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Ministers Responsible for Arts Celebrate 30 Years of the Great Northern Arts Festival
YELLOWKNIFE (July 11, 2018) – Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Wally Schumann and Minister of Education, Culture and Employment Caroline Cochrane offer the following statement commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Great Northern Arts Festival. “The arts help build our economy, enhance our education, strengthen our communities’ and most of all, bring us together. They also […]
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Facebook to launch Inuktut edition in 2019 – Nunatsiaq.com
July 10, 2018 Inuktut speakers now helping with translations in new app Facebook will be available in the Inuit language by 2019, the social media company announced on July 9, on Nunavut Day. And Inuktut speakers can now help with the translation of words from English into Inuktut, using the Translate Facebook app, to suggest […]
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Pangnirtung artists launch first print collection since 2011 – Nunatsiaq.com
July 06, 2018 Uqqurmiut centre shows new prints from 2018 at Nunavut Arts Festival Copper-etching plates used by famous Pangnirtung artists deck the walls of a spacious print shop at the Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts. A few steps away, there’s a worktable stacked with old catalogues from print collections past, launched over the […]
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23rd Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie – Federal-Provincial-Territorial
July 06, 2018 KEEPING IN TOUCH: GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO WORK in partnership TO IMPROVE FRENCH-LANGUAGE SERVICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY The ministers responsible for the Canadian Francophonie held their annual meeting under the theme “Keeping in Touch” on July 5 and 6, 2018. The 23rd Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, […]
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Facebook Canada opens Inuktut for translation on Nunavut Day
TORONTO, July 9, 2018 – Facebook Canada, in partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) and Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit (IUT), announced that it is opening Inuktut for translation so that the community can help translate Facebook into their language. Giving people the ability to connect in their own language on Facebook is essential to helping people build more […]
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Facebook seeks help translating its interface into the language of the North – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 9, 2018 By Rob Drinkwater THE CANADIAN PRESS Facebook is asking Inuktut speakers for their help in translating the social networking site into the language of the North. Starting on Monday, which is also Nunavut Day, Inuktut speakers can access the Translate Facebook app, where they will be presented with words and […]
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Federal legislation should recognize Inuktut as official language in Inuit Nunangat: ITK – Nunatsiaq.com
July 06, 2018 “The idea is to close the gap” Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami hopes that new federal legislation will put Inuktut speakers and learners across the country on more equal footing with each other, as well as with Canada’s other official-language speakers. The federal Department of Canadian Heritage is hosting the last few months of […]
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Nunavut Arts Festival kicks off – Nunatsiaq.com
July 04, 2018 Barbecue tonight, print launch on Sunday, don’t forget to grab a graphic tee It’s round two for summer festivals in Iqaluit this week, with today’s start of the Nunavut Arts Festival, run annually by the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association. The festival, which will run from July 4 to July 9, opens […]
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Yukon’s Adaka Cultural Festival draws talent from across the North – CBC
Week-long event celebrates and highlights Indigenous culture, traditional and modern Jul 04, 2018 For Heather Bell Callaghan, cedar weaving is all about letting go. “It’s kind of hard to explain — it’s very meditative, and very healthy,” she said, while teaching her craft at the Adaka Cultural Festival in Whitehorse. “At first, you think that […]
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Stitch by stitch, mooseskin boat on historic journey through the Dehcho – CBC
40-foot canoe slung over the Virginia Falls by helicopter in spectacular fashion Jul 04, 2018 After more than three weeks, seven moosehides and a lot of hard work, a historic journey planned for the Dehcho region has made it over a major hurdle. It’s called the Nahanni River of Forgiveness project and, according to Dehcho […]
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