Brothers Abraham Anghik Ruben and David Ruben Piqtoukun find the soul in stone and bone, bringing epic legends and personal histories to life with brutal honesty and masterful skill.
Written by Sarah Swan
Courtesy Winnipeg Art Gallery
For a while, U.S Army vehicles were about all you would find rumbling along Iqaluit’s gravel roads. But when the airbase closed in 1963 and residents started shipping in their own cars, they certainly made some eclectic choices.
Written by Dana Bowen
Photos courtesy David Boileau
The lives of the North’s first peoples were forever changed by the fur trade.
Written by Page Burt
Photo courtesy of William I. Campbell (1951)
Scattered throughout the territories, some beaches are well-kept secrets, others are packed all summer, and a few hold fascinating histories buried beneath the sand.
Written by Up Here
Photo Courtesy Parks Canada
Conceived to slow the invasion of the English language into Northern homes, the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation celebrates 40 years of bringing Inuit–and Inuit life–to the screen.
Written by Meaghan Brackenbury
Photos courtesy of Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
An excerpt from Fran Hurcomb’s upcoming book Chasing Fish: a History of Commercial Fishing on Great Slave Lake, released Fall 2022.
Written by Fran Hurcomb
Photo from NWT Archives/Bart Hawkins/N-1992-254-0094
A race for resources, control, and access makes the Arctic one of the hottest topics on the international stage in the 21st century. But if Canada wants to truly assert its sovereignty in the North, those who call it home say it needs to start with them.
Written by Meaghan Brackenbury
Photo by Lisa Milosavljevic
For more than 140 years, Canada has watched over its claim to the Arctic with sporadic attention. However, when potential threats—whether real or imagined—crop up, the government has gone to great lengths to assert its dominion over the land. And more often than not, those actions have caused great harm to the people who actually live there.
Written by Dana Bowen
Photo courtesy Adventure Canada/Scott Forsyth
Can adding Dene words to English Scrabble spell out a path to reconciliation?
Written by Mike Mitchell
Photo Illustration
On a storyteller’s irresistible impulse to find the moment that started it all.
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo from NWT Archives/McMeekan Family/N-1998-008-0021
