The Quiet Space
This is a space for reflection, NOT debate. I write from Kimmirut, from loss, from love and I hope you read with care.
Welcome to The Quiet Space.
My name is Annie Qimirpik. I'm an Inuk writer, listener, and a witness. This space is a home for the reflections that never fit neatly into categories - for grief that hums under laughter, for joy that sits beside longing, for moments of clarity in a tangled world. I write about love, memory, and staying alive when it would be easier not to. I write from the North, but not just the land - the people. The silence. The weight. The resilience. I write about days no one documented, the stories too sacred to sensationalize, the truths we carry even when we can't name them.
This space is for anyone who’s ever felt like they were too much and not enough at the same time. For the ones who don't always get chosen - but still show up with love.
I’m glad you’re here.
Lighting The Qulliq
Lighting the qulliq is more than tradition - it's return, a remembering, a reflection. In this photo, i'm not just tending the flame. I'm tending to memory, to grief, to strength.
This moment captures what my blog is about: quiet acts of care, culture, and continuation.
Here, we tend to the qulliq of our inner lives - lighting it gently, letting it warm the room, letting it guide us home.
This space exists for those who feel deeply, remember fiercly, and believe silence can still carry sound.
Tunngasuapigitsit! Welcome. Stay as long as you need.
About Annie
Annie Qimirqpik is an emerging Inuk writer and storyteller from Kimmirut, Nunavut. Her work is rooted in intergenerational memory, silence, and survival - often weaving together personal experience with reflection on community, land and identity. A graduate of both years of Nunavut Sivuniksavut program, Annie carries a deep commitment to cultural reclamation, emotional truth, and creating space for voices often overlooked.
Her public reflections - shared through spoken word, digital storytelling and social media - have resonated widely, particularly in moments of communal grief and healing. Pieces like The Space That Stayed explore how presence lingers after loss and how northern communities hold each other through absence.
Annie is drawn to quiet leadership, narrative sovereignty, and platforms that honour complexity. She is especially passionate about amplifying Inuit and circumpolar Indigenous artists who speak across forms - through performance, memory work, music, language and visual art.
As an writer, she aims to bridge generational experiences and showcase artists who carry both pain and pride - those whose work speaks to endurance, transformation, and joy without erasure.