‘I am a person that was brought up in a muskrat camp’: Nellie Cournoyea embodies community in new stamp series
“Every community has a special aura, a special group of people, and in their effort to make a life, they create a stamp on earth,”…
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Western Arctic Youth Collective wins $97K in AIP youth category
The Western Arctic Youth Collective will be expanding its events and programming thanks to the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). On Feb. 17, the collective was awarded…
Inuvialuit, Gwich’in team up to build new contracting company
The Inuvialuit Development Corporation and Gwich’in Development Corporation have come together to create Delta North Alliance, a general contracting company. In a news release, the…
Western Arctic Youth Collective a finalist for AIP youth category
The Arctic Inspiration Prize is an annual competition aimed at supporting and bolstering innovative projects in the North to benefit northerners.
A youth-led organization from the Northwest Territories is a finalist for the Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP). The Western Arctic Youth Collective was started in 2018…
IRC calls out violence against Mi’kmaq fishers in Nova Scotia
“Inuvialuit remember a time when our rights to harvest were under threat from outsiders,” says Duane Ningaqsiq Smith. The chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit…
Teen girls combat racism in fourth edition of Inuvialuit magazine
Nipatur̂uq means to have a loud voice or to speak loudly.
As a young Indigenous woman, Mataya Gillis never felt that her voice was being heard. Gillis hopes to “fight the stigma” when it comes to…
Reimbursement program launched by IRC to help students with distance education
The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation is reimbursing students in need of electronic equipment for the upcoming school year. The IRC announced in a press release it…
Inuvialuit artist designs Canadian Mint collector coin
Myrna Pokiak's design was selected to commemorate the NWT's 150th anniversary.
Myrna Pokiak, an Inuvialuit artist, has designed a collector coin that reflects the Inuit, First Nations and Métis peoples who shape the Northwest Territories. This…
Celebrations across NWT mark 35th Anniversary of Inuvialuit Final Agreement
Folks are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement today in Inuvik and across the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, which stretches…