In Canada’s Arctic, a New Generation of Inuit Creatives Are Using Identity to Fuel Their Art

In Iqaluit, the only city in Canada’s Arctic, a new generation of Inuit writers and artists is turning questions of language, land and identity into books, films and even tattoos.
Autostraddle

Canadian Inuit Respond to Ellen DeGeneres’ Famous Selfie with Sealfies and Tradition

Canadian Inuit are using sealfies — photos with seal skins and meat — to demonstrate the role the seal hunt plays in their lives and protest Ellen DeGeneres’s Oscars-selfie-related donation to the ...
bleedingcool

The Golden Age Of Canadian Comics, An Inuit Goddess And Kickstarter

Hope Nicholson writes for Bleeding Cool: I've been obsessed with Nelvana, Inuit goddess of Northern Canada since I first heard about her. It's mind-boggling to me that I'm finally in a position to ...
New Atlas

Snowdrift-inspired Inuit center becomes part of Canadian tundra

Dorte Mandrup has been commissioned to design the new Nunavut Inuit Heritage Centre in Canada. The unusual building, which is inspired by snowdrifts, will be partially buried into the ground, offering ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

Arctic Museum Celebrates Its 50th with Major Inuit Art Gift

Longtime Inuit art collectors Judith and Robert Toll have given the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum a major gift of contemporary Canadian Inuit art. The Tolls describe their donation as “fifty Inuit ...

As ice melts, the Inuit strive to keep their culture alive

Amid a warming climate and disappearing traditional knowledge, Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic are grappling to ...
Science Daily

Inuit Trails Represent Complex Social Network Spanning Canadian Arctic

Inuit trails are more than merely means to get from A to B. In reality, they represent a complex social network spanning the Canadian Arctic and are a distinctive aspect of the Inuit cultural identity ...
UPI

Canadian Inuit reduce polar bear quota

IQALUIT, Nunavut, March 5 (UPI) -- The Canadian territorial government of Nunavut announced a reduction Friday in the quota of polar bears Inuit hunters are allowed to kill each year. Environment ...