Honourable Eva Aariak

In the years leading up to the creation of Nunavut, Eva Qamaniq Aariak worked with the Office of the Interim Commissioner on series of creative initiatives aimed at engaging the public and capturing their ideas and hopes for the future. She was named the territory’s first Languages Commissioner, and her recommendations prompted the government to write a groundbreaking law, the Inuit Language Protection Act. In 2008, she was elected MLA and chosen by Members of the Legislative Assembly to lead the government as Premier.