Kinaunira Qulliq Isumagillugu: Identifying through the Qulliq
| dc.contributor.author | Coley-Sudlovenick, Miali-Elise | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Daniels, Belinda | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Evic, Leena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-19T16:41:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-19T16:41:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Indigenous Education | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Education MEd | |
| dc.description.abstract | Over the years, I have felt connected to who I am through my first language, Inuktitut. I am proud to speak, read, write, understand and express myself wholeheartedly in the language I knew before any other. I was exposed to some English, but mainly once I was in elementary school that I started to understand it better. When I consider the connection to who I am through Inuktitut, I feel connected to a lineage of people who survived and continue to thrive, even in the harshest obstacles. When I consider the connection to who I am, I am also forced to consider the disconnection to who I could have been. I consider the disconnection my mom lived through during, removed from a time that a qulliq kept her family warm, while reflecting on what was lost to be where we are today. The focus of my project is on the qulliq, a traditional oil lamp. I attempt to highlight how the qulliq is an important source and tool to connect me to the land, to Inuktitut and to our Inuit culture and identity. When I think of the qulliq, I consider the elements that are required to come together to light it and keep it going. I think about my own life and what has had to be, in nature and in survival, to get me to this point. I reflect on the times that I get to walk on the nuna (tundra) and collect for the qulliq. I think about the hunters who face the elements to hunt and harvest the animals that have uqsuq (fat/oil), all to keep the qulliq going. I share about the bond to people in relation to tending and learning about the qulliq and my experiences in through this paper and a video story including photos and a voice-over. | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/23898 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | |
| dc.subject | Inuktitut language | |
| dc.subject | qulliq (traditional oil lamp) | |
| dc.subject | tool | |
| dc.subject | connection | |
| dc.subject | survival | |
| dc.title | Kinaunira Qulliq Isumagillugu: Identifying through the Qulliq | |
| dc.type | project |