Arctic Songs is a project connecting traditional musicians and elders with young musicians in order to teach and learn traditional songs. Qaggiavuut respects and seeks to nurture and strengthen all the performing arts in Nunavut, and honours that traditional Inuit music preserves Inuit language and culture. We have been pairing elders and youth in sharing traditional song and traditional knowledge, and look forward to sharing recordings and performances of this with YOU!

An important mandate of Qaggiavuut is to nurture and develop the Inuit performing arts and provide training and mentorship opportunities for Nunavut youth to explore the arts. It is our belief that the arts are the ideal method for teaching, strengthening and developing language and communications. The arts are also a positive response to despair, and have the power to imbue meaning, beauty and hope in the lives of Nunavut youth.  With this important mandate in mind, Qaggiavuut will provide an opportunity for mentorship in traditional Inuit music and songs by connecting ‘keepers of traditional Inuit music’ to young musicians.