BAIKAL ICE live sound

BAIKAL ICE live sound "...A group of Siberian percussionists have become an internet hit with an exhibition of ice drumming on frozen Lake Baikal. In minus 20C, they found by pure chance that the one metre thick ice has a distinctive and haunting rhythm all of its own, reported the Siberian Times...."
https://youtu.be/en0p1Y35p3w

Stuart Hodgson, passed away yesterday at the age of 91

Bob Wilson https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007385943461  posted... "I just had a sad message from Eugene Hodgson. His father, Stuart Hodgson, passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Stuart Hodgson was one of the most important people in the building of the Northwest Territories as we know it today, and is fondly remembered by many here in the North. He was the man who moved the Government of the Northwest Territories to Yellowknife from Ottawa. My mother worked as his Executive Secretary for many years, and always spoke very highly of him. He will be missed..."

#Yellowknife All-Candidates Territorial #Women’s #Forum Hosted by Status of Women Council of the #NWT

Yellowknife All-Candidates Territorial Women's Forum
Hosted by Status of Women Council of the NWT
https://youtu.be/9gBOFJ7maoc 


Status of Women Council
Lorraine Phaneuf

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Question 2
There is a lack of female representation in our leadership in the Legislative Assembly.  If an equal number of women are not elected in this election, what policies might you implement to achieve a more equitable representation of half the population for the next four years?

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Question 3
The level of poverty in the Northwest Territories is an issue for all residents, and the last Assembly began to take steps to address it.  We know that the reasons women and men experience poverty are different. 
How do you think the GNWT should approach gender differences when it comes to alleviating poverty in the Northwest Territories?

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Roy Erasmus
Jan Fullerton
Kevin O'Reilly

Question 1
The prevalence of family violence in the Northwest Territories is staggering.  While women and men are both perpetrators and victims, the violence against women and girls is far more severe, and more often lethal.
If elected, what initiatives do you think are important to address family violence?

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Question 3
The level of poverty in the Northwest Territories is an issue for all residents, and the last Assembly began to take steps to address it.  We know that the reasons women and men experience poverty are different. 
How do you think the GNWT should approach gender differences when it comes to alleviating poverty in the Northwest Territories?

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert

Question 2
There is a lack of female representation in our leadership in the Legislative Assembly.  If an equal number of women are not elected in this election, what policies might you implement to achieve a more equitable representation of half the population for the next four years?

Yellowknife North
Dan Wong
Cory Vanthuyne
Edwin Castillo
Ben Nind
Sean Erasmus

Yellowknife Women's Society
Gerri Hunter
Question 3 (Yellowknife Women's Society)
Women often face barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services due to a variety of factors, such as a lack of safe and stable housing, limited child care options, and a scarcity of northern treatment options. What would you do to address these barriers, in order to improve women's access to treatment?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1 (NWA)
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Range Lake
Daryl Dolynny
Caroline Cochrane

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 2 (NWA) Can you identify 2 systemic issues that contribute to MMIW and how would you address this in the North?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Yellowknife North
Cory Vanthuyne
Dan Wong
Sean Erasmus
Ben Nind
Edwin Castillo

Yellowknife Women's Society
Gerri Hunter
Question 3
Women often face barriers to accessing mental health and addiction services due to a variety of factors, such as a lack of safe and stable housing, limited child care options, and a scarcity of northern treatment options. What would you do to address these barriers, in order to improve women's access to treatment?

Great Slave
Glen Abernethy
Chris Clarke

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 1
How will you work with the Native Women's Association of the NWT to address social and economic issues in the North?

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Roy Erasmus
Jan Fullerton
Kevin O'Reilly

Native Women's Association of the NWT
Alisa Praamsma
Question 2 (NWA) Can you identify 2 systemic issues that contribute to MMIW and how would you address this in the North?

Yellowknife South
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Yellowknife South
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Samuel Roland

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 1 Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is relatively new technology to access oil and gas. There are serious concerns about human and environmental impacts of the activity.  Two petitions, signed by 800 to 1200 NWT residents, called for a comprehensive, transparent transparent and public review of the risks of fracking, and  whether the risks are acceptable or not. The Dene Nation, the Sahtu, Gwich'in, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, and Akaitcho governments all passed motions or resolutions calling for a similar review, a moratorium, or ban on fracking.  To date, the GNWT has ignored or refused all these calls.
Question:  Acknowledging that women and children often bear the brunt of negative impacts from industrial extractive activities, would you support a moratorium or a ban on horizontal hydraulic fracturing?  Why, or why not, and under what conditions would you allow fracking in the NWT?

