Inuit Studies Conference

Alysa Procida, Britt Gallpen, Napatsi Folger, Emily Henderson, and Heather Igloliorte on the “Supporting Inuit Leadership in the Arts at the Inuit Art Foundation” panel at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference, UQAM, Montreal QC. October 2019.

Veronica Flowers demonstrates sewing techniques during the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop. Veronica and Vanessa Flowers led the workshop at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference, UQAM, Montreal QC. October 2019. Photo courtesy of Heather Igloliorte.

Participants in the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop, led by Veronica Flowers and Vanessa Flowers, at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference, UQAM, Montreal QC, October 2019. Photo courtesy of Heather Igloliorte.

Dawn Biddison (Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center) and artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs with finished slippers made during the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop, led by Veronica Flowers and Vanessa Flowers, at the 21st Inuit Studies Conference, UQAM, Montreal QC, October 2019. Photo courtesy of Heather Igloliorte.

Taqralik Partridge, Megan Kyak-Monteith, and Danielle Aimée Miles taking part in the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop, led by Veronica Flowers and Vanessa Flowers. This session was held at Concordia University, Montreal QC, October 2019. Photo by Heather Igloliorte.

Participants in the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop, led by Veronica Flowers and Vanessa Flowers. This session was held at Concordia University, Montreal QC, October 2019. Photo by Heather Igloliorte.

Heather Igloliorte sewing her pair of slippers at the Labrador Inuit Slipper Making Workshop, led by Veronica Flowers and Vanessa Flowers. This session was held at Concordia University, Montreal QC, October 2019. Photo courtesy of Heather Igloliorte.

Inuit Studies Conference

October 3-6, 2019
UQAM, Montreal QC

The 21st Inuit Studies Conference, hosted by UQAM and partnered with Concordia University saw over seven hundred registered participants assemble in downtown Montreal from across the world. The Inuit Futures team, having gathered the day before for our second Annual Gathering participated in several conference events, including the iNuit Blanche Gallery Crawl, and the Labrador Inuit Slipper-Making Workshops organized by the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Project.

The four-day conference highlighted the diversity and strength of the Inuit Futures team, featuring several of our partners, Mentors, and ilinniaqtuit as panelists, and keynote speakers such as Heather Igloliorte, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Taqralik Partridge, Jessica Kotierk, Ryan Rice, Alyssa Procida, Britt Gallpen, Emily Henderson, Napatsi Folger, Jason Sikoak.

Students attended multiple sessions, including sessions focusing on art and identity, understanding human--non-human relationships, urban Inuit, food, architecture, supporting Inuit Leadership in the Arts at the Inuit Art Foundation and the last resting place of John Shiwak- a WWI sniper.