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Our Commissioners

As a co-management regime, the NPC has members appointed by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the three Regional Inuit Associations (Qikiqtani Inuit Association, Kivalliq Inuit Association, and Kitikmeot Inuit Association), the Government of Canada and Government of Nunavut. Our current Commissioners include:

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Charlie Arngak

Position:
Makivik Alternate Member
Home Community:
Kangiqsujuaq
Date of Appointment:
Monday March 14, 2016
Appointment Agency:
Makivik

Charlie has been an Alternate member of the NPC  since 2011. He currently serves as the Mayor of Kangiqsujuaq. Charlie is from Wakeham Bay, Nunavik.

Putulik Papigatuk

Position:
Makivik Alternate Member
Home Community:
Salluit
Date of Appointment:
Monday March 14, 2016
Appointment Agency:
Makivik

Putulik is the Chair the Nunavik Marine Region Impact Review Board. He is also a member of the Regional Nunavimmi Umajulirijiit Katujiqatigininga. Putulik was born in  Salluit, Nunavik.  

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Andrew Nakashuk

Position:
Chairperson
Home Community:
Pangnirtung
Date of Appointment:
Friday July 8, 2016
Appointment Agency:
Government of Nunavut

Andrew was appointed Nunavut Planning Chair in 2016. He had worked as a Commissioner with the NPC since May 2013. Andrew is from Pangnirtung, Nunavut.

Darrell Ohokannoak

Position:
Vice Chairperson
Home Community:
Cambridge Bay
Date of Appointment:
Wednesday January 17, 2018
Appointment Agency:
Government of Canada

Ovide Alakannuaq

Position:
Commissioner
Home Community:
Arviat
Date of Appointment:
Thursday October 27, 2016
Appointment Agency:
Government of Nunavut

Ovide served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut from 1999 until 2004. He was also elected as a councilor in Kugaaruk Hamlet in 2015. Ovide has been a Commissioner since 2009.

Peter Alareak

Position:
Commissioner
Home Community:
Arviat
Date of Appointment:
Friday March 14, 2014
Appointment Agency:
Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Peter started his career with several mining exploration companies. He has been a Commissioner since 2009. Peter was born near the old Hudson Bay Company Post Padlei, about 160 kilometers west of Arviat.

Joshua Arreak

Position:
Commissionner
Home Community:
Pond Inlet
Date of Appointment:
Thursday October 18, 2018
Appointment Agency:
Government of Canada

Shawn Lester

Position:
Commissioner
Home Community:
Iqaluit
Date of Appointment:
Wednesday November 29, 2017
Appointment Agency:
Government of Canada

Shawn started his career in public practice in 1989 with a small regional firm in Southwestern Ontario. During his career building years, Shawn developed a strong desire to help build capacity in the accounting and finance field.

In 2000, Shawn and his family moved to Iqaluit, Nunavut where he became a partner in Lester Landau. Through involvement with many Inuit in financial positions and Inuit organizations in general, he noticed that there was always a desire for skill improvement and confidence building. To help individuals develop he obtained his CAFM in 2009 and became a founding member of AFOA Nunavut in 2016. 

Shawn has always believed in giving back to the community. Through the years he has been involved in his local church and as a volunteer board member of several organizations including the Iqaluit Chamber of Commerce and CPA NWT/NU.