Nellie Kusugak

The Honourable
Nellie Kusugak
5th Commissioner of Nunavut
Assumed office
23 June 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Justin Trudeau
Premier Peter Taptuna
Paul Quassa
Joe Savikataaq
Preceded by Edna Elias
Acting Commissioner of Nunavut
In office
11 April 2010 – 31 May 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Premier Eva Aariak
Preceded by Ann Meekitjuk Hanson
Succeeded by Edna Elias
Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut
In office
15 February 2010 – 23 June 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Premier Eva Aariak
Peter Taptuna
Preceded by Helen Maksagak
Personal details
Born Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak
1955 (age 62–63)
Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Canada
Nationality Canadian
Spouse(s) Jose Kusugak
Occupation educator
Profession politician

Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak (born 1955) of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut is the fifth Commissioner of Nunavut.[1]

Kusugak served as Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut from 2010 to 2015. She was appointed by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Chuck Strahl, on 15 February 2010 and was sworn in on 25 February.[2][3] On 11 April 2010, Kusugak became the acting Commissioner of Nunavut with the expiry of Ann Meekitjuk Hanson's term and served until the appointment of Edna Elias a month later.[4]

Kusugak, who received a B.Ed in 1996 through the Nunavut Teachers Education Program provided by Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) and McGill University, where she is listed as an adjunct professor, has been a teacher for about 20 years in both Inuktitut and English. Prior to her appointment as deputy commissioner she was an adult educator at NAC in Rankin Inlet.[2][3][5]

Kusugak was married to former Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated president, Jose Kusugak.[6]

References

  1. ↑ PM announces Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak as Commissioner of Nunavut Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 Minister Strahl Announces Appointment of Nellie T. Kusugak as Deputy Commissioner [sic] of Nunavut
  3. 1 2 Premier Congratulates Nunavut Deputy Commissioner
  4. ↑ New Nunavut commissioner to be named soon
  5. ↑ "McGill University, Graduate Studies and Research 1999-2000 / Adjunct professor" (PDF). McGill University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Jose Kusugak Archived 5 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.

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