Ashoka Presentation: “Filming for our Future” Socio-historical, Cross-generational, and multi-media approaches to Inuit youth mental health and wellbeing
Presented in Arlington Virginia at the office of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public on October 26 2012
Young Arviat filmmaker a mentor for youth: Jordan Konek travels the world following his passion
Nicole Garbutt
Northern News Services
Published Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012
ARVIAT
Jordan Konek has found himself all over the globe in the past few years, film camera in hand.
Jordan Konek, a 23-year-old filmmaker in Arviat, lines up a shot on one of his many ongoing projects. - photo courtesy of Jordan Konek
After graduating from a theatre production program in Toronto, Konek returned to his home community of Arviat, only to be pulled almost immediately into a project by his cousin, Curtis Kuunuaq Konek. What Jordan did not know is that the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project would open many doors for him, both personally and professionally. Read the full article on Northern News Services Online.
International Polar Year conference, Montreal April 23-27, 2012 - Zacharias Kunuk with young filmmakers and Elder Martha Okotak from the Nanisiniq Arviat History Project. Photo- Ian Mauro
