Arts & Culture
Apply today to the Piqqusilirivvik Cultural Learning Facility!
Written by Piqqusilirivvik
Are you interested in learning about Inuit Heritage and Culture? Are you over 18 years old and reside in one of Nunavut’s communities? Be one of the first students of Nunavut’s own Piqqusilirivvik Cultural Learning Facility!
Piqqusilirivvik is now accepting applications for the Fall 2012 Program starting August 20th and running through November 30th, 2012. Applications are due Friday, July 27. You can download an application form here.
For those who are interested you can download an application from: www.piqqusilirivvik.ca or contact:
Director Jonathan Palluq
Piqqusilirivvik
P.O. Box 270
Clyde River, NU X0A 0E0
Telephone: (867) 924‐6044
Fax: (867) 924‐6072
Email:
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Website: www.piqqusilirivvik.ca
Visit the Piqqusilirivvik: Inuit Cultural Learning Facility web site
Written by Nunavut Arctic College
Piqqusilirivvik is the new Inuit Cultural Learning Facility which is being established in Clyde River with satellite programming in Baker Lake and Igloolik. It is dedicated to enabling the transfer of traditional culture, knowledge, life style, skill sets and values, taught in the Inuit language and based on Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit guiding principles.
Visit the Piqqusilirivvik: Inuit Cultural Learning Facility web site
College staff presented with Queen’s Jubilee Medals in Rankin Inlet
Written by Nunavut Arctic CollegeThe Board of Governors, students and staff of Nunavut Arctic College would like to congratulate our residence manager Dorothy Atuat Tootoo and president Mike Shouldice.
Shouldice and Tootoo were honoured with Queen’s Jubilee Medals this past weekend along with Charlie Panigoniak and Rankin Inlet Elders Mario Aupilarjuk and Pierre Karlik. The awards were presented by the Hon. Leona Aglukkaq in Rankin Inlet on last week.
“On behalf of the board I wish express our heartiest congratulations to Mike and Dorothy on being awarded Queen's Jubilee medals for their contributions to society,” said Frank Pearce, Chair of the College’s Board of Governors. “It is indeed a great honour to have, not just one, but two of our staff selected for this once in a lifetime award. May they continue to serve as good role models."
The Diamond Jubilee Medal was created by the Government of Canada as part of year-long celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Premier, Commissioner, Member of Parliament and Senator for Nunavut are partners with the federal government in the medal program.
For more information on the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal, please visit http://www.gg.ca/diamondjubilee/
Minister Shewchuk congratulates Arctic College faculty for film awards
Written by the Hon. Daniel Shewchuk, Minister Responsible for Nunavut Arctic CollegeIn the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut today, the Honourable Daniel Shewchuk, Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College, congratulated Arctic College faculty members Louise Flaherty and Neil Christopher for their award winning filmmaking efforts with Inhabit Media.
Premier Aariak: Remembering Jonah Kelly
Written by The Hon. Eva Aariak, Premier of NunavutHerschel Island Qikiqtaryuk: A Natural and Cultural History of Yukon’s Arctic Island
Written by University of Calgary PressHerschel Island is a remarkable place. For hundreds of years, it sustained aboriginal people who lived off the sea, and its shelter provided a base for the western Arctic whaling fleet in the 1890s. It was named by John Franklin during a voyage to establish sovereignty over arctic North America, and it was the location of the first police detachment in the Canadian Arctic.
Saturday: Jewellery and Metalwork annual art exhibition to open in Iqaluit
Written by Nunavut Arctic CollegeThe Nunavut Arctic College Jewellery and Metalwork Program annual year-end art exhibition will open Sunday May 26, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum.
A reception will be held from 1-5 p.m. and the exhibition runs until June 17th.
Don't miss this amazing display of artistic creations from the students of Nunavut Arctic College!
Nominations open for the 2012 Premier’s Council of Federation Literacy Awards
Written by Government of Nunavut Public Service AnnouncementPremier Eva Aariak is seeking nominations for the 2012 Premier’s Council of Federation Literacy Awards.
Nunavummiut are invited to nominate someone who has supported and encouraged others to develop their literacy skills – a student, community volunteer, Elder or co-worker. The nominee chosen will be recognized with an inscribed medallion and certificate presented by Premier Eva Aariak.
Deadline for nominations is June 8, 2026
For award information & nomination forms contact:
Phone: (867) 975-6003
Fax: (867) 975 6099
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http://www.gov.nu.ca/en/COF.aspx
The Muskox Project: Pilot program combines literacy, technology and distance learning in Nunavut
Written by Arctic College, with thanks to Ellen HamiltonEarly Childhood Education students in Igloolik created web-based children’s stories as part of a literacy initiative in the North Baffin called The Muskox Project.
Animated Nunavut film honoured at Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
Written by Nunavut Arctic CollegeThe award-winning animated Nunavut film Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves has won the jury award for "Best Narrative Short" at the 15th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
