Susan Aglukark, OC (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ suusan agluukkaq), (born 27 January 1967[1]) is a Canadian singer whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her a major recording star in Canada. Her most successful song/single is “O Siem”, which reached No. 1 on the Canadian country and adult contemporary charts in 1995. Overall, she has released seven studio albums and has won three Juno Awards.
Aglukark was born in Churchill, Manitoba and raised in Arviat, Northwest Territories (now in Nunavut).[2] She endured sexual abuse as a child and has been vocal about this trend in some of the first nations in Northern Ontario.[3] After graduating from high school, she worked in Ottawa, Ontario as a linguist with the Department of Indian
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