Rebuilding and building

The work of the UNESCO Chair focuses on key components regarding cultural safeguard, empowerment, sustainable and viable development, interconnectivity and networking. These aspects stem from many years of collaboration with First Peoples of Quebec and Brazil. Each consultation practice carried out within the framework of a research project may give rise to new priorities and thus provide as many potential guidelines for the management of respectful and productive projects.

According to these components and their connections, Indigenous cultural experts and academic researchers will wholeheartedly support communities on the path to a better future where they may:

  • feel secure;
  • know themselves and become known;
  • develop and prevail;
  • build connections and network.

“These days, the quliq is used in ceremonies. Its flame represents the living Inuit culture, which must constantly be monitored so that it doesn't die out.”

Anna Eliyassialuk, Inuk