Media
Toronto Knitters Guild - An evening with Nunavut Qiviut
September 15, 2021
NQ spent an evening with the TKG over zoom describing our geography, muskox, qiviut, our yarn, knit items and other projects. The YouTube video is available on-line to all TKG members. TKG has very reasonable membership fees.
Nunavut News Online Article - Nunavut Qiviut Weaving Tradition and Business
October 21, 2020
Above & Beyond - Canada's Arctic Journal - Arctic Fibres
April 29, 2019
UpHere Magazine Article - A Muskox Yarn
December 8, 2017
Governor General visits Nunavut Qiviut with Nunavut’s Premier
September 3, 2017
On September 2, 2017, Their Excellencies, David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada and his wife Sharon Johnston visited Kugluktuk. The visit was part of the "Canada 150 Coast to Coast to Coast" tour which formed part of the celebrations of Canada's sesquicentennial. Nunavut's Premier Peter Taptuna provided Their Excellencies a tour of Kugluktuk, which included a stop at our home to see our products, meet our staff, and learn about qiviut. They showed a keen interest in the project and His Excellency bought Her Excellency a royal purple infinity scarf made of 100% qiviut for their 53rd wedding anniversary.
Nunatsiaq Online Article - Spinning wool, and a sustainable economy, in western Nunavut
January 5, 2017