Transformation scenes are delighted topics among Inuit artists as well as Inuit art collectors. There is so many different transformations depicted in art from the Arctic and each of them is unique. Many artists depict transformation scenes into carving, drawing or print such as Nick Sikkuak, Matiusi Ayaituk, Simon Tukumi, Alasau Sharky, Joe Ikidlak, Maudie [...]

Have you ever seen a dancing bear represented into carving, print or drawing by an Inuit artist ? Of course you did and it is not surprising because in Inuit art, dancing bear is the most popular iconographic subject. We can see so many artworks illustrating dancing bears on the international art market !  But [...]

Kangiqliniq is an Inuit community located on the West coast of Hudson Bay. Kangiqliniq means in Inuktitut «the bay» and Rankin Inlet is its English name : the town was named by owners of the Rankin Inlet Mine which produced nickel and copper ore there between 1957 and 1962. The mine was the more important [...]

Kuujjuaraapik is the most southern Inuit community in Canada, located on the west coast of Nunavik in Northern Quebec. Kuujjuaraapik is known by different names as people from different languages and cultures lived and still live today there : it was called Kuujjuaraapik « the little great river » in Inuktitut, Whapmagootsi « where there [...]

Inujjuaq, « the giant»  in Inuktitut (formerly Port Harrison), is an Inuit community located in Nunavik (Northern Quebec) on the south west coast of the Hudson Bay. By 2006, a census of 1597 inhabitants and 335 families was taken in Inujjuaq ; the median age of the population is 23.8 years old (Statistics Canada).
 
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Formerly known as Lake Harbour, the name of the «Kimmirut» hamlet  means “form of heels” in Inuktitut linked to a marble outcrop located opposite the community. By 2006, a census of 411 inhabitants with 225 males and 180 females was taken in Kimmirut; the median age is 22.1 years old (Statistics Canada). The community is [...]

The name Arviat is derived form the inuktitut arviq meaning «whales». Arviat, called formerly Eskimo Point until June, 1989 is the southern most community in Nunavut, located on the western shore of the Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq area. By 2006, a census of  2060 inhabitants was taken in Arviat ; 1055 people is aged [...]

Qamanittuaq « where the river widens» in Inuktitut, is located in the Kivalliq area in Nunavut, 320 km inland from the Hudson Bay. Qamanittuq, formerly Baker Lake until 1977, is the Canadian Arctic’s sole inland community.  By 2006, a census of 1728 inhabitants and 450 families was taken in Qamanittuaq ; 47% of the population [...]

The first Inuit co-operatives
 
A co-operative –or the co-op - is a group gathering people together who work in the same way in order to achieve the same objectives.  By 1956, in Kinngait (in Nunavut), the Inuit artists who were looking for more autonomy established the first co-operative in their community with financial supports from the [...]

The Nunavik area, «the place where we live» in Inuktitut, extends over 560,000 squares kilometres in the Northern part of Quebec -one third of the province of Quebec. Nunavik is separated from Nunavut Territory by Hudson Bay to the west and Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay to the North.
 
Fourteen communities are located along the [...]