This section is part of our archives for events related to the polar regions and to the culture of the nordic populations.
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March 2010
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Canada (Quebec)
Montréal |
March 10, 2010
to May
15, 2011 |
«Portraits of Aboriginal women by documentary photographer Nance Ackerman»
Musée McCord
690, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H3A 1E9
Téléphone : (514) 398-7100
info@mccord.mcgill.ca
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until April 17 |
Magnetic Norths, a project by Charles Stankievech.
Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery
Concordia University
1400 blvd. de Maisonneuve West on the ground floor of the McConnell Library Building.
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Canada (Ontario)
Ottawa |
March 3 to 29 |
Photo Exhibit «Somerset Island : white ghosts country»
Heartwood Gallery
153 Chapel St.
Ottawa, ON K1N 1H5
Telephone : (613) 241-5937
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March 23 @ 7PM |
Lyette Chubb and Laco Kovak will be presenting their summer 2009 canoe trip on the Du Sable, Caniapiscau and Koksoak rivers in Nunavik.
St. Martin's Church
2120 Prince Charles Rd
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Canada (Ontario)
Toronto |
March 6 to 31 |
Northern Lights, a painting exhibit by Sheena Fraser McGoogan which was inspired by a trip to Greenland and the Northwest Passage.
Arts on Queen
2198 Queen St. East
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Canada (Manitoba)
Churchill
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March 27 to April 3 |
Aurora Winterfest
This annual event features local artists showcasing fiddling, square-dancing, singing, and jigging. It also features Aboriginal drumming, snow sculptures, igloo building, dog mushing, and other traditional winter activities.
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March 27 |
Departure of the Hudson Bay Quest |
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Canada (Saskatchewan)
Saskatoon |
until April 10 |
Portraits of the North, an exhibit of 30 portraits and biographies of Manitoba's Inuit, Metis and First Nations Elders by artist Gerald Kuehl.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
RR4, Penner Road,
Saskatoon
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Canada (British Columbia)
Vancouver
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March 23 @ 8PM |
John Houston will make a presentation on what is commonly referred to as the Houston Period in Inuit art (1948-1962). He will share some anecdotes about his family living with the Canadian Inuit during the formative years of contemporary Inuit art. John's lecture will also cover the contributions of his parents and his present work as a filmmaker and Arctic guide.
Canada's Northern House
602 West Hastings
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Until April 18 |
Canada’s Northern House brings all the richness and diversity of Canada’s three northern territories under one roof during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Anything you want to know about visiting, living or investing in Canada’s North can be found at Canada’s Northern House in downtown Vancouver.
Come meet northern performers and artists, buy handmade crafts, and watch demonstrations of traditional Arctic games
Canada's Northern House
602 West Hastings
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USA (Alaska)
Fairbanks
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March 13 |
Departure of the Junior Yukon Quest, a 135 miles race for young mushers aged 14 to 17.
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USA (California)
Palm Springs |
March 13
@ 5PM |
The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum presents the 9th edition of the Festival of Native Films & Culture. On March 13th, two short films highlighting northern cultures will be presented : The Wind Whispers There Is Someone Behind the Tundra (Norway, sami culture) and Prevention of Repeated Crimes (Russia, Chukchi culture).
Camelot Theatres
2300 E. Baristo Road
Palm Springs
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Belgium
Woluwé-Saint-Pierre |
until March 13 |
Inuit sculpture exhibit « Ecrire avec la pierre – la sculpture inuit» (Writing with stone : Inuit sculpture). For the first time in Brussels, you will be able to discover inuit art through the sculptors of Baker Lake (Hudson's Bay, Nunavut).
Bibliotheca Wittockiana - Musée de l'Art de la reliure
23 rue
du Bemel
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France
Albert |
March 22 |
As part of the Festival international du film animalier d'Albert screening of the film White Falcon - White Wolf by the BBC which will take us on Ellesmere Island.
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March 25 |
As part of the Festival international du film animalier d'Albert screening of three films Iceland Saga, Adventure Yukon and Arctic Tale.
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France
Avignon |
March 19 |
As part of the Festival des globe-trotters, conference «Sous les étoiles du pôle» (Under the pole's stars) with France Pinczon du Sel. With her husband and daughter Léonie (2 years old), France has been living for the last 4 years in a small sailboat frozen in the Spitzberg's ice.
Salle Benoît XII & Théâtre du chien qui fume
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March 20 |
As part of the Festival des globe-trotters, screening of the film «Babouche» by Sébastien Roubinet telling his 2007 crossing of the North-West passage in his small sailboat.
Salle Benoît XII - Théâtre du chien qui fume
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France
Dinard |
until March 7 |
Exhibit «Le chant du froid» (Cold song).
Palais des Arts
boulevard Wilson
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France
Paris |
until May 4
Vernissage :
March 2 from
6PM to 8PM |
Les sentinelles de l'Arctique, exhibit of photographs by Nicolas Mingasson. See the slideshow.
Maison du Groenland
75 rue de Richelieu
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March 15 |
Elisapie Isaac in concert (first part of Coeur de pirate's show).
Olympia
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March 16 |
Elisapie Isaac (first part of Marie-Pierre Arthur's show).
La flèche d'or
102bis rue de Bagnolet (20e arrondissement)
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March 18 |
Conference & slide show « La mise en place des espaces protégés au Nunavik (Nord Québec) : l'exemple du parc national des Pingualuit », by Véronique Antomarchi..
Free admission. Reservations required. Call 06 88 09 68 77 or email espace.inuit@free.fr.
Espace culturel inuit -
Centre culturel canadien
5 rue de Constantine, 75007 Paris, Métro Invalides
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France
Portes-les-Valence
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March 17 |
In concert Elisapie Isaac as part of the festival «Les déferlantes francophones»
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France
Rouen
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March 10 to 21 |
The 23rd edition of the Festival du cinéma nordique (Nordic Film Festival) will include themes such as A look on Iceland, Nordic choirs, Unlikely homes in Norway, Women documentarists in Finland, News form the North, etc.
Cinéma Le Melville
75 rue du Général Leclerc
Rouen
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France
Serre-Chevalier |
Until April 24 |
Exhibit Grimaces by photographer Jean-François Delamarre. Making faces is a popular game with the Inuit. It is played by children, adults as well as elders and represents one of their greatest pleasure!
Domaine skiable de Serre Chevalier Vallée
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Suisse
Morges |
March 6 to
May 6
Vernissage :
March 6 @ 4PM
Conference :
March 6@ 6PM |
Regards Polaires photo exhibit by Stéphane Niveau, director of the Paul-Emile Victor Polar Center.
Galerie Soleil de M'Inuit
48 Rue Louis de Savoie
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