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 3 "Alleviating poverty and creating good, reliable jobs are crucial issues for residents in the Northwest Territories.  Unemployment rates in each of the three territories are higher than the national average. Young Canadians are also particularly affected, dealing with double the national unemployment rate.  Nearly three quarters of the new jobs created in the past six years have also been shaky – either part-time, temporary or in the self -employment sector.
Question:  With that in mind, how will you make sure there are jobs that employ northerners, particularly women?

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 2 Poverty is a major cost to society wherever it exists in terms of health care and other services provided by government.  The NWT has one of the largest gaps between high and lowest income of any Canadian jurisdiction.  Poverty is a gender issue.  It disproportionately impacts women.
Question:  If elected, what will you do to reduce poverty, socio-economic inequality and food insecurity in Yellowknife and the NWT?

Frame Lake
Roy Erasmus
Kevin O'Reilly
Jan Fullerton
Dave Wasylciw

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 1 Acknowledging that women and children often bear the brunt of negative impacts from industrial extractive activities, would you support a moratorium or a ban on horizontal hydraulic fracturing?  Why, or why not, and under what conditions would you allow fracking in the NWT?

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Alternatives North
Cristina Popa
Question 3 "Alleviating poverty and creating good, reliable jobs are crucial issues for residents in the Northwest Territories.  Unemployment rates in each of the three territories are higher than the national average. Young Canadians are also particularly affected, dealing with double the national unemployment rate.  Nearly three quarters of the new jobs created in the past six years have also been shaky – either part-time, temporary or in the self -employment sector.
Question:  With that in mind, how will you make sure there are jobs that employ northerners, particularly women?

Yellowknife North
Edwin Castillo
Ben Nind
Sean Erasmus
Cory Vanthuyne
Dan Wong

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 3 When families and individuals begin to experience a crisis other aspects of life often begin to deteriorate. Any one of the following can lead to the others: unemployment, financial debt, conflict with the law, physical illness or onset of disability, addictions, family breakdown, family violence. Yet the various social supports that exist to assist with any one of these needs are in disparate government departments or sub departments. Do you see this as a problem facing the government? If not, why not? If yes, what kinds of steps will you take to solve it?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 1 Women are disproportionately responsible for unpaid caregiving. And a lack of affordable early learning and childcare programs limit women's opportunities for full participation in the workforce. How will you ensure that all women in the Northwest Territories have access to early learning and childcare opportunities?

Yellowknife North
Cory Vanthuyne
Sean Erasmus
Dan Wong
Ben Nind
Edwin Castillo

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Frame Lake
Jan Fullerton
Roy Erasmus
Dave Wasylciw
Kevin O'Reilly

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 3 When families and individuals begin to experience a crisis other aspects of life often begin to deteriorate. Any one of the following can lead to the others: unemployment, financial debt, conflict with the law, physical illness or onset of disability, addictions, family breakdown, family violence. Yet the various social supports that exist to assist with any one of these needs are in disparate government departments or sub departments. Do you see this as a problem facing the government? If not, why not? If yes, what kinds of steps will you take to solve it?

Great Slave
Glen Abernethy
Chris Clarke

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Bob McLeod
Nigit'Stil Norbert

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 1 Women are disproportionately responsible for unpaid caregiving. And a lack of affordable early learning and childcare programs limit women's opportunities for full participation in the workforce. How will you ensure that all women in the Northwest Territories have access to early learning and childcare opportunities?

Range Lake
Daryl Dolynny
Caroline Cochrane

Kayla Cooper YWCA
Question 2 There is no shelter anywhere in the Northwest Territories dedicated to girls under 19 yet these children are often homeless as a result of some form of abuse and are highly vulnerable to further or ongoing harm or exploitation. What are some of the problems you think lead young girls to be homeless and what ideas do you have to end it?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Jack Bourassa's Question
If elected what will you do to support    and while insuring women have an equal place in that transition?

Yellowknife North
Ben Nind
Cory Vanthuyne
Edwin Castillo
Sean Erasmus
Dan Wong

Lois Little's Question
What will you do to make consensus government work better?

