Episodes

  • Personal Experience around Inuit Kinship

    Personal Experience around Inuit Kinship
    Mar 25 2021
    My personal experiences around kinship is related to my immediate family. It was traditionally a practice for Inuit to use kinship to address each other, instead of using their given names. The use of kinship was related to family terms, which Inuit call Tuqsurarniq. The use of kinship was a form of respect and also a way to create closeness between and within families. In my personal experiences, I have a number of names which were give to me. I grew up in relation to who I am within my family, but also how people relate to me through the names given to me. For example, my brothers call me sister, najakuluapik or najakuluk, but I have cousins who call me Anaanatsiaq, Grandmother, because my name Miali was the name of our Grandmother. Listen in as I speak to my older daughter Anika about her names and talk about the names I was given.

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    21 mins
  • Embracing the Challenges

    Embracing the Challenges
    Mar 17 2021
    Transition from English to Inuktitut or back to Inuktitut was something I had to learn. I often hear parents who felt that children lost their Inuktitut once going into daycare and feel powerless to reteach the child/children Inuktitut. I had different experiences growing up, so I couldn't always related to those conversations. It was only when my own daughter was in a home daycare and would come home speaking English that I felt the challenge that other parents had encountered. Here I talk about helping my daughter transition back to Inuktitut and using her communication skills in English towards finding the words to communicate in Inuktitut.

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    13 mins
  • Interview with Hannah Tooktoo Koneak Hannah’s Journey Across Canada!

    Interview with Hannah Tooktoo Koneak Hannah’s Journey Across Canada!
    Aug 8 2019
    Join Hannah Tooktoo as she completes her epic bike ride across Canada. Hannah is a young Inuk, artist from Kuujjuaq, QC. Hannah is a graduate of Nunavik Sivunitsavut, and is currently enrolled in the Visual Arts program in Dawson College. She has been affected by the suicide epidemic in her region and recognizes the need for more attention, services and support in our Inuit and Indigenous communities. She has written a poem which addresses the heavy subject. The poem is called Suicide and is posted on her page. She plans to bike across Canada to raise awareness of the suicide epidemic in Inuit and Indigenous communities. The trip will start in Victoria, BC on June 16th. She chose to start her journey in the mountains because she believes that in order to reach smoother roads, one must work hard in the beginning. Her main message she wants to spread is Anirnimi Kipisina- Do not cut your life short. Hannah will be posting her journey throughout her trip, posting updates on her page of her challenges and progress. She also plans to pass through Indigenous communities to exchange experiences of how suicide has affected them as well as brainstorm on ways towards healing. She is raising money through her page and GoFundMe Hannah’s Journey Across Canada. her goal is to reach 25000$ in order to make her trip possible, and donate to and organization in her region that is fighting for Inuit's mental health and suicide prevention.
    Nakurmiimarialuk uvanni sapujjuravit.
    Thank you very much for supporting me! (copied from Hannah’s Journey Across Canada Go Fund Me Page)
    https://www.gofundme.com/f/hannah039s-journey-across-canada

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    11 mins
  • Short random sentences in Inuktitut and English or do you prefer topic based learning?

    Short random sentences in Inuktitut and English or do you prefer topic based learning?
    Jun 8 2019
    Using my podcast to be an Educational place to learn and listen to more Inuktitut. I’m open to your ideas on making this specific for your needs. Post to share your ideas!

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    2 mins
  • When planning to do an interview, it’s great to have your questions prepared.

    When planning to do an interview, it’s great to have your questions prepared.
    Mar 29 2019
    Here is an example of having a group of youth in a room and interviewing one of them on the spot. Qumangapik is from Igloolik and shared a bit about his experience in the QIA Youth Leadership Workshop.

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    6 mins
  • Short piece from Kangilliniq, Nunavut. Here this week for Black History Month.

    Short piece from Kangilliniq, Nunavut. Here this week for Black History Month.
    Mar 1 2019
    I am visiting my friend Ashley in Rankin Inlet and presenting to a couple schools for Black History Month. Playing tunes from Northern Haze and re-sharing my QIA Inuktitut Language Month Poem and Song Writing Contest, which won 1st place!! Enjoy this short but worthwhile podcast and have a safe a wonderful weekend. March 1 starts tomorrow!

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    8 mins
  • Poem by Miali Coley-Sudlovenick

    Poem by Miali Coley-Sudlovenick
    Feb 22 2019
    Title: ᐅᕝᕙ ᐊᐃᔭᐃᔮᓕᐅᖅᑐᖅ

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • My Dad Audley from Jamaica 🇯🇲 to Canada 🇨🇦. Black History Month and Inuktitut Language Month episode.

    My Dad Audley from Jamaica 🇯🇲 to Canada 🇨🇦. Black History Month and Inuktitut Language Month episode.
    Feb 22 2019
    ᐅᕝᕙ ᑐᓴᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ‘ᐅᕙᒍᑦ’ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᑖᑕᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒨᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔭᖓᓄᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᓗ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᒻᒪᒍ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓄ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓛᕐᒥᔭᕋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓂᖅ ᑕᕿᕆᒻᒥᒻᒪᒍ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓛᖅᓱᖓ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᑐᕋᕕᑕᖃᓛᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᑦ.

    Unnukkut! Thursdays episode features live jam from Uvagut, and an Inuktitut/English interpreted recording with my Dad in Canada. I was inspired to share this topic because it is Black History Month! It’s also Inuktitut (Inuktut) Language Month. Here is also a link to a more detailed story about my Dads move up North, Frobisher Bay http://findingtruenorth.ca/blog/black-in-iqaluit-audley Tune in to some Uvagut jams, Jamaican vibes and a conversation surrounding my Dad and his arrival to Canada 🇨🇦! Thanks for tuning in.

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    31 mins