Showing You Care: English Edition

About Aviaq Johnston

Aviaq Johnston is a young Inuk author from Igloolik Nunavut. Her debut novel Those Who Run in the Sky was released in the spring of 2017. In 2014 she won first place in the Aboriginal Arts and Stories competition for her short story Tarnikuluk which also earned her a Governor Generals History Award. Aviaq is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut and she has a diploma in Social Service Work from Canadore College. Aviaq loves to travel and has lived in Australia and Vietnam. She spends most of her time reading writing studying and procrastinating. She lives in Iqaluit Nunavut. Amiel Sandland is an illustrator living in the Toronto area. He studied illustration at Seneca College eventually specializing in comic arts and character design. He has also dabbled in layout comics and props making. Rarely found without a pen in hand he enjoys drawing animals monsters and plants.