11:00am - 5:00pm
On Free Sunday, discover the 185,000-square-foot cultural campus that is WAG-Qaumajuq, including the stunning Visible Vault showcasing thousands of carvings and much more.
This month, we invite you to celebrate Learn to Read month at WAG-Qaumajuq! Deborah Kigjugalik Webster, author of the children’s book Akilak’s Adventure, published by Inhabit Media, will do a reading in Eckhardt Hall (1pm) and a book signing at ShopWAG (1:30pm). Visitors can also create an artwork inspired by storytelling.
Free public parking is available at the Canada Life parking lot behind 100 Osborne Street North for visitors on Canada Life Free Sundays@WAG-Qaumajuq. As well, downtown street parking is free Sundays, and several bus routes service Portage Avenue & Colony Street as well as Portage Avenue & Vaughn Street.
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AuthorDeborah Kigjugalik Webster
Deborah Kigjugalik Webster is a heritage researcher and writer who grew up in Baker Lake, Nunavut. She loves to share her Inuit culture through writing. Recently Deborah co-edited the book Atiqput: Inuit Oral History and Project Naming. Her two children’s books are Akilak’s Adventure and When I Was Young in Nunavut. Deborah lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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To plan your visit, check out wag.ca/visit.