8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Continental Breakfast & Registration (in the Chaufferie, CO-R700) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
8:30 AM
8:30 AM
- Additional Coffee & Pastries in Soprano Foyer, Level 4, DoubleTree par Hilton
- 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | 30 minutes
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Book Fair (Thursday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM | 6 hours
- Public Event
- Inuit specific strategy to end gender-based violence and promote gender equality - Maya Doyon-Hanson & Rebecca Jones DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano C (on Level 4)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- It has been just three generations since Inuit in Canada were moved into permanent settlements, which caused the erosion of traditional culture, kn...
- Workshop
- Exploring Collaborative Visual Methods to Discuss Inuit Health - Jessica Penney (Sign-Up Required)
- Signup required DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano B (on Level 4)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Culturally responsive methods and Indigenous research methods encourage respectful and reciprocal relationships and relational discourses, as well ...
- Workshop
- Bilingual Education across the Inuit Homeland - Shelley Tuloch & Yasmine Charara Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Inuit across the Arctic have been working for fifty or more years to implement an effective bilingual curriculum. Goals of the bilingual programs i...
- Panel
- Building on Strengths in Naujaat: addressing communication gaps between youth and Elders - Polina Anang, Lydia Haqpi, Maria Bronson, Ellen Gordon & Nora Gottlieb Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Building on Strengths in Naujaat is a youth initiative that incorporates Community Based Participatory Research with a dynamic youth group active i...
- Workshop
- Living in Northern Quebec 1: issues and challenges of appropriate and meaningful living environments for Inuit communities - organized by Geneviève Vachon & Myriam Blais Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cette session thématique met en lumière certaines activités et réalisations de l’équipe du projet de recherche en partenariat Habiter le Nord ...
- Session
- Representations of Inuit people and issues in Canadian society, media and political institutions - Mathieu Landriault, Jean-François Savard & P. Whitney Lackenbauer DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Symphonie 4 (on Level 5)
- 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM | 3 hours 15 minutes
- Popular symbols tied to Inuit people are abound in the Canadian imaginary, often represented in a folkloric way: igloos and inukshuk are iconic ill...
- Session
- 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
- Gender & Development in Inuit Nunangat - Magalie Quintal-Marineau, Anne Curley, Lema Ijtemaye & Eleanor Stephenson DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Symphonie 2 (on Level 5)
- 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM | 3 hours 15 minutes
- This session explores ‘development’ across Inuit Nunangat from the perspective of Inuit women. Historically, development of the Canadian North has ...
- Session
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pisulaurtaa! Let’s go for a walk! (Walking Tour 2hrs/4.5km) - Christopher Fletcher & Annie Pisuktie
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 2 hours
- Inuit have been making their place, coming and going, living and working in Montreal for generations. Since the signing of the James Bay and Northe...
- Walking Tour
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Coffee Break @ two locations: Chaufferie (CO-R700) at UQAM and Soprano Foyer, Level 4, DoubleTree par Hilton
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- The MMIWG inquiry and its importance for Inuit across Canada - Qajaq Robinson, Violet Ford-Roy, Lisa Koperqualuk, Looee Okalik DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano C (on Level 4)
- 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The members of this panel will discuss their respective roles in offering legal counsel, providing health and social support, and documenting the...
- Panel
- Project CREATeS - Circumpolar Resilience, Engagement and Action through Story: Digital stories from youth across the circumpolar north - Selma Ford, Joanna MacDonald, Sarah Cox, Jyoti Bhargava & Allison Crawford DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano B (on Level 4)
- 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- We propose an exhibit to showcase digital stories created by Arctic Indigenous youth as part of Project CREATeS, an initiative of the Sustainabl...
- Panel
- Profiles of Perseverance and Success in Inuit Education - Shelley Tulloch, Melanie O’Gorman, Holly Carpenter, Kevin Eetoolook, Kathy Snow, Kirk Anderson, Doris Boase, Sylvia Moore, Erin Morozoff, Alexander McAuley, Caitlyn Baikie Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Across the Arctic, innovative teachers, principals, school boards, and community members have been moving forward toward the National Committee on ...
- Panel
- Nunami Sukuijainiq “Science on the Land”: Building a community-based environmental monitoring and science education program in Nunavik - José Gérin-Lajoie Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This roundtable discussion will focus on the Imalirijiit (“those who study water”) and Nunami Sukuijainiq (“Science on the Land”) programs, which a...
- Round Table
- Living in Northern Quebec 2 : issues and challenges of appropriate and meaningful living environments for Inuit communities - organized by Geneviève Vachon & Myriam Blais Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cette session thématique met en lumière certaines activités et réalisations de l’équipe du projet de recherche en partenariat Habiter le Nord ...
- Session
12:15 PM
12:15 PM
- Lunch (on your own)
- 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- EXHIBITION - Imagining: 50 projects for the North Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Living in Northern Quebec 3 : issues and challenges of appropriate and meaningful living environments for Inuit communities - organized by Geneviève Vachon & Myriam Blais Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | 30 minutes
- Cette session thématique met en lumière certaines activités et réalisations de l’équipe du projet de recherche en partenariat Habiter le Nord ...
- Session
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, will be selected to participate. ...
- Workshop
- Inuktut as a Human Right - Aluki Kotierk & Louis Tapardjuk DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano C (on Level 4)
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Food Security from a Local Inuit Perspective: Program Implications - Stephan Schott, Clara Evalik, Jamie Desautels, Elizabeth Anavilok, Christine Porter, Chantal Langlois DoubleTree par Hilton Montréal - Soprano B (on Level 4)
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This panel is a result of a four-year research project in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut based on a fishery project and a harvest study conducted ...
- Panel
- How to build a quality education-to-opportunity pipeline for youth in Nunavik - Vanessa Chaperlin and Minnie Annahatak Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This panel will discuss how to build a quality education-to-opportunity pipeline for youth in Nunavik. One approach is developing support systems f...
- Panel
- 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
- Living in Northern Quebec 4 : issues and challenges of appropriate and meaningful living environments for Inuit communities - organized by Geneviève Vachon & Myriam Blais Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 1:45 PM - 4:00 PM | 2 hours 15 minutes
- Cette session thématique met en lumière certaines activités et réalisations de l’équipe du projet de recherche en partenariat Habiter le Nord ...
- Session
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
- Break -- Make your way over to Concordia for the Opening Ceremony, Keynote, and Performance
- 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM | 45 minutes
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...

