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Museums and Galleries
The Centre of Canadian Studies has strong links with the Department of World Cultures at National Museums Scotland.
The Centre is pleased to celebrate the July re-launch of the National Museum of Scotland
http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/all-news/museum-280711
Recent Canadian-related events at the National Museum of Scotland include:
1. July 29, 2011:
Opening of the Living Lands gallery that examines traditional lives and contemporary values of indigenous peoples, including in the North American Arctic.
http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum/explore_the_galleries/world_cultures/living_lands.aspx
2. June 17, 2011 Inuit culture
Inuit artist and cultural leader, Peter T. Irniq, introduced Inuit culture and talked about his work building Inuksuit sculptures in Canada's arctic and beyond. Peter Irniq helped to create an Inuksuk sculpture for the Living Lands gallery
3. August 23, 2010
Exhibition: Extremes: Life in Sub Arctic Canada
http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/national_museum/past_exhibitions/extremes.aspx
4. December 1, 2009:
"Canadian Inuit and the Arctic: Shaping our Future"
Mary Simon, Canada’s National Inuit Leader
http://www.cst.ed.ac.uk/Events/CanadianInuitAndTheArctic.htm
Centre of Canadian Studies and National Museums Scotland Joint Public Lecture
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