Canada’s first and only Inuk professional classical singer and recording artist, Deantha Edmunds, has performed on stages across the world. A proud resident of Newfoundland and Labrador, Edmunds is a laureate of the prestigious Hnatyshyn Foundation REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards.
Lucy Tulugarjuk interviews Inuk opera singer Deantha Edmunds - "My dream is to use my voice to share some of Nunatsiavut’s unique musical heritage, across Inuit Nunangat and beyond. My hope is to expand the tradition of classically oriented, Indigenously-grounded original music." (Original Broadcast - January 13, 2021). Produced by NITV.
Lazarus Qattalik is a young Inuk artist from Igloolik, Nunavut. He grew up drumming for the local church close to his house and became a drummer for the band "Kikkukiaq" which he was very involved in. Now with his own band, he released his first album "Iqippagit" (hugs) in 2017.
Bart Hanna Kappianaq is a renowned sculptor based in Igloolik, NU. Hanna Kappianaq was taught the basics of carving by his father when he was young and later pursued formal artistic training at Algonquin College in Ottawa, ON. He works with soapstone, serpentinite, alabaster, ivory and bone to create carvings that stay true to the nature of the material.… Read more
Born in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit). The youngest of Susan (Seamstress, Actor, Production Designer, Screen writer, Author) and Jacob (Carver) Avingaq. She was raised in Igloolik but because her dad worked at the school she would be out on the land late spring and summer when school was out.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.’s Phase 2 development proposal for the Mary River mine continues, and IsumaTV/DID records the process of public engagement sessions in communities. Sessions started in January 2019, leading to public hearings scheduled for summer 2019.
Tunnganariq Nunagijavut (Welcome to Where We Live Now) is a weekly, live cultural and current affairs series produced in-house by Uvagut TV with community partners throughout Inuit Nunangat.
Based on oral histories and conversations with elders who grew up on the land, ᐅᐃᒃᓴᕆᖕᒋᑕᕋ Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) follows director Zacharias Kunuk’s cinematic tradition of critically acclaimed Inuktut-language historical drama pieces set in the distant past, like Atanarjuat The Fast Runner (2001) and Angakusjaujuaq: The Shaman’s Apprentic… Read more
Arsaniq Deer is from a small village of around 500 people, Quaqtaq, Nunavik QC. She's 22 and lives in Montreal. She likes sewing, painting, beading, embroidery, and tattooing traditional Inuit tattoos.
Host Sylvia Aggark invites Paul K. Irksuk, Billy Kuksuk, Johnny Tassiuk and John Kuksuk to play Gospel music LIVE on Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut on March 3rd, 2022.
Willow Allen was born and raised in Inuvik. She moved to pursue a degree in social work at MacEwan university in Edmonton. It was a few weeks later there that she found her signing with a modelling agency. Her modelling journey has taken her to Montreal, Toronto, Singapore, and New York City in the last 3 years.… Read more
Host Margaret Noksana sits down with model and aspiring social worker Willow Allen to talk about modelling, travelling the world and her future plans LIVE on the Tunnganarniq Show, March 2, 2022.
Host Charmaine Komak interviews Ernie Eetak and his wife Angeline LIVE on February 10th, 2022 for Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut in Arviat. With special guest Ludavic Onerk from Search and Rescue.
Host Jessie Kangok talks with Aliqa Illauq, an instructor and facilitator at Nunavut Sivuniksavut, and Carissa Metcalfe-Coe, a student at Carleton University LIVE on Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut February 1st, 2022.