8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Continental Breakfast & Registration (in Multi-purpose room, SH-4800) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Latitude: dialog around a typographic press - Judith Poirier
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This workshop is intended for Inuit interested in letterpress printing, using Inuktitut vocabulary. Please contact Judith Poirier to request a p...
- Workshop
- Book Fair (Friday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 8 hours
- Public Event
- Inuit Art/Crafts Sale (Friday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 8 hours
- Public Event

- Art 1: Identity Président-Kennedy Pavilion (PK) - PK-1140
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 1: Language Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Linguistics 1 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R820
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Identity 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Literature 1: Inuit Literatures - organized by Daniel Chartier & Keavy Martin Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2620
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session aims to bring together Inuit writers from across the circumpolar space, graduate students and researchers to share literary, methodolo...
- Session
- Anthropology 1 Science Biology pavilion (SB) - SB-M210
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Sea Ice Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R830
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Food 1 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-1410
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Law & Justice Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Ice-breaker 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 4 (Partnership research and development in improvement of educational situations and teacher training in Indigenous context perspectives) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- La population inuit du Nunavik aspire à une scolarisation adéquate de sa jeunesse ainsi qu’à la formation professionnelle d’enseignants inuit. Cett...
- Session
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Coffee Break Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
- Keynote 2: Dalee Sambo Dorough Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM | 1 hour
- Currently the Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough was an As- sociate Professor in the Department of Political Scienc...
- Keynote

