For most folks, news of another federal budget can be met with indifference or disdain. But Kelsey Wrightson, executive director of the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning, admits she was on the edge of her chair on budget day, April 16. Wrightson told a gathering today at Dechinta’s Yellowknife…
The Yellowknife Historical Society made its own bit of history this week, with the grand opening of the Historical Museum & Interpretive Centre. The Historical Society sought Indigenous and Métis input throughout the development of the museum, as there exists a contentious relationship between Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and…
As a child, Willis Janvier remembers pretending to be a radio commentator for hockey tournaments. He was taking after his father, who was himself a broadcaster. But he didn’t expect he would later become a broadcaster himself, let alone in his mother tongue. Now, Janvier is the host of a…
Tutoring services, online programs, and a 14-passenger van. These are some of the things the Inuvik Native Band will do with $1.6 million in new federal funding for youth programming. The funding is provided through Jordan’s Principle and was announced by the Band on Friday. Chief Robert Charlie-Tetlichi acknowledges it’s…
“You have no idea what it is to live life with the fear that your child could commit suicide at any time,” says Violet Collinson with tears in her eyes. “And anything that encourages that, I’m against.” Collinson has a deeply personal connection to today’s rally: She says her own…
William Rodgers and Rylan Wainman couldn’t stop talking about their workouts. Their philosophy teacher called them “meatheads.” Rather than quiet down, the two students of East Three Secondary school in Inuvik decided to turn their love of fitness into a science experiment. Now, their study on the social acceptance of…
When Wendy Stephenson was a teacher in Wekweètì 40 years ago, getting students interested in books was a challenge. “In the 70s, 80s, there weren’t a lot of materials that were relevant to kids that were living in communities,” she says. She wrote a handful of children’s books — Randy…
Lisa Boivin was taken from her home community of Deninu Kųę́ when she was a baby. Nearly 40 years later, she reconnected with her father Bill Norn. Prior to his passing in 2016, Boivin says they spoke often of the meaning of their dreams. Boivin leaned on her father’s teachings…
While offering tourists an authentic Arctic experience is a benefit, the main goal for Tuktuyaaqtuuq’s upcoming arts and culture centre is for Inuvialuit to honour their own people. “The project really is for the community and for the Inuvialuit to celebrate who we are,” says Annie Steen, the project’s leader. …
CKLB Radio · Canol Trail Hike The Canol Trail Hike is happening again in July in the Sahtu. Norman Yakeleya goes on the hike every year, even though he tells himself at the end of the hike each year, that he’s not doing it again as he looks at the…