Category: Blog

A new initiative being launched by Pinnguaq and Nordicity focuses on celebrating, supporting and promoting Inuit artists and artist organizations while working with the community directly to find sustainable solutions for challenges in the Inuit arts ecosystem.

Connections are born and communities thrive when people with a shared interest join together to expand their knowledge. That’s exactly what has happened through a partnership between Pinnguaq and a college in Alberta.

“Inuit say that the purpose in life is to live a good life,” writes author and former Nunavut educator Shirley Tagalik, who was kind enough to lend her expertise to the first issue of Root & STEM, Pinnguaq’s resource for educators.

As we think back over the past year, we are awestruck by the many ways digital technology is increasingly shaping our lives. As a result of the pandemic, engaging with the digital world became critical in how we work, connect with our family and friends, and learn.

Ready, set, create. A new course being offered by Pinnguaq is teaching participants how to design their own games, from scratch.

As a staunch supporter of SmartICE, an internationally recognized social enterprise empowering Indigenous communities to adapt to unpredictable ice conditions, Pinnguaq is celebrating recent investments in social innovation.

As Nunavut continues endeavours to curb the rise of COVID-19 cases, many people are spending more time at home than they may be accustomed to, including students who would otherwise be in school classrooms.

As the economy, and society, becomes increasingly dependent on digital expertise, Pinnguaq’s Digital Skills for Youth program is helping prepare young people for successful careers while meeting the growing needs of their communities.

Courtney Milne, a digital steward at Pinnguaq, writes about Maanazaadi medicine.

In this blog, Mary McDonald talks about a sense of community and online education during COVID-19.

In this blog we discuss what tech VS pandemic means, and the impact it has.

Traditionally recognized as Wabaskamag or O’shkiigmong, Curve Lake First Nation is a Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg community in southeastern Ontario.