Last year, I moved to Iqaluit to learn Inuktitut. Despite growing up in Yellowknife, absorbing my culture, I learned only fragments of our language. Then, in 2021, living and teaching in Fort Smith, I came across a social media story about the Pirurvik Centre.
Because of COVID‑19, the institution for Inuit well-being and culture — established in 2003 — had begun offering language classes…
Jamesie Taligvat Evaluardjuk Fournier
Jamesie Taligvat Evaluardjuk Fournier is the author of the story collection The Other Ones, as well as the poetry collection Elements.