Northern projects net $3.2 million funding boost from Arctic Inspiration Prize Inotsiavik Centre in Nunatsiavut named as 2024's $1 million winner

The funding will help Nicholas Flowers and his team to hold cultural workshops and language programming in the Nunatsiavut community of Hopedale. Hebron and Nutak Reunions was awarded $298,000 to help able-bodied Inuit return to the communities in Labrador that they were evicted from in the 1950s. [...

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Published inCBC News
Main Author Todd, Katie
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Toronto Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 08.05.2024
Subjects
Awards & honors
Funding
Inuit
Rites & ceremonies
Skills
Theater festivals
Young adults
Canada
Nunavut Territory Canada
Arctic region
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Summary:The funding will help Nicholas Flowers and his team to hold cultural workshops and language programming in the Nunatsiavut community of Hopedale. Hebron and Nutak Reunions was awarded $298,000 to help able-bodied Inuit return to the communities in Labrador that they were evicted from in the 1950s. [...]the Yukon Young People's Theatre Festival was awarded $99,000 to hold a three-day event at the Yukon Arts Centre in early 2025. [...]we've finally jumped the last real hurdle — besides, you know, work — to making this festival a reality," said Gabriel Hopkins, a member of Yukon Young People's Theatre Festival.