ᑲᒥᓴᓇᕗᑦ

ᔮᓱᐊ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᔩᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓇᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ ᐅᑐᐱᕆ 2018-ᒥᑦ. ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᑦ, ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᑦ

ᓄᓕᐊᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒡᓗ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᕐᓂᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᑦ, ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᑭᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᑦ. ᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅᓴᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᒃ.

ᔮᓱᐊ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑭᒪᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᖓᓐᓂ

ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᖕᒥᑦ, ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᔨᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᑰᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᑰᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨᐅᓐᓂᑰᓪᓗᓂ.

ᓵᓐ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᑦ 1989-ᒥᑦ ᒥᑭᔪᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᐅᒥ. ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓐᓂᓕᒫᖓᓂ, ᓵᓐ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᖃᓪᓚᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

2000-ᒥᑦ, ᓵᓐ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᓄᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓚᔅᑐ ᓚᓐᑑᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᐅᔾᔨᕈᓱᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᓴᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖃᕈᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ CAFM-ᒥᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᑦᑎᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 2009-ᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ AFOA ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ 2016-ᒥᑦ. 

ᓵᓐ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔭᕐᒪᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑏᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒧᑦ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᑕ ᑐᒃᓯᐊᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᒐᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ CPA ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓯᐊᕐᒥᑦ/ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ.

ᐸᑐᕆᓴ ᐃᓅᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑰᒡᔪᐊᖅ ᒫᓂᑑᐸᒥᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ.

ᐸᑐᕆᓴ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐃᓵᑎᒃ ᑯᐊᐸᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᕼᐋᒻᒪᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ – ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐸᖅᑭᒃᖠᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᑦ

ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᔮᓐ ᒪᐃᓐᒧᑦ – ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ/ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ. 

ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ 2007-ᒥᑦ 2009-ᒧᑦ.

ᐸᑐᕆᓴ ᐊᓕᐊᓇᐃᒋᔭᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᕐᒥᑦ.

Jimmy Arqviq has been a Commissioner since March 19, 2025. He moved to Gjoa Haven in 1986 and has worked for the hamlet since 1995 in building maintenance and as a clean energy ambassador, where he has championed solar power. He also worked in mining for several years. 

He has served on various committees on the job and is involved with Elders and youth at an Inuit science camp. He is also a participant in the Indigenous Clean Energy Network.

Jimmy enjoys spending time with his two children and four grandchildren. He makes tools and hunting equipment from wood, muskox horns and cast iron in his spare time.

Ben Kovic joined the Commission board on March 12, 2025. He spent two decades working as a conservation officer across Nunavut and was chair of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board for 11 years. He is still involved with the Hunters and Trappers Organization.

As a youth, Ben spent four years in Churchill, Manitoba, where he learned several trades like sheet metal working and car repair. His father was a biologist who studied sea bird colonies and Ben worked at banding geese.

He is an avid hunter and enjoys carving and painting.

ᓵᓕ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᐅᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᐃᔩᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂ 2011. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᒪᐃᔭᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᖏᖅᓱᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ. ᓵᓕ ᐅᐊᐃᑲᒻ ᐸᐃ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑕᐅᕗᖅ.