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First animation film workshop made with kids from Uummannaq Children Home, with the help from Søren Olsen.Danish subtitles, Greenlandic talks...
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First animation film workshop made with kids from Uummannaq Children Home, with the help from Søren Olsen.Danish subtitles, Greenlandic talks...
Live broadcast of the QIA Community Engagement Tour for Phase II of the Mary River Project.As part of its community project Qikiqtani Voices, NITV is broadcasting radio shows live from the QIA engagement tour, airing in Arctic Bay, Clyde River, Hall Beach, Igloolik and Pond Inlet as well as live streaming and archiving on IsumaTV.View Radio Schedule HERE Mount Point: /qikiqtani read more
Atanarjuat The Fast Runner by Inuit director Zacharias Kunuk has been named Canada's best film of all time by the Toronto International Film Festival.read more
This beautiful video was made as a grant application for the nonprofit Naarjuk in 2012.
CameramenWesley Totalik & Okpik Simon PoodlatEdited byJoseph Quqqiaq Jr2015 New Years Square Dance Taloyoak,Nunavut.Accordion tunes byJoseph Quqqiaq Sr.
Cameramen & EditsRita Jayko & Abby TotalikAugust 23 2005.Taloyoak,Nunavut.Uploaded byJoseph Quqqiaq Jr.
O Consentimento Livre, Prévio, e Informado (CLPI) é o princípio em que as comunidades têm o direito de dar consentimento aos projetos que afetem as terras, recursos, e os meios de vida deles.read more
Esta serie le invita a una gira de las comunidades indígenas de Panamá y Costa Rica. Con el equipo de Sobrevivencia Cultural, visitamos a Kuna Yala, tierra de los Kuna; Ngobe-Bugle, tierra de los Ngobes y los Bugles; a Amubri, tierra del pueblo Bribri; y a Boruca, tierra del pueblo Brunca, además de varios otros lugares.read more
Duane Smith of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was invited by The Economist to present the views of Inuit at its premier Canadian event held here today, called The Canada Summit: Confronting the Big Questions.The event’s main panellists and speakers included Alberta’s Premier Jim Prentice and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen F. Poloz, as well as many bankers, economists, and chief executives who addressed issues such as glo
Footage from Artcirq's performance of ASIU (Lost) at the 2014 edition of the Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit.Asiu is Artcirq's latest show and is inspired by the traditional Inuit legend Amaqup Nunaat (The Land of Wolves) about two brothers who find themselves lost in the mysterious world of the Shadow People.read more
A proposal by Baffinland Iron Mines to ship iron ore through Milne Inlet 10 months of the year is drawing surprise and anger in Nunavut. “People are shocked,” Pond Inlet hunter Caleb Sanguya told the CBC in Inuktitut. “I know the majority will reject the proposal.” Ryan Barry, the executive director of the Nunavut Impact Review Board, says he was taken aback. “Our boards were not expecting it when they did t
IsumaTV: Inuktitut speakers: When online do you prefer to read Inuktitut in syllabic or in roman characters? created by ePoll
Public memorial held in Toronto after assassination of teenage activist resisting Goldcorp/Tahoe Resources mine in Guatemala Written by Rachel Small and Joanne Jefferson on May 3, 2014 The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network and allies joined the larger May Day March in Toronto. On May 1st, as Goldcorp announced the year’s profits at their annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver, more somber events were happening in Toronto and in
Baffinland says it will begin stockpiling iron ore at the site this summer or fall, and start shipping it in the open water season of 2015.Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation could begin its first phase of extracting ore from the Mary River mine site this summer.The scaled-down version of the iron mine on North Baffin Island got its final approval from Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Bernard Valcourt last week, follo
Is it possible for First Nations to hold a festival worthy of the name in Québec’s metropolis?
The Montreal Frist Peoples Festival asks the question a press release distriburted this morning as the Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles (the PQDS), a paramunicipal body that administers a major program in support of events in Montreal’s downtown core cultural district, decided to cut off all grants to the Festival for th
Instructions on how to upload to IsumaTV with an FTP program.This is useful if you want to:Upload many videos at the same timeUpload a video file that is over the 500 MB limiteThis exemple uses the free FileZilla program but many other programs existe.
