It’s an exciting time for Inuit to work in film and television,  with multiple networks, channels, studios and production companies now breaking into the mainstream media, documentary and entertainment industries, and with numerous artists working in video and digital media. This panel features a lively discussion with some of the leading Inuit creators working in the industry today. 

Coffee, tea and small pastries.

Join us for the opening of the symposium! We will open events with a welcome to territory by Skawennati; a qulliq lighting and opening remarks by Heather Igloliorte.

In this panel, circumpolar artists who have shown their work both in community as well as at international art festivals and major exhibitions discuss their experiences engaging with the global contemporary art world.  Panelists: Kablusiak, Inuuteq Storch, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Sonya Kehlier-Combs in conversation with

On this day gourmet lunch boxes are available for conference registrants

Acclaimed Inuit fashion designers share in this exciting dialogue on how they began their careers in fashion, where they’re headed, and how they bring Inuit culture into their designs and practices. Panelists: On the Runway: Inuit Fashion and Wearable Art - Taalrumiq , April Allen, Victoria Okpik, and Julie Grenier in conversation with...

Join us for a live podcast recording of "Northerned", with special musical guest Joey Juurini Partridge, hosted by Beatrice Deer and Tanya Innaaruli...

Ahead of the opening of uummaqutik essence of life, Léuli Eshrāghi, Curator of Indigenous Practices, will sit down with the artist and the exhibition’s curator, asinnajaq, to talk about this brand new presentation of the Museum’s collection of art from Inuit Nunangat (Canadian Inuit territories). uum...

Join us for a conversation with some of the many wonderful alumni of the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership project. As Inuit Futures draws to a close and new initiatives are being devised for the future, this panel is an opportunity for us to reflect on what we’ve learned, and spotlight some of the former IF students as they have moved in new exciting directions in their careers and practices. 

Artists who work in and for their communities and are invested in educating a new generation and carrying forward the stories, knowledge, and practices of their ancestors. Panelists: Christine Q Lussier, Hanne Kirkegaard, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Veronica Flowers, Vanessa Flowers, Evie Mark

International Inuit Day Country Food Lunch catered in partnership with the Southern Quebec Inuit Association and hosted at the MMFA. With special performances.

Inuk museum technician Isabelle Uyaralaaq Avingaq Choquette provides this in-depth, behind-the-scenes, intimate tour of the Avataq Cultural Institute collections. See historical and contemporary Nunavik artworks up close and personal in this rare opportununity in the vaults of Avataq. 

This presentation brings together drawings, photographs, sculptures and more in order to promote and share Inuit artistic and cultural heritage and make it more accessible to all audiences. Conceived in collaboration with Inuk artist and curator asinnajaq, ᐆᒻᒪᖁᑎᒃ uummaqutik invites us to meditate on the rhythms of...

This is a LGBTQ2S+ safe space open to all Inuit. Elder Levinia Brown invites queer and non-binary Inuit and their friends and families to come and share their stories and discuss pre-colonial Inuit gender and sexuality in this Inuit-only safe space...

 In this Inuit-only conversation, Inuit tattoo artists invite conversation and knowledge-sharing about kakiniit and tunniit designs, patterns and meanings, and discuss their various experiences and best practices.    Panelists: Marjorie Tahbone, Arsaniq Deer, Malaya Kisa-Knickelbein, Sarah Whalen Lunn

Join us for a wrap-up conversation to reflect on not only the symposium, but also examine the recent history of Inuit art, take stock of the contemporary moment, and collectively envision where we want to take Inuit art into the future.  

Door open at 7:30, show at 8.  Suarluni, Emergence features circumpolar women whose performance practices are sometimes described as theatre, spoken word, song, or performance art. Evoking our vibrant homelands and the radical possibilities of performance, they call to us—performances by Sylvia Cloutier, Jessie Kleemann, Taqralik Partridge, and Allison Akootchook Warden.

Join us to celebrate at the ᕿᓐᓂᕋᔮᑦᑐᖅ Qinnirajaattuq / Ripples closing gala featuring DJ Andachan from Greenland! Cash bar with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available. Please note there is no food available at this event. We recommend that you eat dinner beforehand a...