New Ottawa art gallery exhibit showcases northern Indigenous artists from around the world

New Ottawa art gallery exhibit showcases northern Indigenous artists from around the world

Arctic sovereignty has become a commonly used phrase in recent months after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to annex Greenland and Canada looks to secure its northern borders by beefing up defence spending in the region. But to Laakkuluk Williamson, an Inuk artist originally from Kalaaleq, Greenland the words mean something very different. “Arctic sovereignty for us as people that come from the land it is actually about homeland, it is ab…