Opera North, England will play 'The Idea of North: Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner' on Saturday, 31st Oct 2009.
An
international sensation on its release in 2001, Atanarjuat is the epic
account of an 11th Century Inuit blood feud and the first feature made
in the Inuktitut language.
In November 2008, people of Indigenous Nations from across Canada, youth and elders, met in Winnipeg to discuss the defence of mother earth and the struggle for Indigenous rights.
One of the results of this meeting was a call for allies to organize a week of educational events on Indigenous rights and Indigenous struggles. … Uqalimakkanirit
Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced an investment by
the Government of Canada of $135 million for new construction and the
renovation of health services infrastructure in First Nations
communities across Canada.
Meteorologists opened the World Climate Conference on Monday in what a
US official called a "critical" attempt to share information globally
and help communities worldwide adapt to climate change.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General, Michel Jarraud ---------------->
Nunavut's newest Canadian senator will be Dennis Patterson, who was
premier of the Northwest Territories before Nunavut was carved out of
it 10 years ago.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Patterson's appointment, along with eight others, in a release Thursday.
What could be more disturbing than to see an iceberg melt before your eyes ? Here are some links & videos collected on the web... A testimony of climate change.
Qu'y a-t-il de plus impressionnant que de voir un iceberg fondre devant vos yeux ? Voici quelques liens & vidéos recueillis sur le web... Un témoignage du changement climatique.
Last year's Arctic adventure by
l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will hit the big screen at the
Montreal World Film Festival on Sept. 5, for the premiere showing of Tusarnituuq! Nagano in the Land of the Inuit.
Barely 100 days before the world hopes to seal a global climate treaty,
the UN's top climate scientist has given his personal endorsement to
hugely ambitious goals for slashing emissions.
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gestures at a press briefing ------>
"The remarkable films out of Canada's north over the past decade have been dominated by men, in particular Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn, the duo behind Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen.
In a territory of almost 32,000 people – most under 25 – scattered across 1.9 million square kilometres with little in the way of transportation infrastructure, Internet access is an issue.
The headquarters for the new Canadian Northern Economic Development
Agency will be located in Iqaluit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper
announced on Tuesday.
Harper was joined by Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq and Indian and
Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl in making the announcement at
the city's Arctic Games Arena as part of the prime minister's five-day
tour.
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