Susan Avingaq

ᕿᒃᓵᖕᓂᖃᖅᖢᑕ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᑉ ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᕕᙵᐅᑉ.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of author Susan Avingaq.

ᓲᓴᓐ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᕋᓛᓂ ᓄᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᖕᒧᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, 1970ᖏᓐᓂ. ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕈᒻᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖃᓪᓕᐊᕈᒻᒪᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑕᕌᖓᒥ ᑎᑭᓵᖅᓯᒪᓂᑰᔪᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᑎᒡᒍᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᒥᖅᓱᕈᒻᒪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᐊᔪᙱᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᔪᒍᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓇᐃᓗᑕᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᔪᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᑎᕙᒃᖢᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᖕᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ.

Susan was born on the land and moved to the community of Igloolik, Nunavut, in the mid-1970s. She loved to go camping and fishing whenever she could and often brought new people along to teach them these land skills. She enjoyed sewing and teaching younger people important cultural practices. She was an extremely resourceful person and passed this important quality on to the younger generation.

ᓲᓴᓐ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᓂᑳᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᑎᐊᕐᒥᒃ.

Susan was the bestselling author of The Pencil and Fishing with Grandma.

ᕿᖑᓂᖃᕆᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ.

She will be missed.