Kam Lake
Dave Ramsay
Kieron Testart

Sandra Lockhart's Question
As an action to eliminate violence against indigenous women in the NWT, what would you do in your riding to eliminate racism and sexism?

Yellowknife Centre
Robert Hawkins
Julie Green

Nancy Vail's question on
a fracking moratorium in the NWT

Yellowknife South
Samuel Roland
Nigit'Stil Norbert
Bob McLeod

Arlene Hache's question on
educating aboriginal women about the legal system

Kam Lake
Kieron Testart
Dave Ramsay

Barb Hood's question on
elder abuse in the NWT

Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
Robert Hawkins

Jacq Brasseur's question on
supporting LGBTQ women in the NWT

Frame Lake
Dave Wasylciw
Kevin O'Reilly
Jan Fullerton
Roy Erasmus

A question on
increasing funding for education in the NWT

Range Lake
Caroline Cochrane
Daryl Dolynny

Lorna Skinner's question on
an energy plan for the NWT

Great Slave
Chris Clarke
Glen Abernethy

Closing Statements – Order of Candidates

1.    Dan Wong
2.    Sean Erasmus
3.    Ben Nind
4.    Caroline Cochrane
5.    Jan Fullerton
6.    Dave Ramsay
7.    Robert Hawkins
8.    Chris Clarke
9.    Daryl Dolynny
10.  Julie Green
11.  Kevin O'Reilly
12.  Glen Abernethy
13.  Roy Erasmus
14.  David Wasylciw
15.  Samuel Roland
16.  Robert R. McLeod
17.  Edwin Castillo
18.  Nigit'Stil Norbert
19.  Corey Vanthuyne
20.  Kieron Testart

Pure History Specials - Arctic Manhunt

"...On Christmas Day, 1931, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with the assistance of #‎aboriginal #‎trackers, approached a rural cabin near the #‎Arctic Circle. They were there to question an unknown #‎trapper about vandalized trap lines but were met with open fire instead of answers. Over the next 49 days one of the largest #‎criminal searches in Canadian history ensued, taking the #‎RCMP above the Arctic Circle where they had to endure harsh weather conditions on top of firefights with the mysterious #‎fugitive they were pursuing. Ending with the trapper's suicide, police found $2,400 in cash on his body but nothing to identify him or indicate why he was on the run. [...] Almost 80 years later, #‎forensic #‎experts #‎dig up the remains of the fugitive to try and determine his identity once and for all...." #‎video http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/arctic-manhunt/ https://youtu.be/E4GHEAAiKvc

Prohibition in Nunavut Canada: VICE INTL (Canada)

"...  Officially founded in 1999, Nunavut is the youngest territory in Canada. It's only been two generations since Canada's stewardship of the land forced the Inuit people out of their semi-nomadic way of life and into a modern sedentary one. But while the introduction of contemporary conveniences seem to have made life more comfortable, the history of Canada in the arctic is mired in tragedy, and the traumatic effects of residential schools and forced relocations are still being felt.
Today, Nunavut is in a state of social crisis: Crime rates are four times the national average and the rates of suicide are more than ten times higher than the rest of Canada.
If you ask people here what the driving force of the problem is, a lot of them will say: alcohol. Even though alcohol is completely illegal in some parts of the territory, it's been reported that 95 percent of police calls are alcohol-related...."
Published on Jan 14, 2015 https://youtu.be/BIhUhHbTJ_s

New #mobile #app lets #Apple #iPad + #iPhone users #text in #Inuktitut #syllabics

New #mobile #app lets #Apple #iPad + #iPhone users #text in #Inuktitut #syllabics http://ow.ly/OsiPp video guide http://ow.ly/Osjyu

OpenBroadcaster, KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION AND SSI MICRO TO COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL RADIO PILOT PROJECT

Mandatory paid subscription, unlock codes or dongles NOT required for full operation. OpenBroadcaster is free to use; for experimenters, community, the curious... even in commercial applications under AGPL3 Open Source licence https://www.openbroadcaster.pro/

"…KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION AND SSI MICRO TO COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL RADIO PILOT PROJECT

Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, June 11th, 2015

The Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) and SSI Micro are very pleased to announce a collaborative partnership to launch a Regional Radio Pilot Project in Nunavut's Kitikmeot region. The Pilot Project will operate for an initial two years, with an anticipated start date in spring 2016 once all necessary regulatory authorizations are secured.

