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NWT Indigenous leader to be honoured with Canada Post stamp – CKLB Radio
June 5, 2025 This will be the fourth set of stamps made for Canada Post’s multi-year Indigenous Leaders series Alongside two other prominent Indigenous figures, a translator and teacher from the NWT will be honoured for her work with a special stamp from Canada Post. Born in the small NWT hamlet of Ulukhaktok, Julia Haogak […]
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Sedna heads to the Prairies after company acquires Bart Hanna Kappianaq sculpture – Nunatsiaq News
Jun 5, 2025 Penn-co Construction to unveil piece Thursday at ceremony honouring Indigenous voices and narratives When Bart Hanna Kappianaq started working seven months ago on his latest Sedna sculpture, he didn’t know it would take him on a journey. “I didn’t even have a clue about all these things until someone wanted to spend […]
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Ehts’o nàtsʼeelıı (We Sew Beads) exhibit by Tłı̨chǫ Dene Matthew Vukson coming to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
June 3, 2025 Ehts’o nàtsʼeelıı (We Sew Beads) by Tłı̨chǫ Dene Matthew Vukson is a new exhibit opening at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC). The opening reception will be on June 5, 2025, from 7:00-8:30pm. Matthew Vukson is a bead artist based in Brantford, Ontario. He has maternal ties to Behchokǫ̀ and […]
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Teaching Tom Cruise about sealskin: Inuit star in new Mission Impossible movie – RCI
June 2, 2025 Lucy Tulugarjuk reflects on her role and the future of Inuit in cinema A couple of years ago, Lucy Tulugarjuk got a call while she was working on a film in her home community of Igloolik. It was a call asking the well-known Nunavut director and actress if she wanted to be part of the new Mission […]
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Group to hold gatherings about Akaitcho Hall as art centre site – Cabin Radio
May 28, 2025 The NWT Art Centre Initiative is holding public gatherings on the history and impact of Akaitcho Hall. The non-profit is aiming to build a non-commercial art gallery and visual arts-focused community centre in Yellowknife. In a press release announcing the upcoming gatherings, the organization said the former Akaitcho Hall lot had “emerged […]
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Caitlin Cleveland: 2025 NorthWords NWT Writer’s Festival
May 27, 2025 Check against delivery Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize an important cultural milestone. The NorthWords NWT Writers Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary: twenty years of championing Northern voices and building community through storytelling. Launched in 2006, NorthWords was born from a vision to bring Canada’s most celebrated literary voices to […]
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Deadline Extended: Enter the Qilaut 2025 Inuktut Songwriting Contest
May 21, 2025 Passionate about writing and performing your own songs in Inuktut? Why not apply to Nunavut’s premier annual Inuktut songwriting contest? Submissions are now open for Qilaut 2025 – Nunavut’s annual Inuktut songwriting contest. This year’s themes are Pirursatillunga and Inuit Sanasimajangit. 2025 marks a special milestone for Qilaut as it is the […]
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Government of Nunavut and Winnipeg Art Gallery Qaumajuq renew Memorandum of Agreement
Iqaluit, Nunavut (May 20, 2025) – The Government of Nunavut (GN) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq (WAG) have renewed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to extend the decade-long partnership to manage part of the GN’s collections. The MOA defines the terms for WAG- Qaumajuq to continue housing over 7,000 items from the GN’s fine art collection, provide […]
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Arviat singer-songwriter returns with new Inuktitut album – Nunatsiaq News
May 8, 2025 First single from ‘Agaaqtoq 2’ released May 2; full album expected in late summer Ten years after releasing his debut album, Arviat performer Agaaqtoq is returning to the northern music scene with the upcoming release of his second studio album, Agaaqtoq 2. The album includes 10 original tracks written and performed in […]
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Folk on the Rocks announces second wave of 2025 artists – Cabin Radio
May 2, 2025 Folk on the Rocks has named 12 musical acts, a puppetry group, dance troupe and yoga studio in its second of three 2025 lineup announcements. Northern artists on the list include the Aurora Fiddle Society, Carmen Braden, Cassandra Blondin Burt, DJ TMixxy, MOOCH, Iqaluit’s Josh Q and “local supergroup” Northern Mail Service. […]
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