11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Lunch (provided) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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

2:15 PM
2:15 PM
- Coffee Break Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation-Only)
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- Art 2 Président-Kennedy Pavilion (PK) - PK-1140
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 2: Intergenerational Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Linguistics 2: Revitalization 1 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R820
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Youth 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Literature 2: Inuit Literatures - organized by Daniel Chartier & Keavy Martin Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2620
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Anthropology 2 Science Biology pavilion (SB) - SB-M210
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Geography 1 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R830
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Food 2 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-1410
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Politics Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Urban Inuit 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 5 (Partnership research and development in improvement of educational situations and teacher training in Indigenous context perspectives) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- La population inuit du Nunavik aspire à une scolarisation adéquate de sa jeunesse ainsi qu’à la formation professionnelle d’enseignants inuit. Cett...
- Session
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Break
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | 15 minutes
- Home Sweet Home (Ice-breaker activity) Ella Nathanael Alkiewiez Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | 15 minutes
- I would really appreciate being with fellow Inuit and learn with them since I live so far South. I am a journalist, a storyteller, a teacher, an...
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- Art 3 Président-Kennedy Pavilion (PK) - PK-1140
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 3: Language Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Amphitheatre (SH-2800)
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Linguistics 3 Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R820
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 3 : Mental Health Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Literature 3: Inuit Literatures - organized by Daniel Chartier & Keavy Martin Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2620
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session aims to bring together Inuit writers from across the circumpolar space, graduate students and researchers to share literary, methodolo...
- Session
- Youth 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Religion Science Biology pavilion (SB) - SB-M210
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Animals Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-R830
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Business & Economics Sainte-Catherine Pavilion (V) - V-1410
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Research 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Literacy Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM | 2 hours
- Session
- Education 6 (Partnership research and development in improvement of educational situations and teacher training in Indigenous context perspectives) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Agora Hydro-Québec (CO-R500)
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- La population inuit du Nunavik aspire à une scolarisation adéquate de sa jeunesse ainsi qu’à la formation professionnelle d’enseignants inuit. Cett...
- Session
4:45 PM
4:45 PM
- BOOK LAUNCH - Nunavik Inuit Literary History by Nelly Duvicq Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour
- Talk
5:45 PM
5:45 PM
- Inuktitut-French-English Lexicon Launch
- 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM | 1 hour
- The launch event will unveil a unique resource in Inuktitut.Lexicon: Work began on creating...
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- ***LOCATION CHANGED***: Performance by Siqiniup Qilauta with David Newland - Salle Bourgie, 1339, rue Sherbrooke West Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Bourgie Hall | Salle Bourgie
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- A collaborative presentation with songs and commentary to provide a different context to look at the Northwest passage. Siqiniup Qilauta does In...

8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Continental Breakfast Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Book Fair (Saturday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 8 hours
- Public Event
- Inuit Art/Crafts Sale (Saturday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | 8 hours
- Public Event

- Linguistics 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 7: Postsecondary Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Design 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Identity 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Greenland 1: Understanding contemporary Greenland - Language - organized by Birgit Kleist Pederson & Rosannguaq Rossen Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3720
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Climate 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Knowledge 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3340
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Dogs 1 (Relations between humans and dogs in Northern Canada: an interdisciplinary outlook) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From the origins of dogsledding until well after Europeans established themselves in the North American Arctic, Inuit and their predecessors used d...
- Session
- Archeology 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Archives 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Coffee Break Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
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

11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Excellence in Inuit Teacher Education - Paul Berger Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- There is a critical shortage of Inuit teachers in all Inuit regions. To implement bilingual, bicultural education, large numbers of Inuit must beco...
- Round Table
- Lunch (provided) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
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

