Susan Aglukark – This Child 30th Anniversary Tour

Susan Aglukark is bringing the 30th anniversary tour of her seminal album This Child to Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside on May 25.

Aglukark is Canada’s first Inuk artist to win a JUNO Award, as well as a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and holds several Honourary Doctorate degrees.

Her journey as a singer-songwriter began in the early ’90s. In Aglukark’s early reflections, she discovered the platform as a space for learning, sharing, and healing. This inspired her major-label debut album, This Child (1995), which subsequently went triple platinum and sold over 300,000 copies. 

Combining contemporary melodies, traditional Inuit chants, modern lyrics, and Inuit folklore, the album features “O Siem,” an anthemic call to turn away from racism and prejudice. The song hit No. 1 on the Canadian country and adult contemporary charts in 1995 and peaked at No. 3 on the pop chart.

Since then, she has written and recorded 10 albums, founded the Arctic Rose Foundation, authored two children’s books, and has a personal memoir in the works.

Aglukark’s writing of This Child sparked a personal call to action: to get on the platform, speak up, learn, heal, and share. This has been her work for the past 30 years.

Tickets: harbourfronttheatre.com