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Beyond Her Horizons: Listening to the women of Tallurutik

In the summer of 2023, three women set out on the 16-metre sailboat Que Sera on an expedition aimed at writing Inuit women into the exploration history of the North

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People & Culture

Inuktitut basketball commentary: An Olympic first

Behind the scenes with Pujjuut Kusugak, who provided Inuktitut-language colour commentary for dozens of basketball games at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics

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People & Culture

Le basketball, à la mode inuite

Une visite en coulisses avec Pujjuut Kusugak, qui a décrit et commenté en inuktitut des dizaines de matchs de basketball aux Jeux olympiques d’été de 2024 à Paris.

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People & Culture

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ᑎᐊᒃ ᑎᐊᒃ ᑕᑯᔅᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐳᔾᔫᑦ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ, ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑑᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒥᓱᒐᓚᓐᓄᑦ ᕚᓯᑭᕚᒥ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᖅᑐᓂᑦ 2024 ᐱᐅᕆᔅ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᕕᒃᔪᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ

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Exploration

Par-delà ses horizons : La parole des femmes de Tallurutik

Au cours de l’été 2023, trois femmes partent à bord du voilier Que Sera, d’une longueur de 16 mètres, pour une expédition visant à inscrire les femmes inuites dans l’histoire de l’exploration du Nord.

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Annulés, mais pas oubliés : les Jeux d’hiver de l’Arctique célèbrent leur 50e anniversaire!

L’année 1970 marquait la naissance des Jeux, créés pour donner aux athlètes nordiques plus d’occasions de s’entraîner et de participer à des compétitions

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History

Cancelled but not forgotten: The 50th anniversary of the Arctic Winter Games

Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition

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The Tuglavina family at Okak, 1915, right to left: Arnatuk, Renatus (Kuttaktok), Josef and Jonas

History

L’homme qui a défié la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson

L’histoire étonnante de Renatus Tuglavina, un héros populaire du nord du Labrador

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The Tuglavina family at Okak, 1915, right to left: Arnatuk, Renatus (Kuttaktok), Josef and Jonas

History

The man who challenged the Hudson’s Bay Company

The amazing story of Renatus Tuglavina, remembered in northern Labrador as a folk hero

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  • 9 minutes
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History

Michael Palin on the renowned polar ship Erebus

An exclusive abridged excerpt from a new book by the famed explorer, actor and comedian

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Environment

Five people in orange suits stand close together, waist deep in snow in an Arctic landscape. In the foreground is metal-looking machinery sat on top of the snow. It is a sunny day and there are dark hills in the background.

Environment

Hopes for the first field school on Arctic snow

Researchers, students and hunters are coming together in Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay) to learn from each other about snow in the High Arctic.

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four inuit women stand on the shore showcasing their tattoos

People & Culture

Kakiniit: The art of Inuit tattooing

Inuit tattoos, or kakiniit, were once banned. Now they are worn with pride.

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Places

Photos: A voyage through the Northwest Passage

Photographer-In-Residence Michelle Valberg shares images of the Arctic from her time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition 

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Louie Kamookak during a visit to the Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre

People & Culture

Remembering Louie Kamookak

Author Kenn Harper pays tribute to the life, legacy and work of his fellow historian

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People & Culture

Remembering Inuit oral historian Louie Kamookak

A tribute to the acclaimed oral history expert and RCGS Honorary Vice-President, who passed away this morning

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  • 2 minutes

Science & Tech

Maison emblématique en bois flotté préservée dans le pergélisol du delta du Mackenzie

Pour de nombreux Inuits, il est essentiel de comprendre comment vivaient autrefois leurs aînés et leurs ancêtres pour construire un avenir qui allie le meilleur du présent…

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Science & Tech

Iconic driftwood house preserved in Mackenzie Delta permafrost

For many Inuit, understanding how their elders and ancestors once lived is crucial to building a future that blends the best of the present with the best of the past. …

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Canada Goose Arctic Gallery at Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature

People & Culture

Canada Goose Arctic Gallery opens at Canadian Museum of Nature

Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature unveils its newest gallery, devoted to Canada's Far North

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People & Culture

Watch the first-ever Inuktitut Heritage Minute

The latest Heritage Minute from Historica Canada profiles Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak and is the first to be produced in three different languages

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People & Culture

Un projet mené par les Inuits raconte l’histoire des liens entre les Inuits et le caribou

Après l’interdiction totale de la chasse au caribou en 2013, les Inuits de tout le Labrador partagent leur expérience et leurs réflexions sur les changements liés au caribou 

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People & Culture

Inuit-led project tells the story of Inuit connections with caribou

After a total hunting ban was issued on caribou in 2013, Inuit across Labrador are sharing their experience and thoughts about caribou-related change

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Dalee Sambo Dorough speaks at the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s General Assembly

People & Culture

Interview: Dalee Sambo Dorough of the Inuit Circumpolar Council

The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s chair on how Inuit are speaking up about climate change with a global voice

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Thou Shalt do no Murder, Minik, The New York Eskimo, Kenn Harper

People & Culture

Inuit, injustice, and the trial that changed everything

In his new book, Thou Shalt Do No Murder, historian Kenn Harper explores how the killing of a trader in 1920 set off a clash of cultures in the Canadian High Arctic that still resonates today

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  • 4 minutes

History

The hunt for the Franklin ships: Inuit testimony

Exploring the three primary theories on the locations of Franklin’s missing ships

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  • 2 minutes

Places

Canada, Denmark end 50-year “Whiskey War” over Hans Island

Historic accord creates a new land border between Canada and Denmark on the tiny Arctic island and the world’s longest maritime boundary

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  • 4 minutes
A fox walking on the newly constructed Mackenzie Valley Highway

Travel

Driving to the land of the pingos

The long-awaited permanent highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. opens next month. How will it impact the communities?

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  • 4 minutes