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Nancy Karetak-Lindell appointed as Nunavut Senator

Dec 21, 2024 | 6:50 PM

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon stands with Nancy Karetak-Lindell after investing her in the Order of Canada during a National Indigenous Peoples Day ceremony at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Ottawa has announced two new appointments to the Senate, including Nunavut’s first ever member of Parliament.

Nancy Karetak-Lindell will fill Nunavut’s only Senate seat.

The appointment was formally made by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon after recommendations from the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments.

Karetak-Lindell was elected as a Liberal MP in 1997 after playing a key role in negotiations to establish Nunavut as its own political riding two years before it achieved status as a territory.

She would represent the territory for more than a decade and served for a time as the parliamentary secretary to the minister of natural resources. In 2022, she was named as a member of the Order of Canada

Karetak-Lindell is also the former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, which represents Inuit at an international level and has status at the United Nations.

Karetak-Lindell is the fourth Inuk to ever serve in the Senate after Willie Adams, Charlie Watt, and current Northwest Territories Senator Dawn Anderson.

 

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