ARNAAPIK 1*3 - The Power of Women

 The power of art and song come alive in this episode. Singer-songwriters Elisapie Isaac and Beatrice Deer, share the challenges they have faced in their lives as artists and women, and joys they have experienced. How music is their way of connecting with people and changing the world ‘one heart at a time’.… Read more

Our future, our youth – Pingajugijat Kinguvaarijavut: The Third Generation, speak about the challenges they are facing today and the strength they find in community and culture for going forward. They are followed by Inuit activists, artists and leaders talking about possible solutions.… Read more

 In this final episode we look at some of the community programs giving us hope for the future, and the people working within these programs. We also hear from men on a journey of positive change. The leader of this journey, Noel Kaludjak, began the Better Fathers, Better Husbands initiative.… Read more

There are many Inuit women who possess amazing power within themselves, and reflect that power in the positions they hold. In this episode we focus on some of these women – Member of Parliament Lori Idlout, Governor General Mary Simon, musicians Beatrice Deer and Elisapie Isaac, are among some of them.… Read more

Violence can be broken. We have to stop this cycle of violence. We have to stop the shame. (Lucy Tulugarjuk, 2022)

 A hard-hitting episode that looks at how the Canadian ‘system’ (police, justice, legal, safe houses, therapy, counselling among some of the areas) has been failing Inuit women. The directors talk to activists, politicians, legal experts and front-line workers who are trying to change the reality of a failed ‘system’.

 In this first episode, Elders from different communities share their knowledge and experiences from a time before and after colonization. A time when gender roles were clearer and life was simpler in some ways. Though it becomes evident that keeping the same values from that time to today, presents conflicting messages to women facing violence.… Read more