John Hodgins

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I have been the Technical Director for IsumaTV since our launch in 2008. I've managed the growth of the site from a simple video blog to an interactive social networking and OTT VOD platform, as well as acting as lead developer for a variety of Isuma's digital projects. I've travelled extensively in the Canadian Arctic managing installation of IsumaTV MediaPlayers in Igloolik, Pangnirtuq and Iqaluit. More recently, I developed the technology and helped launch Uvagut TV, Canada's first national Inuktut television channel.See more

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  • Gjoa Haven | Uqsuqtuuq | ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ

    uploaded by: GjoaHaven

    Gjoa Haven is a Low Bandwidth High Cost internet community. Internet service is 150 times behind southern Canada in cost-per-MB. To overcome this handicap NITV installs local server Mediaplayers to deliver high speed media to slow speed users, and broadcasts our internet films and videos to home TV.

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    uploaded date: 07-03-2016

  • Old Massett

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    The Haida community page is dedicated to telling stories from the Haida perspective. Working in the communities of Skidegate and Old Massett, this page was possible through the Haida Script Development Project, a collaboration between the Council of the Haida Nation, the UBC School of Regional and Community Planning, and NITV (Nunavut Independent Television Network).

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    uploaded date: 08-09-2016

  • Kelly Fraser

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Originally from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, Kelly performed countless concerts across Canada in English and Inuktitut, especially the Arctic (Nunavut and Nunavik), where she was extremely well-known. Seamlessly blending the two languages with her powerful, insightful, and politically-relevant lyrics, her goal was to make the music speak to both Inuit and Qallunaat (“southerners”).

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    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Angela Amarualik

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Angela Amarualik was born and raised in Igloolik, Like many small communities in Canada’s Arctic, Igloolik had many social problems. Angela worked hard to retain good attitude, improve circumstances, and be a role model for the younger kids in her town.… Read more

    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Beatrice Deer

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Beatrice Deer, singer-songwriter, winner of the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards, is from Nunavik. Half Inuit and half Mohawk, Deer left the small Quebec town of Quaqtaq in 2007. She has five albums to her credit. It is a body of work in which she uniquely mixes traditional Inuit throat singing with contemporary indie rock.… Read more

    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Zacharias Kunuk

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Born in 1957 in a sod house on Baffin Island, Zacharias Kunuk was a whalebone carver in 1981 when he sold three sculptures in Montreal to buy a home video camera and 27” TV to bring back to Igloolik, a settlement of 500 Inuit who twice had voted to refuse outside television.… Read more

    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Aleksei Vakhrushev

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Upon graduating from the Director’s Department of the Russian State Film School (VGIK) in 1996, he launched his career with a documentary entitled The Time When Dreams Melt. He continued to film his best work in his native land, focusing on the lives of the local people.… Read more

    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Pakak Innuksuk

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Pakak Innuksuk is a reknowned drum dancer from Igloolik, Nunavut, who performs and teaches all over the Arctic. He is also an actor and associate movie director, known for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001), The Journey of Knud Rasmussen (2006) and Maïna (2013).

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    uploaded date: 10-05-2020

  • Nancy Saunders

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Niap (Nancy Saunders) is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose work has been collected by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Avataq Cultural Institute among others. Based in Montreal, QC, the artist divides her time between the city and her home community of Kuujjuaq, Nunavik—a place that continues to deeply influence her work.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-04-2020

  • About

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    Tunnganarniq is an Inuktitut word meaning welcoming and inclusive. Tunnganarniq Live is a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative live TV platform, to give people access and engagement with Inuit art by Inuit artists sharing live TV content.… Read more

    uploaded date: 15-04-2020

  • Inuit Artists

    uploaded by: John Hodgins

    channel: Tunnganarniq Live TV and Inuit Art

    This map shows a sample of our many incredible Inuit artists, with ways to find out more about them online.

    You may search by an artist’s name, location or medium if you are familiar with them already, or zoom into a region and discover the artists listed in that area! 

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    uploaded date: 13-04-2020

  • 38m 19s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Arviat - Jordan Konek

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes Jordan Konek to the show, to talk about Konek Productions and a few other things. LIVE on July 27th, 2023.

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᕙᓅ ᓄᑲᖅᖠ ᐊᒡᒑᖅ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ ᑯᓐᓂᕐ-ᒥ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒧ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓗᑏᒃ ᑯᓐᓂᐅ ᓴᕿᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ  ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 27, 2023.

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    uploaded date: 27-07-2023

  • 1h 23m 34s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Inuvik - Inuvialuit Piuyausiat

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Host Margaret Elias walks us through a day of events of The Northern Games in Tuktoyaktuk. This episodes features many guests, including returning guests Gerry Kisoun and Guluk Cockney. LIVE on July 22nd, 2023.

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᒫᒍᕆᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᔅ ᐱᓱᑲᑕᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐ ᐱᙳᐊᑲᑕᒃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᒃᑐᐃᔮᖅᑐ-ᒥ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᑦ ᓴᕿᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᐃᖁᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᐃ ᒋᐊᕆ ᑭᓱᓐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒍᓗᒃ ᑳᒃᓂ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 22, 2023.

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    uploaded date: 22-07-2023

  • 1h 17m 1s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Arviat - Susan Karetak

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Host Nuatie Sylvia Aggark welcomes Susan Karetak back to the show for another cooking episode. LIVE on July 20th, 2023.

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᓄᐊᑎ ᓯᐅᕕᐊ ᐊᒡᒑᖅ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᓱᓴᓐ ᖃᕆᑕᖅᒥ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 20, 2023. 

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    uploaded date: 20-07-2023

  • 46m 14s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Arviat - Scotty Shamee

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes Scotty Shamee back to the show for some storytelling. LIVE on July 13th, 2023.

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᕙᓅ ᓄᑲᖅᖠ ᐊᒡᒑᖅ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᔅᑳᑎ ᓴᒦ-ᒥᒃ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᓂᑳᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 13, 2023.

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    uploaded date: 13-07-2023

  • 57m 35s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Inuvik - Gerry Kisoun

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Quyanaq Qaikaffi Pangma Nunaptingnun (Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut)

    Host Margaret Elias welcomes Gerry Kisoun back to the show. LIVE on July 12 2023.

     ᖁᔭᓇ ᖃᐃᒐᕕ ᐹᖕᒪ ᓄᓇᑉᑎᓐᓄ (ᑐᖓᓇᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᕗᑦ)

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᒫᒍᕆᑦ ᐃᓚᔭᔅ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᒋᐊᕆ ᑭᓱᓐ-ᒥ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 12, 2023.

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    uploaded date: 12-07-2023

  • 36m 47s

    Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut: Arviat - Nunavut Day

    uploaded by: IsumaTV

    channel: Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut

    Host Evano Jr. Aggark welcomes everyone to the Nunavut Day 2023 celebrations in Arviat! LIVE on July 9th, 2023.

    ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᐃᕙᓅ ᓄᑲᖅᖠ ᐊᒡᒑᖅ ᑐᖓᓱᖁᔨᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕘ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2023 ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖃᑎᒌᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ! ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᔫᓚᐃ 9 2023.

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    uploaded date: 09-07-2023