PIRURVIK IN ACTION!
November 2024: Students in Pirurvik’s Qimattuvik and Aurniarvik programs learn the Inuit art of drum making and drumming. A big thanks to the instructor, David Serkoak.
Indigenous Language Revitalization Award
Congratulations Qimattuvik student, Maaki Kakik on receiving the University of Victoria's 2022 Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization Award!
Pirurvik students celebrate at the 2022 Christmas parade in Iqaluit.
Happy International Inuit Day! (November 7, 2022)
In June 2022, Pirurvik held a graduation ceremony to honour 47 Inuit graduates from the Aqqusiurvik Diploma program, the Qimattuvik Certificate program and the Aurniarvik Certificate program. Click on the navigation arrows to scroll through the slide show.
Caroline IpeeLIE wins the 2021 CILR AWARD
January 20, 2022. Congratulations to Pirurvik Student, Caroline Ipeelie on receiving the 2021 Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalizaion (CILR) Award from the University of Victoria! Caroline was part of Pirurvik’s third cohort of students in the Qimattuvik Certificate program who wrapped up their studies in December.
The CILR Award is given to a student pursing studies towards a Certificate in Inidigenous Langauge Revitalization. Students in Pirurvik’s Qimattuvik Certificate earn credits towards a CILR and it is wonderful to see Caroline’s hard work recognized.
ᐅᐱᒋᕙᑦᑎᒋᑦ ᑳᓚᐃ! This is well-deserved.
LeenA Evic WIns the 2021 Entrepreneurial
Spirit Award
November 4, 2021. Pow Wow Pitch, a non-profit organization supporting and celebrating Indigenous entrepreneurs, announced Pirurvik President, Leena Evic, as a winner of the 2021 Entrepreneurial Spirit Award.
ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᑦ
ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᓕᒃ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ:
· ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ
· ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᕆᐅᖅᓴᔪᓄᑦ
· ᒪᑭᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᔨ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᐅᑉ ᒪᑭᒪᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᑉ ᒪᑭᒪᓂᖓ
ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ. ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᕙᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒪᑭᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂ.
ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ, ᐅᖄᓚᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕕᒻᒧᑦ 867-979-4722, ᐅᕝᕙᓗ ᐃᕐᖐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᒋᓗᒍ ᐅᓇ: info@pirurvik.ca
ᒪᑐᕕᑦᓴᓖᑦ: ᔮᓐᓄᐊᕆ 29, 2021
Media Release:
Pirurvik launches new full-time programs
for the teaching and learning of Inuktut
Iqaluit, November 28, 2019 - The Pirurvik Centre is pleased to announce the launch of three new full-time programs for Inuit to build stronger Inuktut skills to use in their places of work and in advancing their careers. New classes will kick off in mid-January 2020.
The Qimattuvik certificate will provide full-time training to Inuktut speakers who want to enhance their skills for using Inuktut at a professional level. A second program, Aurniarvik, is aimed at Inuit who are learners of Inuktut as a second language and are looking to become functional in Inuktut in their professional and personal lives.
Pirurvik is partnering with the University of Victoria to offer both Qimattuvik and Aurniarvik as accredited certificate programs. Participants who complete all the courses in the Qimattuvik program will receive a certificate from the University of Victoria in Indigenous Language Revitalization. Particpants who complete all courses in the Aurniarvik program will receive a University of Victoria certificate in Indigenous Language Proficiency. As with all Pirurvik programs, the vast majority of the curriculum will be taught through Inuktut immersion.
Together, Pirurvik and the University of Victoria are also offering an Inuktut Instructors Diploma. Participants will strengthen their Inuktut abilities while building the skills needed to be effective instructors of Inuktut immersion. “Our program is unique in that it is designed around providing Inuktut instruction to adults,” says Leena Evic, President of the Pirurvik Centre. This is a field where there is a critical shortage of trained candidates to fill the jobs that are available. Students enrolled in Pirurvik’s Instructor Training diploma will also earn credits towards a Bachelor’s of Education in Indigenous Language Revitalization from the University of Victoria.
Support for these programs comes through a three-year commitment from the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation. Pirurvik’s programs will contribute to Makigiaqta’s efforts to provide Inuit in Nunavut with enhanced skills for employment.
Pirurvik is an Inuit-owned centre for Inuit language, culture and wellbeing based in Iqaluit. Since 2003 it has engaged Inuit knowledge keepers and educators to build new programs to provide Inuktut training from the simplest to the most advanced levels of the language.
“The new programs are a natural evolution for Pirurvik,” says Leena Evic. “For sixteen years we have steadily built up our courses through ad hoc funding from a wide variety of sources. We are very excited to be taking this essential next step with the launch of formal and accredited certificate and diploma programs in Inuktut.”
Pirurvik is proud to partner both with the Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation and with the University of Victoria, renowned for its approach to working with Indigenous communities to build new academic programs. “We are pleased to see the University of Victoria’s efforts to support Indigenous languages extend to Inuit Nunangat,” says Leena Evic.
The timing is good, she adds, given that 2019 is the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages. “This is our opportunity to see the active implementation of Inuktut as a working language at a practical level,” she says. “I believe with meaningful intentions and actions, we can advance the use of our language in the workplace so that it becomes the norm in our grandchildren’s time.”