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The Arts Incubator

Winnipeg, Manitoba

The project is grounded in a dynamic process of collaborative engagement and capacity building, utilizing arts-based research methodologies to ensure the work is both relevant and empowering. A key focus is Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), which positions young people as leaders in investigating their own economic realities and co-designing their futures. Through a series of co-design workshops, digital storytelling projects, and community forums, ECO-STAR North facilitates intergenerational knowledge transfer, connecting youth with Elders and established creators. This hands-on, community-led approach ensures the resulting toolkit is not an academic exercise, but a living, practical resource built by and for Northern innovators, strengthening a resilient and interconnected creative ecosystem.
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Golden Hour

Connect with the land, the wildlife, and the incredible spirit of the North.
Tony Eetak June 16, 2025 1 minute read
Just look at that sun! It's like someone poured liquid gold across the open water of Hudson Bay. The light just dances on the gentle waves, stretching all the way to forever. In moments like this, everything feels peaceful, expansive, and utterly, breathtakingly beautiful.

Just look at that sun! It's like someone poured liquid gold across the open water of Hudson Bay. The light just dances on the gentle waves, stretching all the way to forever. In moments like this, everything feels peaceful, expansive, and utterly, breathtakingly beautiful.

Every Picture Tells Our Story

You know that feeling when summer finally, truly arrives? That’s what it’s like here in Arviat right now. The sun feels amazing on my face as I wander along the coast, and you can practically hear the land breathing a sigh of relief. The sea ice has just gone, and the air is starting to hum with that unmistakable summer energy. Honestly, it’s just one of those perfect days you want to bottle up. This summer, we’re really trying to soak it all in, capturing little bits of magic everywhere we look – on the land, right here under our feet, and out on the water.

Every single photo we take feels like a tiny piece of a larger story. It’s the story of this incredible place waking up after the long, quiet winter. It’s very different from the sounds of the city, where we spend much of our time. Here, it’s about the life that just bursts forth, and about all the wonderful people who call this unique corner of the world home.

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Tony Eetak

Tony Eetak

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Tony Eetak is an emerging artist, musician and culture connector from Arviat, Nunavut, now exploring the arts in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A founding member of the Art Borups Corners, Tony has a demonstrated passion for photography, music, composition, and visual arts. With over five years of experience as a dedicated volunteer, collaborator and co-funder of several arts projects, Tony has been involved in various participatory arts events through organizations like the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. His contributions earned him recognition as a National Role Model by Global Dignity Canada in 2023. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

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MANITOBA ARTS PROGRAMS

This platform, our Winnipeg, Manitoba hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Manitoba Arts Council Indigenous 360 Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Incubator was seeded and piloted with strategic arts innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse. We thank them for their investment, supporting northern arts capacity building and bringing the arts to life.

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NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ARTS

This platform, our Northwestern Ontario hub and programs have been made possible with support from the Ontario Arts Council Multi and Inter-Arts Projects Program. We gratefully acknowledge their funding and support in making the work we do possible.

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