Qimmimariit

29/08/2025

Remembering my much loved daughter, Siu-Ling ❤
Munich, Germany, 22/01/1963 - Ottawa, Canada, 29/08/2016
Always in my heart 💝
(image by Wim Evers)

29/08/2025

Ever wonder where the proceeds from the sale of my books go? Well, here is one. Please read this message from Shari Fox, Acting Director of Ilisaqsivik, a non-profit Inuit charity for Inuit in Clyde River, Nunavut. By purchasing my award-winning books, "The Canadian Inuit Dog: Icon of Canada's North" and "I Am With You Everywhere: Finding Solace in the Mists of Grief," you are contributing to this worthy cause by "supporting land programs where youth and others learn land skills, find healing in dog teaming."

13/08/2025

https://polarjournal.net/greenland-sled-dogs-reveal-a-millennia-old-story/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMJlHxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzMHdGM21DTWJMczZ5ZzAwAR6P3p1Q0t3IQfVNUmHEDW5F1MZOL3FnwuLVbgvqzS8IVvFsuLxMhWqvFad4aw_aem_KC2P5KUfAidcyXD24kK4RA

For nearly a thousand years, Greenlandic sled dogs, or Qimmit, have accompanied Inuit communities across the frozen expanses of the Arctic. A recent genetic study reveals the ancient origins, regional diversity, and cultural importance of these four-legged companions.

02/07/2025

I just made a $500 donation to Ilisaqsivik in memory of my daughter, Siu-Ling Han, and her amazing Inuit Dog Team, Atsuli, Toko, Rohde, Lao, Tua, Karhu, Adam, Lewis, Lillian, Bedford, Gigi, Giller, Bugsy, Malone, Bo, and Schubert who are travelling in that great big tundra in the sky. Jackpine and Juniper who were born in 2015 are retired and became house pets. This donation will support Ilisaqsivik's Health and Wellness Centre.

07/06/2025

https://vimeo.com/325418994?fbclid=IwAR15dG30Cs4ra6xe5OXuFy_UzXwozksWwu48GFfklD2EItydAx1YljSBo4Q

Far up the Greenland East coast a young aspiring hunter, 23 year-old Martin Madsen still uses his sled dogs for hunting seals and polar bears as they have always…

18/05/2025

Now that I no longer have a sled dog in my house, it was nice to visit a family friend who adopted Loulou, a retired Inuit sled dog from Iqaluit. I missed Toko. Rohde, Lewis' and Lillian's woowoowoos, and it warmed my heart to hear Loulou go woowoowoo ♥️

12/05/2025

Trying to entice Frances to sleep on her new bed.

08/05/2025

Little Juniper, a baby sleddog visiting Ottawa from Iqaluit

25/03/2025

Balto dreaming about going sledding.

02/03/2025

Remembering Rupert and Inuit Dog puppies Lillian, Bedford and Charlotte

15/02/2025

Remembering the time when Siu-Ling brought Gigi and her puppies to Ottawa from Iqaluit to meet the family, and to be socialized. These puppies were Gigi's first litter. Frances, Nunu, Bo, Schubert and K9. While Bo, Schubert and K9 went back to Iqaluit with Gigi to join Siu-Ling's team, Frances and Nunu stayed in Ottawa with the family 💞

11/02/2025

Mama Gigi disciplining her puppies.