Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

female, 55 years old
Canadian Inuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, persistent organic pollutant, Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Inuit politician, Order of Canada…inuit
Sheila Watt-Cloutier , a Canadian Inuit activist, delivers a touching and powerful presentation on the impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic ....
Zacharias Kunuk

Zacharias Kunuk

male, 52 years old
tundra, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canadian Inuit, arctic, Officer of the Order of Canada, From Nunavut…inuit
Zacharias Kunuk (born 1957) is a Canadian Inuit producer and director most notable for his film "Atanarjuat", the first Canadian dramatic feature...
Mary Simon

Mary Simon

female
Canadian Inuit, politician, Chancellor of Trent University, activist, CBC North, Mary May Simon…Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Northern Quebec Inuit Association, Inuit politician, inuit
Mary May Simon is a Canadian Inuit politician and activist. Mary Simon was born in Kangirsualuujuaq (George River) in Nunavik (northern Quebec)....
Paul Okalik

Paul Okalik

male, 45 years old
Nunavut premier, Canadian Inuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Bachelor of Laws, Consensus…Inuit politician, inuit
Paul Okalik, MLA is the Premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Okalik was born on May 26, 1964, in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now...
Robert Peary

Robert Peary

male, deceased (1920)
delta kappa epsilon, explorer, Explorer of the Arctic, from Maine, Phi Beta Kappa member, inuit
Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 - February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have been the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach...
Pitseolak Ashoona

Pitseolak Ashoona

female, deceased (1983)
Canadian Inuit, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Foxe Peninsula, Royal Academy of the Arts, International Woman's Day, Inuktitut syllabics…Inuit artist, inuit
Pitseolak Ashoona, CM (1904 or 1907 - 1983; Inuktitut syllabics:ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ) was an Inuit Canadian artist admired for the unpretentious auth...
James Houston

James Houston

male, deceased (2005)
World War II, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Officer of the Order of Canada, artist, Modern artist, Canadian…inuit
James Archibald Houston, OC, D.Litt., FRSA, LL.D (June 12, 1921 - April 17, 2005) was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker...
John Rae

John Rae

male, deceased (1893)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Orkney Islands, Kirkwall, kirkyard, John Richardson, Boothia Peninsula…inuit
John Rae (September 30, 1813 - July 22, 1893) was a Scottish explorer of Canada's Arctic. Rae was born at the Hall of Clestrain in the parish of...
Susan Aglukark

Susan Aglukark

female, 42 years old
Inuit musician, LL.D, Order of Canada, Doctor of Laws, Doctor of Fine Arts, DFA…Canadian Inuit, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, inuit, Inuit music
Susan Aglukark OC, LL.D, DFA (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ) (born January 27, 1967), is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose blend of Inuit fol...
Kenojuak Ashevak

Kenojuak Ashevak

female, 82 years old
Canadian Inuit, Canada's Walk of Fame, from Qikiqtaaluk Region, Inuit artist, Inductee of Canada's Walk of Fame, Qikiqtaaluk Region…inuit
Kenojuak Ashevak (born October 3, 1927) is a Canadian Inuit artist.