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Program name: Tohaknaak
Producer: Cambridge Bay – Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
Host: James Panioyak
Segment 1: In 1988, James Kavana talks with the Anglican and Pentecostal church ministers and the Catholic priest in Cambridge Bay and then others, including Mary Sillett, about their views on abortion. The Regional Health Boards also meet about abortion.
Segment 2: People from Kugluktuk singing ajaaja, drumming and dancing.
Segment 3: Sarah Green gives information on smoking and cancer. A couple of medical personnel demonstrate cervical cancer screening using a plastic model and talk about other cancers.
The video ends with square dancing outdoors.
The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, established in Canada's territory of Nunavut, has been producing Inuit language video, by, for and about Inuit since 1981. This video is from their collection and has been made available on the Internet for your enjoyment through funding provided by the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut.
