Benoit Aquin
At the invitation of CERPECA and its director, Prof. Jacques-Guy Petit, representatives of the Avataq Cultural Institute participated in an international symposium (Cree and Inuit in northern Quebec – land, economy, society and culture), held from October 21 to 24 at Université d’Angers, in France.
Inuit ages 16 and up are invited to audition for the movie “On the Ice”, a feature film with all Inuit cast which will be filmed in Alaska (Barrow), in April 2010.
Avataq Cultural Institute hosted the 18th Nunavik Inuit Elders’ Conference in the community of Salluit, August 31st – September 4th, 2009.
Kativik Regional Government and Avataq Cultural Institute (Aumaaggiivik: The Nunavik Arts Secretariat) have just unveiled the list of recipients of the very first Nunavik Fund for Arts and Literature.
During the excavation of IbGk-3 (Drayton Island located south of Inukjuak), in the summer of 2008, a discussion was started about the possibility of creating a new project to promote cultural heritage amongst the youth of Nunavik.
