Nellie T. Kusugak of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Nunavut

Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

 was the Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut

Commissioners of Nunavut

This is a list of the Commissioners of Nunavut, Canada, since its creation in 1999. As of 12 May 2010, the commissioner is Edna Elias.-History:The position of Commissioner was created in 1999 with the creation of the new territory...

 in 2010. Kusugak was appointed to the position of deputy by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)

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, Chuck Strahl

Chuck Strahl

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, on 15 February 2010 and was sworn in on 25 February.

On 11 April 2010, Kusugak became the acting Commissioner of Nunavut with the expiry of Ann Meekitjuk Hanson

Ann Meekitjuk Hanson

Ann Meekitjuk Hanson was the Commissioner of Nunavut. She served from April 21, 2005 until April 10, 2010...

's term.

Kusugak, who received a B.Ed

Bachelor of Education

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 in 1996 through the Nunavut Teachers Education Program provided by Nunavut Arctic College

Nunavut Arctic College

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 (NAC) and McGill University

McGill University

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, where she is listed as an adjunct professor, has been a teacher for about 20 years in both Inuktitut

Inuktitut

Inuktitut or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, Eastern Canadian Inuit language is the name of some of the Inuit languages spoken in Canada...

 and English. Prior to her appointment as deputy commissioner she was an adult educator at NAC in Rankin Inlet.

Kusugak is married to former Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated is the legal representative of the Inuit of Nunavut for the purposes of native treaty rights and treaty negotiation and one of the four regional members that make up the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami...

 president, Jose Kusugak

Jose Kusugak

Jose Kusugak was an Inuk politician from Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada. He moved, along with his family, to Rankin Inlet in 1960....

.