
Sessions in which Jocelyn Piirainen participates
5:15 PM
5:15 PM
- Collaboration is Key: A look at the Tunirrusiangit Kenojuak Ashevak and Tim Pitsiulak Exhibition - Jocelyn Piirainen, Georgiana Uhlyarik & Taqralik Partridge
- Participant Georgiana Uhlyarik | Participant Taqralik Partridge (Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project) | Participant Jocelyn Piirainen (Winnipeg Art Gallery) |
- 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 30 minutes Part of: Archives 2
- The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) opened the exhibition Tunirrusiangit: Kenojuak Ashevak and Tim Pitsiulak in June 2018. It was a collaborative exhi...
- Talk
Sessions in which Jocelyn Piirainen attends
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Bringing it Back: The Reclamation of Inuit Digital Collections, Archives and Knowledge - Brendan Griebel & Sean Guistini DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano A (on Level 4)
- 9:00 AM - 3:15 PM | 6 hours 15 minutes
- Across the Inuit Nunangat, there is a growing movement towards the reclamation of Inuit cultural collections. It ...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Inuit in POLAR Science - Crystal Qaumariaq, Bryan Vandenbrink, Angulalik Pedersen & Mary Simon Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) operates out of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) Campus in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The CHARS C...
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Opening Ceremony Pavillion Henry F. Hall Building, Concordia University - DB Clarke Theatre
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Keynote 1: Lisa Koperqualuk Pavillion Henry F. Hall Building, Concordia University - DB Clarke Theatre
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1 hour
- Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk was born in Puvirnituq. Raised by her grandparents Lydia and Aisa Koperqualuk, her elementary schooling was done in Nun...
- Keynote

5:30 PM
5:30 PM
- Performance by Nunavik Sivunitsavut Students Pavillion Henry F. Hall Building, Concordia University - DB Clarke Theatre
- 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM | 30 minutes

6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- iNuit Blanche
- 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 4 hours
- Following on the success of the world's first all-night festival of Inuit art, music, dance, performance, installation, food and film held durin...

9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Looking white and being Indigenous, a complicated relationship with identity - Regan Burden
- Participant Regan Burden (NunatuKavut Community Council) |
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes Part of: Identity 1
- This presentation will discuss my own personal experiences of being an Indigenous person with a light complexion. Growing up in southern Labra...
- Talk
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Inclusive Curating - Ryan Rice
- Participant Ryan Rice (OCAD University) |
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes Part of: Art 1: Identity
- Inuit art plays a significant and distinct role within the field of art histories (Canadian / Circumpolar / Indigenous) and has stalwartly cat...
- Talk
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Inuit Places in Urban Spaces: A Musical Quest for Inuit Identity in St. John’s - Jeffrey van den Scott
- Participant Jeffrey van den Scott |
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes Part of: Identity 1
- Talk
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Keynote 3: Aaju Peter Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour
- Aaju Peter is a lawyer, businesswoman, and activist. Member of the Order of Canada, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth IIʼs Diamond Jubilee Medal,...
- Keynote

3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Inuit Art Enthusiasts: Using Facebook to Foster Tukisiqattautiniq - Michael Foor-Pessin
- Participant Michael Foor-Pessin |
- 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 30 minutes Part of: Art 2
- In April of 2016, I created a Facebook group, Inuit Art Enthusiasts, whose mission was to celebrate Inuit culture of art. My strategy was simple: c...
- Talk
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
- Art 3 Président-Kennedy Pavilion (PK) - PK-1140
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Archives 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Kiviuq Moves South: Social Policy Provision for Ottawamiut - Piers Kreps
- 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | 30 minutes Part of: Identity 2
- This presentation will be based upon my MSc dissertation, which is currently in progress. This dissertation will examine the experiences of Urban I...
- Talk
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Keynote 4: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 1 hour
- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter of such films as Angry Inuk (2016), Throat Song (2011), Tunniit: ...
- Keynote

1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Keynote 5: Ruth Kaviok Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | 1 hour
- Ruth Kaviok is the outgoing President of the National Inuit Youth Council (2017-19). She was the Inuktitut valedictorian of John Arnalukjuak Hig...
- Keynote

2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Urban Inuit Realities - Stephen Puskas, Jason LeBlanc, Joshua Stribbell, Nikita Larter, Maxine Angoo, Annie Pisutkie, Tina Pisuktie, Jenna Joyce Broomfield Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 2:30 PM - 5:45 PM | 3 hours 15 minutes
- Voices of Inuit are often lost in academic conferences, as Inuit have a long history of being the subject at such events. Further to this, urban In...
- Panel
- Film 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Art 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit : Art, Architecture and Traditional knowledge - Alain Fournier, Isabelle Laurier & Pamela Gross
- Participant Alain Fournier | Participant Isabelle Laurier | Participant Pamela Gross (Pitquhirnikkut Ilihautiniq / Kitikmeot Heritage Society) |
- 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 30 minutes Part of: Architecture
- La Station canadienne de recherche dans l’Extrême-Arctique (SCREA) a été construite à Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, dans le cadre de la St...
- Talk
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Keynote 6: Natan Obed Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 1 hour
- Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is originally from Nain, the north- ernmost community in Labradorʼs Nunatsiavut regio...
- Keynote

1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Archives 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- Workshop
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Proposed Inuit Research Network and Inuit Quajimajatuqangit (IRNIQ) - Heather Campbell Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour
- Mr. Bernard Saladin d’Anglure C.M., President of Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. stated in his letter dated August 9, 2017:
- Panel