Arctic Inspiration Prize announces it’s going virtual – Nunatsiaq News

Feb 2, 2021

The ceremony for the Arctic Inspiration Prize will shift online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making it accessible “from coast to coast to coast,” according to a news release from the prize organization and APTN.

“The AIP is one of Canada’s best kept secrets and we’re thrilled to be able to give this incredible prize, its laureates and the performers from the North the national reach they so deserve,” Monika Ille, CEO of APTN, said in the release.

One $1-million prize, up to four $500,000 prizes and up to seven youth prizes of $100,000 will be awarded to teams for innovative projects related to education, sustainable housing, health, performance art, traditional knowledge, language and science, states the release.

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