# Norma Dunning

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Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning

For April's episode, Jennifer is joined by the multi-talented stage and literary artist Reneltta Arluk to talk about the award-winning short story collection Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning. Published in 2021, the book's six stories focus on contemporary Inuk characters, drawn from lived e…

Scandal at Hockey Canada, Uncovering Inuit history, Canada's delegation to Taiwan, and author Ian McEwan

Host Piya Chattopadhyay is joined by sports journalists Shireen Ahmed and Dan Robson to discuss the future of Hockey Canada, Inuk writer and scholar Norma Dunning explores the "disc system" that disrupted Inuit culture, political science professor Lynette Ong breaks down the shifting geopolitical l…

Kinuavit? What's Your Name?

In 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning applied to the Nunavut Beneficiary program, seeking legal recognition of her status as an Inuk woman. In the application process, she was faced with a question she could not answer, "What was your disc number?” Her new book Kinauvit: What’s Your Name is the result of two …

Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity by Norma Dunning

This month we are joined by Norma Dunning, Inuit writer, scholar, professor and grandmother, to talk about her book Eskimo Pie: A Poetics of Inuit Identity. This poetry collection examines the author’s lived history as an Inuk who was born, raised and continues to live south of sixty. Her writing t…

Over 50 and Starting A New Literary Career

Host Sherrilynne Starkie welcomes celebrated author Dr. Norma Dunning to episode 23 of the 50 Women Over 50 podcast.  She’s a woman who’s life took a whole new turn the year she turned 50. Norma had never been to university and wanted to try it.  Within a few years she’d earned a PhD. in Indigenous…

I Didn’t Learn This in School: a shocking part of Canadian history

One of the fundamental questions of humans has been “who am I?”   To know our identity and where we came from has been a powerful driving force.  And it was a force in Norma Dunning, a professor at the University of Alberta,  to find out about her Inuit heritage that was never spoken about in her f…

Kinuavit - What's Your Name (encore)

In 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning applied to the Nunavut Beneficiary program, seeking legal recognition of her status as an Inuk woman. In the application process, she was faced with a question she could not answer, "What was your disc number?” Her new book Kinuavit: What’s Your Name is the result of two …

Controversy at Noon: Ageism in the Industry

Does bias exist in the literary world where age is concerned? Writing is hard enough in the first place, do writers also have to worry about the continued relationship with their publisher, agent, readers, and other writers in the industry as they get older? If so, in what ways? Additionally, are w…

Tainna Audiobook by Norma Dunning

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: TainnaCategories: Collection, Female Protagonist, Fiction, Short StoryAuthor: Norma DunningNarrator: Eric Schweig, Tanis ParenteauPublisher: Dreamscape MediaRelease date: 05-26-2022Language: EnglishSummary:Drawing on both lived e…

Episode 334 - Norma Dunning

Dennis speaks with Norma Dunning, Author of Naoyak: A Novel. Funny, biting, tender, fantastical and spiritually charged, Naoyak is a blend of social satire and a loving ode to Inuit women and mothers.