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Young Inuit artists in Iqaluit turn identity into art

Writers, filmmakers and tattoo artists in Iqaluit are making work about language, land and identity; the city is small, the output is not.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Best of BBN
Published 5:24 AM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by The New York Times: “In Canada’s Arctic, a New Generation of Inuit Creatives Are Using Identity to Fuel Their Art”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 5:24 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Canada.

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The New York TimesIn Canada’s Arctic, a New Generation of Inuit Creatives Are Using Identity to Fuel Their Art

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Iqaluit, the only city in Canada's Arctic, a new generation of Inuit writers and artists is making books, films and tattoos.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe New York Times reports the themes are language, land and identity.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOnly city. In the whole Arctic.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is what the report says. Small place, large output.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDoes this affect me? I live near a parking garage.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDirectly, no. But the books and films are the kind you can go and find. Whether they reach your garage is not clear yet.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTattoos. Would one survive my commute?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHank, the art is about who they are. Nobody has asked whether it survives you.

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