Inuit storytellers from five Nunavik communities described deep connections to their identity and to the land, sources of pride and strength in the face of the rapid, devastating changes wrought by colonization.

Nunavik, home to almost 14,000 people, is one of four regions in Inuit Nunangat (homeland). It includes 14 communities on the Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay coasts in northern Quebec.

Inuit experiences with formal education included residential and day schools, contributing to a deep-seated resistance toward education within institutions. For Inuit wanting higher education, they are forced to go south.

All Inuit storytellers shared their ultimate hope of having a college or university in Nunavik with a curriculum centred on Inuit ways of knowing, learning and being.

Nunavimmiut experiences of teaching and learning in college, university, in community and on the land, are expressed in the film, Shining Our Bright Light and in the Inuit Research Findings Report.