Welcome To Our Qammaq - Susan Avingaq, Traditional Children's Hats

Host Carol Kunnuk welcomes back Susan Avingaq to the qammaq. They wish everyone a happy new year, and Susan teaches us about making traditional children's hats. LIVE from Igloolik on January 11, 2023.

ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᑭᐅᕈ ᑯᓐᓄᒃ ᑐᖓᓱᒃᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐅᑎᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓱᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᖓᖅ ᖃᕐᒪᕐᒧ. ᖁᕕᐊᓱᖁᔨᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓄᑖᕐᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓱᓴᓐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᑕᖃᓄᑦ ᓇᓴᓂ. ᓴᕿᔮᑲᐅᑎᒋᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒥ ᔮᓄᐊᕆ 11, 2023.

Avingaq has an artistic practice that inhabits the roles of actor in film and television, Director in film, and Costume Design for film and theatre. She has been an Inuit cultural consultant, Storyteller, a keeper of traditional Inuit songs, and a cultural teacher to children and youth in the community. She directed and produced the documentary Sol, and contributed to the following feature films: Maliglutit: Costume Design, Uvanga: Actor, Director, Producer, Journals of Knud Rasmussen: Costume Design, Atanarjuat: Costume Design.