Born in Fort Churchill, Manitoba, but raised in Arviat, a predominantly Inuit community on the western edges of Hudson Bay, Susan Aglukark and her six siblings grew up with their parents in a humble yet loving home. But when she was eight years old and living on Rankin Inlet, Susan's life was disrupted by a life-changing event, a distinct separation that created a schism inside her for many years and from which she continues to heal. At fifteen, she started writing poems that spilled out of her, and when Susan had the chance to leave her community, she grabbed it like a lifeline. Eventually, Susan was approached by a producer at CBC who was making a compilation album of Arctic artists, and years later signed with a major label for her third album, This Child. The disruption and milestones, the turmoil and joy, the devastation and healing--this is Susan Aglukark's story of discovering her Inuk self.
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