Taima is the result of an unlikely encounter between singer-songwriter Elisapie, originally from Salluit, and musician-composer Alain Auger, hailing from Abitibi. The two artists first met in July 2000 at a photo exhibition dedicated to the North. Despite coming from very different backgrounds, the pair discovered a similar artistic vision that inspired them to collaborate on a multilingual musical project exploring the relations between Inuit and non-indigenous people.