Under the framework of the Pilot Project, SSi will construct and commission a satellite-supported FM radio network in the Kitikmeot communities of Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay with initial engineering and regulatory work commencing this summer. Once in operation, SSi's radio network will provide a platform for KIA to broadcast what is proposed to be a daily Inuit Language radio service mainly focused on revitalizing the Inuinnaqtun dialect in the two communities.

To allow KIA and other community collaborators to manage content over its radio network, SSi intends to employ a web-based, media asset management system developed by Yukon-based OpenBroadcaster Inc.; thus making the Pilot Project a uniquely pan-territorial initiative.

Following the recent meeting of the KIA Executive Committee, at which KIA's formal support of the project was confirmed, KIA President Stanley Anablak stated, "The launching of the Regional Radio Pilot Project is a very important milestone in KIA's efforts to help revitalize the use of the Inuit Language in our communities. KIA is fortunate to have a technical partner in SSi Micro that has a very capable team and years of experience delivering telecommunication services in the north. This partnership allows KIA to focus our efforts on developing content for the proposed language service. To create this content, we intend to work with Inuit Language speakers in our communities and beyond to generate the material that will form the backbone of the radio service. While we are still in the very early days of this initiative, KIA already recognizes that the partnerships, infrastructure and content management systems proposed to be put in place could, if the Pilot Project proves to be successful, be scaled up to provide a regional radio service to the entire Kitikmeot."

Jeff Philipp, President and Founder of the SSi Group of Companies, noted, "As a company with deep northern roots SSi understands the value of oral communication in the Inuit culture. Today's announcement is an important step in what I hope will be the first building blocks for a Nunavut-wide radio network. I commend the Kitikmeot Inuit Association for their vision and I am proud to say that SSi has a long and successful working relationship with KIA, dating back to 1998 when we broke new ground together and built our first satellite network to bring Internet to the region's five communities. We've come a long way since then and we are constantly engaged in new opportunities to upgrade and enhance our network. I look forward to this next venture and a new era of radio communication in Nunavut."…"
https://www.facebook.com/qiniq/photos/a.472625781441.256195.29273906441/10152737614111442/?type=1&theater

Rally Against Fracking in the NWT

Rally Against Fracking in the NWT
Fracking Action North (FAN) is a coalition of NWT organizations, including Alternatives North, Ecology North, the NWT Chapter Council of Canadians, Canadian Physicians for the Environment, and individuals/citizens who are concerned that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the NWT is proceeding without a full and transparent consideration of all of the health, social, environmental and economic costs and benefits.
FAN invites all NWT residents to learn more about fracking, and the potential costs and benefits of this technology. Please browse our information and resources for links to many scientific journals and peer-reviewed articles on the impacts of fracking on human health, water quality and quantity, air quality and social and community well-being.
Coalition Members - Please take the time to visit each of our supporting groups.
Fracking Action North http://frackingactionnorth.ca/
Ecology North http://www.ecologynorth.ca/ admin@ecologynorth.ca
Alternatives North http://www.alternativesnorth.ca/ info@alternativesnorth.ca
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) http://www.cape.ca/
Council of Canadians: NWT Chapter http://cocnwt.ca/ cocnwt@gmail.com

GNWT “Public Engagement Meetings” on its proposed regulations for Fracking in the NWT
Yellowknife June 15 6 to 8pm Multiplex Gym
Yellowknife (en français) 16 juin 18 heurs Yellowknife Inn

Ben McDonald, #FrackingActionNorth remettant au député @BobBromley une pétition contre la #fracturation http://t.co/lXKbNdW51e @aquilontno
@KieraDawnKolson s'adressant à l'@AssemblyNWT manif contre la #fracturation de #FrackingActionNorth http://t.co/gNuX5mKT6e @aquilontno
RT @aquilontno: Manifestation de #FrackingActionNorth contre la #fracturation hydraulique à #Yellowknife le 2 juin. http://t.co/yJgCKHq0f7
RT @call_randall: #cbcnorth #FrackingActionNorth #rally #yzf #nwtpoli
http://vine.co/v/ehtVebPQzmg
RT @deneze: #FrackingActionNorth #rally in #yzf http://instagram.com/p/3b73rNqLNd/
RT @deneze: #FrackingActionNorth #yzf #rally http://instagram.com/p/3b4IziKLGU/

Live, interactive Webinar. Online:"Free, prior and informed consent: human rights, Indigenous protocols and good practice"

