YELLOWKNIFE — The Canadian government announced Tuesday more than $1.9 million in funding is being provided over two years to three Indigenous organizations in the Northwest Territories to support the production and broadcasting of culturally relevant radio and television programming in the North.
Under the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting component of the Ministry of Canadian Heritage’s Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program, the funding is being directed to the Inuvialuit Communications Society, Native Communications Society of the N.W.T. and Norman Wells Land Corporation.
The Inuvialuit Communications Society (ICS) is receiving $380,820 to support its 2021-2023 broadcast production season, while the Native Communications Society of the N.W.T. will receive $848,202 in funding to provide broadcasting support for an Indigenous radio station. The Norman Wells Land Corporation is being allocated $714,014 to support a Tlegohl Got’ine language and culture radio show.
“The Norman Wells Land Corporation would like to thank the Government of Canada for this support from the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting program. This funding will allow us to promote and connect our traditional language and culture to community members,” says Sherry Hodgson, president of Norman Wells Land Corporation, in the government’s press release.
The objectives of the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting program are to:
- support the production of culturally relevant Indigenous programming;
- facilitate establishment and maintenance of production facilities;
- ensure availability of a significant amount of radio and television programming;
- contribute to the preservation and promotion of Indigenous languages and cultures; and
- provide venues to articulate issues of relevance to Indigenous audiences and communities.
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