Welcome to The Quiet Space

This is a space for reflection, NOT debate. I write from Kimmirut, Nunavut from loss, from love and I hope you read with care.

This website is independently run, with no grants or institutional support - just one Inuk, building something out of passion, purpose and love for community.

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 Qimirpik is an Inuk writer and independent storyteller from Kimmirut, Nunavut.

She is a proud graduate of both years of the Nunavut Sivuniksavut program (2019–2020 & 2022–2023), where her passion for culture, healing, and Indigenous voice deepened.

 

Through blog posts, reflections, and creative storytelling, she explores memory, identity, and resilience from an unapologetically Inuit lens.

 

She writes for those who have felt silenced — and for those still finding their voice.

This site is her way of saying: we’re still here, and our stories matter.