Free, prior and informed consent: human rights, Indigenous protocols and good practice
"...Supreme Court decisions and international human rights standards including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognize the right of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to make their own decisions about resource development on their lands and other important issues. This symposium is an opportunity to discuss this important of free, prior and informed consent, its status in Canadian and international law and its relevance in crucial decisions facing Indigenous peoples today...."
"....Public symposium, online http://www.fpicforum.ca/ and in person
9-5 pm, Wednesday, May 20th, University of Ottawa
Participate in person or through a live, interactive webinar.
Online:
Please register to receive information by email on how to log in and submit your questions during the seminar. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/free-prior-and-informed-consent-human-rights-indigenous-protocols-and-good-practice-tickets-16620134269
In Person:
University of Ottawa, Fauteux Hall Room 147. Room opens for registration at 8:30 am on the 20th.
Supreme Court decisions and international human rights standards including the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognize the right of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to make their own decisions about resource development on their lands and other important issues. This symposium is an opportunity to discuss this important of free, prior and informed consent, its status in Canadian and international law and its relevance in crucial decisions facing Indigenous peoples today.
Join in person or online to learn more about FPIC, share your own experiences, and help identify practical recommendations going forward.
Agenda for the day
Morning panels and discussion
Panel 1: Status of FPIC in Canadian and international law
Panel 2: FPIC in Indigenous peoples' protocols and customary laws
Afternoon panels and discussion
Panel 3: Understanding challenges and opportunities for industry and investors
Panel 4: Overcoming challenges in implementation...."

"....Indigenous peoples are asserting their right of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in dealings with corporations and government regulatory processes and through the adoption of their own protocols. Investors and industry associations are also increasingly referring to FPIC in their own policies. While the federal government continues to deny the existence of this right, FPIC has been come an increasingly important factor in decisions about energy and resource development in Canada.

This one-day, interactive symposium is a unique opportunity for Indigenous leaders and activists- as well as partner organizations- to discuss the status of FPIC in Canadian and international law and its relevance in crucial decisions facing Indigenous peoples today. Learn more about FPIC, share your own experiences, and contribute to identifying practical recommendations to advance this important human rights standard.

Participate in person or through a live, interactive webinar....."

Event Poster (PDF) http://www.writeathon.ca/fpicforum/Resources/FPICPosterMain.pdf

Event Poster (JPG) http://www.writeathon.ca/fpicforum/Resources/DeclarationEventMain.jpg

CBC's #IndigenousEyes photo contest for aboriginal youth now accepting submissions that focus on elders

#IndigenousEyes photo contest puts lens on aboriginal elders

CBC's photo contest for aboriginal youth now accepting submissions that focus on elders

CBC is launching its #IndigenousEyes photo contest, and this year the lens is focused on the role of elders in aboriginal communities.

Lisa Charleyboy, the editor of Urban Native Magazine, will join me and CBC's Gloria Macarenko on the judging panel to choose a winner for the photo contest.

For Charleyboy, the role of elders in aboriginal communities came into focus in 2013, when she took part in an indigenous writing residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts.

There she met Pahan Pte Ste Win, a Lakota woman from Winnipeg. She asked Pte Ste Win for guidance on her writing, and the two hit it off.

"She had mentioned that she was interested in adopting me, so we did a formal adoption ceremony as we closed the residency," she said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenouseyes-photo-contest-puts-lens-on-aboriginal-elders-1.3007693?cmp=abfb

Call for Application: Artist in Residence at the Swedish National Museums of World Culture

Call for Application: Artist in Residence at the National Museums of World Culture

http://www.varldskulturmuseerna.se/en/etnografiskamuseet/research-collections/collections/call-for-application-artist-in-residence-at-the-national-museums-of-world-culture/

The Swedish National Museums of World Culture in Stockholm and Gothenburg are opening their archives for an artist in residence. The residency includes a grant as well as workspace and access to collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm during September through November 2015.

The residency is positioned within the EU-project 'Sharing a World of Creativity, Inclusion and Heritage' (SWICH), an initiative of ten museums of ethnography and world culture that aims to develop collaborative and inclusive practices which investigate the potential of shared authority in the museum context.

We encourage artists with a diaspora background who want to develop historical as well as inventive relations to the archive and its (im)possible futures. The artist is selected on the basis of his/her social engagement and critical reflection, and his/her awareness of power imbalances embodied in the museum archive. Potential material fields of knowledge and experimentation are for example photography, textile and body ornaments.

