David started playing guitar when he was 8 year old in Naujaat and has been playing ever since. He has written at least 26 songs and makes copies on CD. David has a band with his brothers in Repulse Bay which started around 2007 or 2008 and has travelled to: Coral Harbor, Folks on the rocks, Rankin Inlet, Iqaluit, Puvirnituq and Igloolik and Arviat where he currently lives.
Monica Pingushat makes wall hangings that hang in many places all over Canada, on displays that she has made. Her mother taught her how to do wall hangings at age of 17 (in 1979) and she has not stopped making them since because she enjoys making them so much. Each wall hanging has a different meaning with different designs telling different stories.
Paul Irksuk is a well known song writer across Nunavut and Nunavik. He started singing on stage around 1970s with one of his first band with Simon Sigjariak and Charlie Panigoniak; also Andy Aliyak, Leonard Teenar Paul Kaludjak and Harry Tautungi. As of today his band consists of David Kuksuk, John Kuksuk, Billy Kuksuk, Sandy Okatsiak and his son Arsene Irksuk.… Uqalimakkanirit
Hattie Alagalak is an elder in Arviat Nunavut. She is originally from Coral Harbour but has been living in Arviat since 1977. Hattie has been cooking/baking since she was 14 years old, throughout the years she has been teaching other people how to make traditional and modern food.… Uqalimakkanirit
JAHS graduates and role models for Inuit youth, Shelby Angalik and Innosar Issakiark from Arviat TV share their reflections on the 2016 Arviat Hope Walk.
The youth-organized event was conceived during the Arviat Youth Leadership Camp held July 1-8, 2016 with support from the Hamlet of Arviat, TakingITGlobal and the Samuel Family Foundation.
Arviat Television's Ethan Tassiuk caught up with Innosar Issakiark for a musical break during the 2016 Arviat Youth Leadership Camp this July.
The camp, held July 1-8 saw more than a dozen highly-engaged young leaders developing their community development skills with support from the Hamlet of Arviat, TakingITGlobal and the Samuel Family Foundation.
Master of Public Health student Gregory Corosky discusses his initial findings from his research on "Investigating Experiences of Sexual Health Among Inuit Youth: A Public Health Study of an At-Risk Population in Canada."
Created by Gord Billard of Arviat from footage shot by students who took part in the annual land retreat for potential graduates of John Arnalukjuak High School.
Created by Ancilla Irkok of Arviat as part of the Department of Education's video contest on language preservation. Ancilla was awarded a Blackberry Playbook for her efforts on this video.
