Benoit Aquin
The Canadian Guild of Crafts presents twenty sculptures by Inuit artist Mattiusi Iyaituk.
Members of Nunavik’s Local Cultural Committees (LCCs) travelled to Sanikiluaq (Nunavut) February 25 to 29 to tour community-based projects there and to learn what they could do in their own villages.
In summer 2007 the Pukkik Cultural Group of Inukjuak, which was established to preserve Inuit culture and language at the community level, embarked on an ambitious project to build the first umiaq, or traditional seal skin boat, their community has seen in 50 years.
Avataq Cultural Institute had one of the most frequented booths at the Northern Lights 2008 Trade Show held at the Ottawa Congress Centre from January 30 to February 3, 2008. The event brought together businesses from across Northern Canada, including the Inuit regions of Nunavut, Nunatsiavut (Labrador) and Nunavik (Northern Quebec).
The Little Whale River/Richmond Gulf Archaeology Project was carried out by a team of five Cree and Inuit technicians during the months of July and August 2007. This joint project was conceived by the Cree Regional Authority and Avataq Cultural Institute within the framework of the future Parc national des Lacs-Guillaume-Delisle-et-à-L’Eau-Claire.