2:15 PM
2:15 PM
- Coffee Break Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | 15 minutes
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- 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
- Education 8: Primary Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Linguistics 5: Standardization Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2580
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Film 1 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 5: Social Services Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Greenland 2: Understanding contemporary Greenland - Media & Literature - organized by Birgit Kleist Pederson & Rosannguaq Rossen Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3720
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Animals 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3580
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Knowledge 2: Research Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3340
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Dogs 2 (Relations between humans and dogs in Northern Canada: an interdisciplinary outlook) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From the origins of dogsledding until well after Europeans established themselves in the North American Arctic, Inuit and their predecessors used d...
- Session
- Archeology 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Literature 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Break
- 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM | 15 minutes
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- Linguistics 6: Revitalization 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2580
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 9 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Archives 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 6: Grief Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Religion & History Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3720
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Climate 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3580
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Social Justice Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3340
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Dogs 3 (Relations between humans and dogs in Northern Canada: an interdisciplinary outlook) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From the origins of dogsledding until well after Europeans established themselves in the North American Arctic, Inuit and their predecessors used d...
- Session
- Archeology 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Film 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Continental Breakfast Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- Book Fair (Sunday) Cœur des sciences Pavilion (CO) - Chaufferie (CO-R700)
- 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 3 hours
- Public Event
- Linguistics 7: Revitalization 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 10: Land-based Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Art 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Architecture Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Food 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Health 7 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3720
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Governance Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3580
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Geography 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3340
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Dogs 4 (Relations between humans and dogs in Northern Canada: an interdisciplinary outlook) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- From the origins of dogsledding until well after Europeans established themselves in the North American Arctic, Inuit and their predecessors used d...
- Session
- Research 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Round Table
- Arctic Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Coffee Break Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM | 15 minutes
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

11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- An exploration of the decolonization of education - Jennifer Williams Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- This session is a co-hosted roundtable exploring the practice of decolonizing education. Students on Ice has been running youth expeditions to the ...
- Round Table
- Lunch (provided) Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - Multi-purpose room (SH-4800)
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
- Labrador Inuit slipper making workshop - Vanessa Flowers and Veronica Flowers (Invitation only)
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- For our workshop, approximately 12 individuals, who would like to learn the art of Labrador Inuit slipper making, have been selected to participate...
- Workshop
- Exploring Collaborative Visual Methods to Discuss Inuit Health - Jessica Penney (Sign-Up Required)
- Signup required Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3560
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Culturally responsive methods and Indigenous research methods encourage respectful and reciprocal relationships and relational discourses, as well ...
- Workshop
- Linguistics 8: Writing Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3260
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Education 11: Cross-cultural Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3620
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Design 2 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3220
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Food 4 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-2580
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- Session
- Linguistics 9 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3720
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Geography 3: Mapping Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3340
- 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Session
- Digital Technology: Inuit & digital technology: Building Community Identity & Pride - Alexander Castleton Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3120
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- Recently, political actors, scholars and companies have pointed out that the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by Indigenous pe...
- Panel
- Youth 4 : Recreating a place of honour and respect for young people - Jrène Rahm, Tim Anaviapik-Soucie, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq, Jackie Kidd, Vincent L'Hérault, Jonathan Pitseolak, Shirley Tagalik, Charlie Nowkawalk & Loïc Fauteux-Goulet Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3580
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- This panel brings together Inuit leaders and allies from different environmental stewardship projects and curriculum initiatives in Inuit Nunangat ...
- Panel
- Archives 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3540
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- Workshop
- Film 3 Sherbrooke Pavilion (SH) - SH-3140
- 1:15 PM - 3:15 PM | 2 hours
- Session
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- Documentary film, Inuit Piqutingit: What Belongs to Inuit, co-produced by Zacharias Kunuk and Bernadette Miqqusaaq Dean, McCord Museum auditorium, followed by Q&A McCord Museum - McCord Museum Auditorium
- 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- 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