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This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
The Fan Hitch welcomes your letters, stories, comments and suggestions. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit submissions used for publication.
Contents of The Fan Hitch are protected by international copyright laws. No photo, drawing or text may be reproduced in any form without written consent. Webmasters please note: written consent is necessary before linking this site to yours! Please forward requests to Sue Hamilton, 55 Town Line Rd., Harwinton, Connecticut 06791, USA or mail@thefanhitch.org.
This site is dedicated to the Inuit Dog as well as related Inuit culture and traditions. It is also home to The Fan Hitch, Journal of the Inuit Sled Dog.
On a dog island in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik; 2016 photo: Patricia Brunet
The Qimuksiq Network:
Exploring Human-Dog Relationships in the Canadian North
The Qimuksiq Network ("A man and his dogs travelling by sled") is a new initiative that seeks to foster discussions about dog-related issues in the Arctic. The main goal of this network is to establish a permanent forum for researchers and Northern stakeholders (all interested parties) that promotes the common production, sharing, and use of knowledge about dogs in Nunavik villages and Nunavut communities. This network will hopefully foster collaborations between researchers working in Nunavut and Nunavik, organizations in both territories, and researchers and stakeholders. The network also seeks to support existing and new research and intervention projects that are prioritised by network members. The network promotes the participation of Nunavut and Nunavik stakeholders to the production of research (identification of priorities, development of research protocols, data collection, analysis, diffusion and intervention). Finally, the network also seeks to reach out to the public, public authorities, local governments and humane organizations in order to inform them about research results. The Qimuksiq Network was initiated by Francis Lévesque, professor at the School of Indigenous Studies at Université du Québec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) but could not exist without the collaboration of many researchers (A. Ravel, A. Simon and C. Aenishaenslin from U of Montréal; J. Saint-Charles of UQÀM; A. Cunsolo-Willox director of the Labrador Institute of Memorial University as well as S. Harper from Guelph) and Nunavik and Nunavut stakeholders (Nunavut Tungavik. Inc., Qikiqtani Inuit Association and Nunavik Research Centre). The Network is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities research Council of Canada (2016-2019). For more information, please go here.