Inuit knowledge

Inuit knowledge has been elaborated in Nunavut as Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ), which means "That which has long been known by Inuit". It is a concept that covers the Inuit ways of doing things, and includes the past, present and future knowledge, experience and values of Inuit society.

The Pikialasorsuaq Commission has interviewed several Inuit knowledge experts during the tours to Canada and Greenland in 2016. You can read the full interviews by clicking on individual names:

Inukitsoq Sadorana

A huge number of Arctic chars come by our coasts, big ones, and they are still growing. Earlier, they used to be smaller but lately they have become much bigger. (…) Those are what we eat. If only a small amount of oil is leaked, those are the species that we would lose forever and all the other species like narwhals and other whales that are up here amongst different animals. …