It is with great sadness that Avataq marks the passing of Nunavik elder Isaacie Padlayat.
On June 23, 2010, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, presented a prestigious Award in Celebration of the Nation’s Table to the Avataq Cultural Institute, for the creation of the five Northern Delights herbal teas.
The Inuktituutniup Saturtaugasuaurninga of Avataq Cultural Institute is presently hosting a two-week youth theatre workshop in Inukjuak- July 5 to 16, 2010.
Avataq is pleased to welcome J.C. Grey to its website. J.C. will be blogging twice a month on all things North.
In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North.
