This week, the multi-talented Rita Claire Mike-Murphy is recognized for her work on childrenSA国际影视传媒檚 TV series AnaanaSA国际影视传媒檚 Tent, as she prepares to release a new album, the Qajuqturvik Food Centre receives a $3000 donation, and the visitorSA国际影视传媒檚 centre continues to feature important films about Inuit and the land.
Pang actress receives emerging talent award
Panniqtuuq/Pangnirtung
What do Rita Claire Mike-Murphy of Pangnirtung and a Canadian icon of childrenSA国际影视传媒檚 television have in common?
Both will be honoured at the Youth Media Alliance gala May 29 at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.
Mike-Murphy will receive the Emerging Talent Award for her work on AnaanaSA国际影视传媒檚 Tent.
photo courtesy Taqqut Productions Inc.
SA国际影视传媒淚n her leading television role, Rita Claire Mike-Murphy is delighting children as host of AnaanaSA国际影视传媒檚 Tent, an educational and bilingual preschool series on APTN that teaches Inuktitut, the language spoken by the majority of Inuit in Nunavut, to the next generation of Canadian children,SA国际影视传媒� states the Youth Media Alliance.
Fred Penner, who has performed at the 2014 Alianait Festival, is receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award for his decades of dedication to children via his CDs, concerts, videos, books and television programming.
Mike-Murphy, also known as the singer Riit, is currently finishing up an album.
Catch her .
New partnership signed, with bonus contribution to food centre
Iqaluit/Mary River
between Arctic Co-operatives Ltd., Chrono Aviation and Baffinland Iron Mines Corp. was made official April 2 at Iqaluit Qajuqturvik Food Centre.
SA国际影视传媒淟ocal co-operatives work together in a business model where everybody shares in one anotherSA国际影视传媒檚 success,SA国际影视传媒� said Arctic Co-opSA国际影视传媒檚 vice-president of stakeholder relations Duane Wilson.
SA国际影视传媒淏y choosing the Co-op system, Baffinland is ensuring that ordinary people in communities share in the benefits of the Mary River Project.SA国际影视传媒�
Baffinland president Brian Penney said Arctic Co-opsSA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒渦nique structure and ability to give back directly to communities is in line with BaffinlandSA国际影视传媒檚 commitment to deliver benefits to the North Baffin communities and all Nunavummiut.SA国际影视传媒�
But the initial big winner was the food centre, which offers daily meal service for those in need in the capital. The centre depends largely on donations, as well as funding from government and other agencies.
During the event, Arctic Co-op announced it was donating $1,000 to the food centre, while Chrono and Baffinland each matched that figure, bringing the donation to $3,000.
Catch a film, or a literary performance, at the Unikkaarvik VisitorSA国际影视传媒檚 Centre
Iqaluit
The visitorSA国际影视传媒檚 centre in Iqaluit has an exciting line up in April.
A National Film Board double bill April 11 sees the screening of Land of the Long Day and People of the Ice. The first film features Joseph Idlout and his family in 1952, with Idlout recounting his experiences. Idlout became known as the SA国际影视传媒渕ost famous InukSA国际影视传媒� of his time.
photo courtesy National Film Board
Featuring Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Meeka Mike, Joshua Kango, Jamesee Mike, Namomai Ashoona and Qovianatoliaq Tapaungai, the 2003 People Of The Ice is a documentary exploring the threat of global warming to the Arctic environment and the challenges and adaptations that Inuit face due to it.
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World SA国际影视传媒� the Nunavut episodes screens April 18. The documentary, hosted by actor Billy Connolly, sees him travel the Northwest Passage, with stops in Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, Iglulik, Pond Inlet, Beechey Island and Gjoa Haven.
April 25thSA国际影视传媒檚 showing, The White Dawn, is a 1970s Hollywood feature based on the novel by James Houston and stars Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Timothy Bottoms and Louis Gossett Jr.. Filmed on location in Iqaluit, this is a story about three sailors who are moored in the Arctic and welcomed by an Inuit village.
Finally, nestled between films, on April 16, Wayne Johnston returns to Iqaluit after a 20-year absence to share how the area had a formative impact on his life. A librarian, Johnston worked for the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board between 1997 and 2001 to develop a wildlife management resource centre. He explores the relationship between place and memory through writing and drawing.
Events at the Unikkaarvik VisitorSA国际影视传媒檚 Centre begin at 7:30 p.m.
