Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:50:23 -0400

Beginning in 2010 in Arviat Nunavut, the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project is a multi-media history...

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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:49:40 -0400

Jordan Konek with the Yup’ik research team from Nelson...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:35:27 -0400

Jordan Konek with the Yup’ik research team from Nelson Island, Alaska.

Nov. 29, 2012, Washington DC - What do you do while grounded by...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:50:00 -0400

Nov. 29, 2012, Washington DC - What do you do while grounded by Superstorm Sandy? Hang out in the Holiday Inn with Yup’ik Elders and learn how to sew.

It’s hurricane season on the US east coast. Luckily Jordan...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:15:34 -0400

It’s hurricane season on the US east coast. Luckily Jordan and April have plenty of Starbucks coffee & are staying right beside the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Our museum tour was cancelled so we’re hanging out with Yup’ik Elders. Can’t think of a better way to pass the time!

Nunatsiaq News - Nanisiniq film premier at 18th Inuit Studies Conference

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:32:17 -0400

A research team of Inuit youth from Arviat screen their film “Nanisiniq” to an audience...

Jordan Konek from the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project films...

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 14:27:00 -0400

Jordan Konek from the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project films Yup’ik Elders sewing at the Inuit Studies conference in Washington DC. The Nanisiniq team is working with Yup’ik youth Abby Moses of the Yup’ik Elders project to share their approaches to digital media storytelling. Learn more about the Yup’ik Elders project at yupikelders.org

Jordan Konek, Amy Owingayak and Curtis Kuunuaq Konek (l-r.) from...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:03:00 -0400

Jordan Konek, Amy Owingayak and Curtis Kuunuaq Konek (l-r.) from the Nanisiniq team take a break to tour the Smithsonian Museums at the 18th annual Inuit Studies Conference in Washington DC

At the office of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public after our...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:00:41 -0400

At the office of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public after our presentation on the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project.

Check out our slide deck here: http://nanisiniq.tumblr.com/post/34410822184/ashoka-presentation-filming-for-our-future

Ashoka Presentation: "Filming for our Future" Socio-historical, Cross-generational, and multi-media approaches to Inuit youth mental health and wellbeing

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:47:38 -0400

Presented in Arlington Virginia at the office of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public on October...

"From E-Discs to Passports" Proving Inuit Identity without Identification - Presentation @ the 18th Inuit Studies Conference in Washington DC

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:06:13 -0400

We’re on the road again! The Nanisiniq team preparing the...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:05:00 -0400

We’re on the road again! The Nanisiniq team preparing the Inuit Studies conference, held October 24-28th at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.

To get in touch with us while in DC, please come to our presentation “Piliriqatigiinniq Working Together: Making the Past Present: Inuit Youth, History, Culture & New Social Media” at 10:15am on Friday October 26th in Ripley 3035 or contact us at nanisiniq@yahoo.ca or by Twitter at @NanisiniqArviat

See you in the capital!

Our Washington DC presentation schedule:...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:02:00 -0400

Our Washington DC presentation schedule: “Piliriqatigiinniq Working Together: Making the Past Present: Inuit Youth, History, Culture & New Social Media”

Join Curtis Konek from Arviat Nunavut and be a hero! - Global...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Join Curtis Konek from Arviat Nunavut and be a hero! - Global Dignity Day

Jordan Konek: It's NOT the Government, it's the people.

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:48:22 -0400

Jordan Konek: It's NOT the Government, it's the people.: jordan-konek: In the past years I have...

Curtis Kuunuaq Konek of the Nanisiniq Arviat History Projected...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Curtis Kuunuaq Konek of the Nanisiniq Arviat History Projected named Canadian Role Model by Global Dignity Day. Read the full article at Nunatsiaq News Online today!

Nanisiniq Arviat History Project highlighted in the 2011-2012...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0400

Nanisiniq Arviat History Project highlighted in the 2011-2012 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada annual report. Thanks again to SSHRC for continuing to support Inuit youth and participatory action research. Download the final report today at www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

Hivulivut: Is it right ?

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:57:00 -0400

Hivulivut: Is it right ?: hivulipta: The Inuit in all of the past years have been sharing their...

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Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:34:52 -0400

hivulipta: Maguse River Celebration Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2012 The...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:29:28 -0400

hivulipta:

Maguse River Celebration

Aug 31 - Sept 2, 2012

The first missionaries, Gleason & Kathryn Ledyard arrived and educated and ministered to the Inuit in the 1950’s at Maguse River.