Qaujimaviit? is a series of educational, yet entertaining, videos for
people who are interested in Inuktitut and want to learn more about the
subtleties of this language.
In 1953, Inuit families were forcibly relocated to the uninhabited and inhospitable high arctic, 1500 kilometres north of their traditional homeland of Nunavik, in northern Québec, to extend Canadian claims of sovereignty to Ellesmere Island. Inuit endured families torn apart and many years of hardship.… Read more
On January 28 2009, Zacharaias Kunuk delivered the annual Marshal McLuhan
Lecture to the Berlin Transmediale live on IsumaTV from Iqaluit to the
lecture hall in Berlin, including an interactive Q & A.
This video showcases the Pangnirtung Travel-Study Course hosted by Native Studies and Environment, University of Manitoba, which allows students to live and learn amongst the Inuit
The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation provides a window to the Arctic by producing award-winning television programming by Inuit, for Inuit. Created in the late 1970's, IBC is, indeed, Nunavut’s public producer. IBC does not produce the regular fare of TV sitcoms and talk shows.… Read more
Narrated in Inuktitut, Shaping our Future provides a brief overview of the Inuit Art Foundation and its many activities. Combining footage from the Arctic with scenes filmed at the foundation’s headquarters in Ottawa, the 12-minute video follows IAF’s evolution from publisher of a modest newsletter into a model organization for indigenous groups worldwide.… Read more
Established in 1985, the non-profit Inuit Art Foundation (IAF) exists to facilitate the creative expressions of Inuit artists and to foster a broader understanding of these expressions worldwide. The foundation is entirely owned and governed by Inuit artists.
Recorded in 1991, this CD collection of traditional ajaja songs sung by Elders of Igloolik records twenty-four ‘known’ song-stories of the last Inuit generation born into the ancient lifestyle, and the first to move into the modern world of today.… Read more
