Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Features
Rush Hour
Our Arctic Moment for July/August
Just For Fungi
Wisdom and warnings on mushroom picking in the North
Shaggy mane, orange delicious, oyster mushrooms. Illustrations by Beth Covvey
Finding The Words
Indigenous languages are in decline. Every single one. But across the North, teachers and learners are dead set on keeping them alive because when a language is lost, we lose more than just a way of speaking.
Language learning and teaching has long been a priority of the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute. These Gwich’in terms are from their dictionary, prepared in 2003. Photo by Peter Mather
The Craziest Few Hours Of My Life
Madeleine Allakariallak's ability to go with the flow puts Nunavut's first language first
Photo by Patrick Kane
Setting A Standard
Neglected by governments for decades, Inuktut has taken a backseat to English. Now Inuit across Canada are in a race against time to save their language.
Images by Inuktitut ilinniaqta
