ARTS , CULTURE & EDUCATION


© HANS-LUDWIG BLOHM Order of Canada Recipients Passion for the North Recognized J


uly 1, 2010 at 1:24 pm. Nuuk, Greenland. For the last four days, Inuit from Canada, Russia, Greenland and Alaska assemble in Greenland’s capital for the 11th General Assembly of the Inuit


Circumpolar Council. During an intermission in the official proceedings, the paths of two participants cross. Their encounter lasts a brief seven minutes. Neither of them knows who the other person is. Not a single word is exchanged. Yet, for both, this moment becomes one of the highlights of their presence in Nuuk. Luckily, one of them has immortalized their chance encounter with his camera.


A year and a half later, on December 30, 2011, these


photographs take a totally different significance when His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announces that both individuals are being appointed to the Order of Canada. Both are being recognized for their contributions to Canada’s North, its people, its culture: a passion they share. Who are they? How did their encounter come about?


March/April 2012


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