The residency is offered during September through November 2015. The Museum of Ethnography in Stockholm provides a workspace on site along with technical assistance in explorations of the fragile collections.

We need your application at the latest on 1 May 2015. Please send a 500 word project description with your CV and six art works in digital form to residency@varldskulturmuseerna.se. The selected artist will be announced on 1 June.

See this document (PDF-document, 219 kB)for a full description of the residency.

About the collections at the museum of ethnography

The Museum of Ethnography manages a wide variety of collections mainly from regions outside of Europe. Consisting of 220,000 objects, more than 500,000 photographs and substantial archival material, the collections pertain to academic disciplines like archaeology, anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, art history and history as well as to diverse collectors active in colonial military/administrative, missionary, trade, diplomatic, scientific and adventurer/explorer contexts.

The collections are to a large extent searchable in an online digital database (mostly in Swedish, use google translate).

Search the collections

Information about searching the collections

Some of the museum's permanent galleries are also available online

The Storage - An Ethnographic Treasury

JOSHUA GLADSTONE

Only bold action will end food insecurity in the North

JOSHUA GLADSTONE

Contributed to The Globe and Mail

Published Sunday, Dec. 14 2014, 8:00 AM EST

"..Joshua Gladstone is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University and co-founder of Northern Public Affairs. http://www.northernpublicaffairs.ca/index/
As Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq​ flipped casually through her newspaper in Parliament recently, she did so in the face of deep anger and frustration over her woeful handling of northern Canada's food security crisis.
Southern Canadians should be distressed, too. Research has shown that 70 per cent of Inuit preschoolers live in food-insecure homes, a reality that is as much a national disgrace as it is a troubling indicator of our collective disregard for the basic human rights of our fellow citizens.
Disturbing reports of food insecurity in Inuit communities going back at least as far as the early 1990s show that problems of hunger and malnutrition are enduring. Even more disturbing are the two manifestations of the same problem today: people scavenging at landfills and incoherent food security policy.
The Nutrition North program is the Conservative government's solution to the high cost of store-bought food in the North. Other causes of food insecurity, including the impacts of climate change on the Inuit food system and the high cost of harvesting country food, are conspicuously absent from the government's plans...."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/food-insecurity-in-the-north-has-become-a-human-rights-crisis/article22066925/

Falvo – Ten Things to Know About Homelessness in Canada's North

Posted by NPA on Mar 25, 2015 in Northern Economy, Poverty, Public Policy, Social Justice

Nick Falvo on the state of homelessness and housing in Northern Canada. Falvo is a PhD Candidate in the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University.

On March 5, I gave a presentation on homelessness in Canada's North at a panel at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Alaska Anthropological Association. The other presenters on the panel were Peter Collings, Carmen Springer, Josh Louwerse and Sally Carraher. My presentation was loosely based on previous research I've done in the Northwest Territories (NWT) and the Yukon.

Here are 10 things one should know about homelessness in Canada's North:

http://www.northernpublicaffairs.ca/index/falvo-ten-things-to-know-about-homelessness-in-canadas-north/

David Radcliffe spouse of former ‪#‎NWT‬ MLA (and #Con Party candidate) Sandy Lee is being called a racist

"A Yellowknife Catholic School Board official is being called a racist, after comments made on social media.
David Radcliffe is the board's aboriginal activities coordinator.
This week, he referred to Tlicho caribou hunters as "animals" and their community hunt as a "slaughter."
But as the CBC's Richard Gleeson reports, he's fallen silent since the criticism erupted."
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155541394645413&fref=nf
See also "'Animals' – racism row over NWT caribou hunt on Facebook"
http://www.myyellowknifenow.com/3617/animals-racism-row-over-nwt-caribou-hunt-on-facebook/
See also "Aboriginal Program Coordinator & spouse of former ‪#‎NWT‬ MLA (and Con Party candidate) Sandy Lee calls northern indigenous ppl "fuckers" ‪#‎cdnpoli‬ http://t.co/TcRrR18FcC "

Inuit Drumming

"...Stan Nochasak, a Drummer & Visual Artist from Nain, Newfoundland & Labrador, gives honor to the Creator and his Ancestors through a traditional Inuit song. Stan channels his talent for creative art into keeping his aboriginal roots alive and proudly represents his people in various events within the Capital of our Province..."