Jan 30, 2014 Day 4 7/7 English Version Filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Jonathan Frantz present IsumaTV's Digital Indigenous Democracy project Human Rights Assessment and recommendations for Baffinland's Mary River Early Revenue Phase Proposal.
On January 15th, Television Serrana (“Television of the mountains”) celebrated its 21st year of operation, from the highest mountain system in Cuba. Founded in 1993 by journalist and documentary filmmaker Daniel Ten Castrillo, and supported by the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT), this community project seeks to reflect and defend the identity, human values and culture of the inhabitants of the Sierra Maestra m
Mining projects may lure trained staff away from city, director warns BY PETER VARGAIqaluit’s director of public works says the city should brace itself for the start of the Mary River iron project in north Baffin, because it could draw qualified public works staff away from the city.
Nunavut Planning Commission looking at Baffinland's new transportation corridor By Lisa Gregoire The Nunavut Planning Commission will hold public hearings this week in Clyde River, Grise Fiord, Resolute, Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet to allow members of the public to share their views and concerns about Baffinland Iron Mine Corp.’s scaled-down iron mine proposal in north Baffin. “Feedback received during the Public Review wil
The benefits of the Northern Gateway pipeline to bring Alberta crude to the West Coast outweigh its shortcomings and it should be allowed to proceed, a federal review panel says.The much-anticipated report was released from National Energy Board headquarters in Calgary Thursday afternoon, 10 years after the $6.5-billion project was proposed and after more than a year of public hearings throughout B.C. and Alberta. The final decision, how
"I feel like our territory is in very good hands” BY LISA GREGOIRE OTTAWA — After a passionate debate last week over whether Nunavut should allow a uranium mine to go forward west of Baker Lake, students at the Ottawa-based Nunavut Sivuniksavut program decided that no, it isn’t worth it. Some emphasized the need for jobs and economic growth while mitigating impacts on the environment. Others argued the marine a
Idle No More & Defenders of the Land Support the Actions of Indigenous Peoples of Elsipogtog, Barriere Lake & Lubicon Lake Nation to Protect Their Waters, Lands & Forests Idle No More and Defenders of the Land networks call on Indigenous Peoples and Canadians to support Indigenous Nations currently engaged in protecting their lands and waters against the corporate-sponsored agendas of the federal and provinci
The Athabasca Denesuline don't want the uranium moving through — or over — their traditional territory. At issue is Areva Resources’ Kiggavik project near Baker Lake.
Areva proposes to fly concentrated uranium from Kiggavik to northern Saskatchewan, then move it from there by truck and train.
In a letter to the Nunavut Impact Review Board, the Athabasca Denesuline say they’re
"Will the oil and gas potential have a role in this? Absolutely." BY DAVID MURPHY There’s an ocean of oil lying under the proposed conservation area of Lancaster Sound, Nunavut. But the area is also home to more than a million birds, Canada’s largest polar bear subpopulation and an estimated 75 per cent of the world’s narwhals. Which makes Lancaster Sound spectacular in many ways. Members of the public h
Royalty rate still not disclosed, few agreement details not included in plain language versionThe Qikiqtani Inuit Association released the public version of the Mary River Project Inuit Impacts Benefit Agreement Dec. 6 — an agreement that sets out the working relationship between Nunavut Inuit and the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. “It is QIA’s wish to share theIIBA openly,” said QIA president Okalik Eege
Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond team up to research the events and historical impacts of an 18th century conflict between Inuit and Cree in Northern Québec.Produced by Kingulliit Productions.Screening Information:Year: 2013Genre: DocumentaryLength: 45 minutesLanguage: Inuktitut & Cree (English subtitles)read more
Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond team up to research the events and historical impacts of an 18th century conflict between Inuit and Cree in Northern Québec.Produced by Kingulliit Productions.Screening Information:Year: 2013Genre: DocumentaryLength: 45 minutesLanguage: Inuktitut & Cree (English subtitles)read more
Zacharias Kunuk and Neil Diamond team up to research the events and historical impacts of an 18th century conflict between Inuit and Cree in Northern Québec.Produced by Kingulliit Productions.Screening Information:Year: 2013Genre: DocumentaryLength: 45 minutesLanguage: Inuktitut & Cree (English subtitles)read more