Eva Aariak

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Eva Qamaniq Aariaka Template:Post-nominals (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. She was subsequently chosen as the second premier of Nunavut, under the territory's consensus government system, on November 14, 2008.[1] Aariak was the fifth woman to serve as a premier in Canada.

In January 2021, Aariak became the sixth commissioner of Nunavut.[2]

Background

Prior to her election as an MLA, Aariak was the first Languages Commissioner for Nunavut.[3] Originally appointed to a four-year term beginning in 1999, her term was later extended for another year until December 2004.[4]

In her capacity as Languages Commissioner, she was asked to choose an Inuktitut language word for the Internet; she settled on ikiaqqivik (Script error: No such module "IPA".), which literally means "travelling through layers" and refers to the angakkuq, the traditional Inuit concept of a shaman or medicine man, travelling through time and space to find answers to spiritual and material questions.[5]

After stepping down as Languages Commissioner, she then went on to teach Inuktitut at the Pirurvik Centre in Iqaluit, and later owned and operated Malikkaat, a retail store in Iqaluit which sold Inuit arts and crafts.[3] She was later reappointed as acting commissioner in December 2007 after the resignation of then Languages Commissioner, Johnny Kusugak.[6]

She also served as coordinator of the Baffin Divisional Education Council's Inuktitut language book publishing program,[7] as president of the Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce[8]Template:Better source needed and as chair of the Nunavut Film Development Corporation.[9]

Her daughter Karliin was named Nunavut's new languages commissioner in 2020.[10]

Political career

Aariak was the only woman elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2008 election. She subsequently expressed her disappointment with that fact, suggesting that improved daycare services in Nunavut might be needed to help women participate more actively in the political process[11] and that the territory should revisit the failed proposal to have a smaller number of electoral districts, each of which would choose one man and one woman as MLAs.[12]

Two other women, Jeannie Ugyuk and Monica Ell-Kanayuk, were subsequently elected to the legislature in by-elections.

At the Nunavut Leadership Forum on November 14, 2008, Aariak was chosen as the new premier over incumbent Paul Okalik and MLA Tagak Curley.[13] She was the sixth woman, after Rita Johnston, Nellie Cournoyea, Christy Clark, Catherine Callbeck and Pat Duncan, to hold a premiership in Canada, and the sixth female First Minister in the country, including former Prime Minister Kim Campbell.

On September 5, 2013, Aariak announced that while she would seek re-election as an MLA for the new electoral district of Iqaluit-Tasiluk in the 2013 election, she was not interested in the second term as premier when the new Legislative Assembly took office.[14] On October 28, 2013, Aariak was not re-elected as an MLA, losing by 43 votes to George Hickes.[15]

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on November 19, 2018, for her dedication to promoting Inuit culture and languages, as well as her political impacts regarding poverty reduction and the promotion of equity and gender equality.[16]

Honours and awards

Ribbon Bar of Eva Aariak
File:CAN Order of Canada Member ribbon.svg File:CAN Order of Nunavut ribbon.svg File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg
Ribbon Description Post-nominal letters Notes
File:CAN Order of Canada Member ribbon.svg Member of the Order of Canada CM [17]
File:CAN Order of Nunavut ribbon.svg Member of the Order of Nunavut ONu [17]
File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal [17] Canadian version
File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg King Charles III Coronation Medal Canadian version

Notes

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References

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  2. ↑ "Prime Minister announces new Commissioner of Nunavut". Office of the Prime Minister, January 12, 2021.
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  8. ↑ Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce
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  10. ↑ "Karliin Aariak to be named Nunavut languages commissioner". Nunatsiaq News, February 3, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Daycare needed to tip scales, says sole female MLA" Template:Webarchive, Northern News Services, November 3, 2008.
  12. ↑ "Reconsider gender parity, says lone female Nunavut MLA", cbc.ca, October 29, 2008
  13. ↑ "Eva Aariak chosen by MLAs as Nunavut's new premier and first woman leader"Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore, Canadian Press, November 14, 2008
  14. ↑ Eva Aariak won't seek 2nd term as Nunavut premier. CBC News, September 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Nunavut premier loses seat by 43 votes". Toronto Star, October 29, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Ms. Eva Aariak: Order of Canada". Order of Canada, November 19, 2018.
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External links

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