Benoit Aquin
The Local Cultural Committees are aimed at keeping our culture and language alive and visible for everyone to see. In spring 2007, young girls in Tasiujaq learned how to make kamiks (sealskin boots).
The 17th Nunavik Inuit Elders’ Conference wrapped up Friday September 28 in Kangiqsujuaq, completing a packed and lively four-day agenda.
During the 2006-2007 school years, French Secondary students from Ulluriaq School in Kangiqsualujjuaq carried out an archaeological salvage operation near their community. The goal of the project, which was supervised by archaeologist and teacher Amélie Langlais in collaboration with Avataq Cultural Institute, was to rescue the vestiges of a dwelling structure that had been significantly damaged by looters.
A Nunavik archaeology event will be recorded by TNI radio Wednesday October 3rd 2007. This radio show will be about the Avataq’s public service announcement that was aired all summer in Nunavik.
In March 2006, Avataq learned that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) awarded to the Department of Archaeology a CURA research grant (Community-University Research Alliance).
