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Yukon government launches new fund to support immersive professional development for creative and cultural practitioners
Mar 28, 2023 The Government of Yukon is committed to supporting the growth and development of the Yukon’s creative and cultural industries. In keeping with this priority, the Yukon government is launching the Creative and Cultural Career Advancement Fund to provide support for Yukon creative or cultural practitioners. The Creative and Cultural Career Advancement Fund […]
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Read MoreKenn Harper speaks Wednesday on Knud Rasmussen’s Arctic journey – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 22, 2023 Explorer travelled across the North a century ago to learn more about the lives of Inuit Author, historian and Nunatsiaq News contributor Kenn Harper will hold a talk in Ottawa Wednesday describing and celebrating the Fifth Thule Expedition of Knud Rasmussen that occurred close to a century ago. Throughout the early 1900s, […]
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Read MorePassing the Mic, Part 3 — A foot in two worlds – Canadian Geographic
Mar 15, 2023 Inuit Knowledge Keeper George Angohiatok shares stories from his unique childhood and his life mission of teaching the skills and traditions he learned from his family to younger generations George Angohiatok grew up among the last Inuit people to live a fully traditional, nomadic life in the Canadian Arctic. As a child […]
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Read MoreCall for Applications for QCAP 2023-2024
Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 1, 2023 – The Qikiqtani Inuit Association (QIA) is inviting Inuit to submit proposals for the Qikiqtani Cultural Activities Program (QCAP) for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Individual Inuit and community groups from all Qikiqtani communities are invited to submit proposals for projects to run between April 17, 2023 and October 15, 2023. […]
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Read More2022 Minister’s Culture and Heritage Circle Award Recipients announced
February 23, 2023 The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, R.J. Simpson congratulates the 2022 recipients of the Minister’s Culture and Heritage Circle Awards. The Government of the Northwest Territories recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions made by individuals, groups, and organizations who work to strengthen the arts, cultures, heritage, and Indigenous languages of the […]
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Read MoreApply now for the Indigenous languages Mentor-Apprentice Program
February 14, 2023 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is now accepting applications for the Mentor-Apprentice Program. The Mentor-Apprentice Program is a way of learning an Indigenous language where a fluent speaker of the language (a mentor) teaches a committed language learner (an apprentice) through immersion. The goal of the program is to have […]
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Read MoreCelebrations begin Saturday to mark 50 years of Yukon land claims history – CBC
Feb 10, 2023 ‘It just makes me very proud of being a Yukon First Nations citizen,’ says organizer Teagyn Vallevand grew up in the Yukon. She’s a citizen of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation in Whitehorse. But she says she didn’t learn about some of the Yukon’s more impressive First Nations history in high school […]
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Read MoreArctic Inspiration Prize hands out $2.7 million in awards – Nunavut News
February 10, 2023 One million dollars will help expand mental health capacity across Inuit communities throughout the North as part of the 11th annual Arctic Inspiration Prize’s $2.7 million in awards doled out to seven teams on Feb. 8 in Ottawa. Featuring performances by Vision Quest, Beatrice Deer and Terry Uyaruk, under the artistic direction […]
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Read MoreRemembering & Reclaiming Yukon First Nations Birthing Practices
February 7, 2023 CYFN Family Preservation Services will be hosting a community engagement event “Birth is Ceremony: Remembering and Reclaiming Yukon First Nations Birthing Practices”. It will be held on March 6-7 at the Nàkwät’à Kų̀ Potlatch House in Kwanlin Dun. This event will include presentations, sharing circles, and ceremony. We look forward to ongoing […]
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Read MoreGNWT’s Action Plan for Indigenous Languages extended to 2025
February 7, 2023 The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) has extended the timeline of its NWT Indigenous Languages Action Plan to 2024-2025. The action plan has been in place since 2018 and was set to be renewed in 2022-2023. Extending the plan by two years allows the government to align the renewed plan, set […]
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