluk of Arviat. It was originally published in the May 1972 edition of the Keewatin Echo, edited by the late Mark Kalluak of Arviat.
Read the full May 1972 issue of the Keewatin Echo (PDF).
