The 2023 Juno Award nominees have been announced, and a number of Indigenous artists are being recognized for their accomplishments over the past year. OMBIIGIZI, a collaboration between Anishinaabe artists Zoon (Daniel Monkman) and Status/Non-Status (Adam Sturgeon) is nominated for Alternative Album of the Year for their debut album Sewn Back Together. Likewise, Inuk throat […]
Inuk writer, Norma Dunning won the 2021 Governor General’s Literary Award for her short story collection, Tainna: The Unseen Ones. Tainna is a collection of six stories that focus on an Inuk living in modern times in southern Canada. The stories contrast in themes, with homelessness and wealth, youth and elderly experiences and the living and the dead. […]
This Friday, we dig deep into the archives of Inuk hip-hop artist Hyper T with a song released just under a year ago called “Ikpigijatti”. The song composes of soft drums, guitars, and Inuit-rap lyrics which together create a head-bopper that might just get you—in your feelings. Hyper T looks to continue building the Inuit […]