Even before the curtain rises and the stage comes to life, theatre goers are being immersed in an artistic experience that extends into the lobby of the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC).
ITI News
January 15, 2020
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Yellowknife’s Ingraham Trail (Highway 4) is a popular destination for aurora hunters; and ITI has updated a series of maps designed to help tourists find the perfect – and safe- spots to park in order to enjoy the dancing lights.
January 13, 2020
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Mason Mantla’s rise in the film industry has been nothing short of meteoric over the last few years. Now, he’s been awarded Bell Media’s Harold Greenberg funding for his latest project Nahga, who knows what’s on the horizon for the talented film producer. We sat down with him for a Q&A about his growing success and how the north has influenced his work.
January 13, 2020
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Bell Media’s The Harold Greenberg Fund announced today its inaugural round of selections for its HGF/Territories Shorts Program. The initiative – developed in partnership with Northwest Territories Film Commission (NTFC), Nunavut Film Development Corporation (NFDC), and the Government of Yukon’s Media Development Unit – marks the first time all three territories have been brought together under one funding program supporting filmmaking.
January 13, 2020
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The stark yet stunning arctic sea ice near Tuktoyaktuk has always transfixed Miranda Currie and she always imagined it as the perfect place to set her documentary Tails on Ice. Its star is fierce and intelligent - and happens to be Currie’s sled dog, Ellesmere.
January 9, 2020
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While local residents – and a healthy dose of global publications -- know how much photo and media talent exists in the North, there lacked any significant event to celebrate it.
Until now.
January 2, 2020
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In the last seven months, Leela Gilday has travelled within Finland, Germany, Australia and Canada performing. So it’s no surprise that when her track K'eintah Natse Ju went to #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown, she can’t recall where she was.
December 19, 2019
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Charlotte Overvold’s kitchen doubles as her studio. The table is strewn with fish scales, glues, pigments. The freezer is full of trout and whitefish skeletons from Great Slave Lake. The best feature though, is her burbling, bright-eyed, six-month-old daughter Océane Snow, who is waving happy fists in the air and refusing to go down for her nap.
December 19, 2019
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The new booklet highlights nine economically-significant commodities found in the NWT: Cobalt, Copper, Diamonds, Gold, Lead-Zinc, Lithium, Rare Earth Elements, Tungsten, and Vanadium.
December 18, 2019
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ITI’s Indigenous Tourism Development Officer Douglas Dillon attended the Regional Health and Wellness Expo in Behchokǫ̀ last week to provide information on the rewards and opportunities that can be realized from tourism careers.