8th Fire
Thursday July 12, 2012
Making traditional seal skin boots in Kuujjuaq
It may be a little hot for seal skin boots in July, even in Northern Quebec. But they come in handy when the sub zero temperatures come back around in the winter.
While many women in Nunavik still make traditional parkas and mittens, the practice of making seal skin boots - or kamiks - has declined. But some women in Kuujjuaq are working hard to learn the skill, and pass it on to a new generation.
Our Ainslie MacLellan visited a class earlier this year, to learn what goes into making kamiks.
Categories: 8th Fire
Thursday May 10, 2012
Northern Futures: Learning a trade
With a growing population, and the Plan Nord on the horizon, Nunavik is expected to see more new construction in the coming years. But teacher shortages in specialized programs in the North can be a barrier to young Inuit wanting to learn a trade.
As part of our Northern Futures series, Ainslie MacLellan drops in on a plumbing course at the adult education centre in Inukjuak, to hear about both the challenges and the rewards of pursuing an education in the North.
Categories: 8th Fire, Northern Futures
Thursday May 3, 2012
Northern Futures: Hip hop social work in Inukjuak
Blueprint For Life uses hip hop music and dance to try to get young people to open up and to talk about everything, from depression, alcohol and drug abuse, bullying and even suicide. The CBC's Ainslie MacLellan stopped by one of the group's workshops in Inukjuak.
Categories: 8th Fire, Northern Futures
- July 2012
- May 2012
- Thu., 10 – Northern Futures: Learning a trade
- April 2012
- Fri., 27 – Northern Futures: Housing in Salluit
- Thu., 26 – Northern Futures: Mining & Jobs
- Mon., 23 – Dogsledding in Kangiqsualujjuaq
- Mon., 23 – Northern futures: Guiding Inukjuak's youth
- Fri., 20 – Northern Futures: The declining caribou hunt
- Wed., 18 – Northern Futures: Innavik Hydro
- Wed., 18 – Northern Futures: A Silent World
- March 2012
- Fri., 9 – Gearing up for the Inuit games
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