Children's album co-created with Nunavik students
To celebrate their grandmother’s birthday, Lucassie and Siaja want to give her some unforgettable gifts. They head for Tutjaat, the walrus island! This story for young people, inspired by an Inuit oral tale, was co-written and illustrated by students from Nuvviti School during a workshop in Ivujivik, Nunavik. It focuses on how to prepare igunaq, fermented walrus, by telling the story of a sea journey taken to preserve and share this culinary tradition in the community of Ivujivik, Québec’s northernmost village.
In English and Inuktitut.
Published in collaboration with Un livre à la fois and Nuvviti School.
ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖓᑕ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᕕᓯᐅᓐᓂᖓ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᓘᑲᓯᓗ ᓯᐊᔭᓗ ᐳᐃᒍᕐᑕᐅᓂᐅᔭᖕᖏᑐᒥ ᐁᑦᑑᑎᖃᒍᒪᔫᒃ. ᑐᑦᔮᓕᐊᕐᑎᓯᓗᑎᒃ, ᐁᕖᑦ ᕿᑭᕐᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓅᓕᖓᔪᖅ, ᑲᑦᓱᙰᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖓᒍᑦ, ᐊᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᕕᓂᖅ ᐊᓪᓚᖑᐊᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᕝᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᑯᐯᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓯᓐᓂᐹᖓᓂ, ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐁᕕᕕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒍᓇᓕᐅᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᐅᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᓱᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᕕᑰᖕᖑᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖅ.
ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖓᑕ ᐃᓅᓕᕐᕕᓯᐅᓐᓂᖓ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᒋᓗᒍ, ᓘᑲᓯᓗ ᓯᐊᔭᓗ ᐳᐃᒍᕐᑕᐅᓂᐅᔭᖕᖏᑐᒥ ᐁᑦᑑᑎᖃᒍᒪᔫᒃ. ᑐᑦᔮᓕᐊᕐᑎᓯᓗᑎᒃ, ᐁᕖᑦ ᕿᑭᕐᑕᖓᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓅᓕᖓᔪᖅ, ᑲᑦᓱᙰᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖓᒍᑦ, ᐊᓪᓚᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᕕᓂᖅ ᐊᓪᓚᖑᐊᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᕝᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᕈᓯᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᑯᐯᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᓯᓐᓂᐹᖓᓂ, ᐃᕗᔨᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐁᕕᕕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᒍᓇᓕᐅᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᐅᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᓱᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᕕᑰᖕᖑᐊᑐᓂ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᖅ.
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᑐᓪᓗ.
ᓄᐃᑕᕕᓂᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑖᓐᓇᓗ Un livre à la fois ᓄᕝᕕᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᖓᓗ.
Students from Nuvviti School, Walrus Island. ᑐᑦᔮᑦ, Montréal, Imaginary | North and Un livre à la fois, «Isberg» series, 2025, 48p.
ISBN 978-2-923385-68-6
French and Inuktitut version
A French and Inuktitut version of this book has also been published under the title L'île aux morses. ᑐᑦᔮᑦ Tutjaat.
Other books in this project with Ivujivik
This book is the third resulting from the collaboration between "Un livre à la fois" and the Nuvviti School of Ivujivik. The other two books published were the first in French and Inuktitut, and the second in two versions: one in French and Inuktitut and the other in English and Inuktitut.
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Photographs of the bookmaking workshop in Ivujivik in November 2024
Photographs by Anne Desmarais
Photographs of the book launch in Ivujivik on March 6, 2025
Photographs by Anne Desmarais and William Goulet
Podcast of the book made in Ivujivik
To listen to the English version of the podcast on the Un livre à la fois Website.
To listen to the French version of the podcast on the Un livre à la fois Website.
How to get this book
You can download a digital copy this book for free on the Archipel Institutional Website.
You can order a printed copy of this book on the CoopUQAM Website.
In the media
«Partager l’amour des livres, de Montréal au Nunavik» [Sharing the love of books, from Montréal to Nunavik, in French] (Actualités UQAM, 2025)
Mathias Marchal, «Voici (certains parmi) les plus nordiques des auteurs du Québec» [Here are some of the most northern authors from Québec, in French] (Radio-Canada, 2025)
This project was made possible thanks to the support of the Canadian History Fund of Heritage Canada, to which we extend our thanks.