ᑎᐊᕋ ᑐᑦᑐ ᕗᐊᑕᕆᖕᕼᐊᒻ (ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖅ, ᐊᒪᐅᑏᑦ)

Tara Q. Tootoo Fotheringham is an Inuk business leader, advocate, and entrepreneur dedicated to advancing economic development and opportunity across Northern and Indigenous communities. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Arctic Buying Company Kivalliq Inc., an innovative logistics and e-commerce enterprise focused on improving access to affordable goods and strengthening supply chains between southern Canada and remote northern regions.

Through Tara’s vision of food security, Arctic Buying Company has also established Niriqatiginnga, a non-profit organization created to support community-led food systems. Niriqatiginnga works directly with local hunters, farmers, and women to promote the sharing of country food and produce, strengthening cultural practices while addressing food insecurity in both northern and urban Indigenous communities.

With a strong commitment to community empowerment, Tara also serves as President of Amautiit Inuit Women’s Association, where she champions initiatives that support Inuit women through advocacy, skills development, and healing-centered programming. Her leadership reflects a deep belief in creating safe, sustainable pathways for women to thrive socially and economically.

Tara is also the President of the Kivalliq Chamber of Commerce, where she actively promotes regional economic growth, infrastructure development, and business capacity in Nunavut’s Kivalliq region. Her work often intersects with national policy conversations, including food security, transportation equity, and Indigenous-led economic solutions.

Recognized for her ability to bridge grassroots realities with strategic leadership, Tara has led and contributed to projects focused on Indigenous intellectual property, food security research, and workforce development. She is passionate about practical, skills-based training initiatives that create long-term employment pathways—particularly for Inuit and urban Indigenous populations.

In addition to her corporate and advocacy roles, Tara is the voice behind “Q’s Corner,” a podcast platform that brings forward honest, engaging conversations on business, leadership, and community issues affecting Northern and Indigenous peoples.

Tara’s leadership is grounded in resilience, accountability, and action. She is known for her direct approach, her commitment to transparency, and her unwavering focus on creating meaningful change for the communities she serves.

Lynn Mike (Vice President Amautiit)

Lynn Mike is the former Mayor of Pangnirtung, where she was devoted to advancing community development and enhancing the quality of life for all residents. With a deep commitment to continuous learning and innovation, she brings extensive experience and a passion for leadership to her work.

Lynn is currently working with the Government of Nunavut, continuing her contributions to public service and community development. Prior to her role as Mayor, she worked for several years with the Government of Nunavut’s Economic Development and Transportation (ED&T), where she developed expertise in community engagement, program development, and capacity building.

She also completed the College Foundations program, as well as studies in Environmental Technology and Nunavut Sivuniksavut, providing her with a strong foundation to address the unique challenges of the North. Lynn is also a proud graduate of Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit.

In addition, Lynn recently joined the Amautiit Board, where she continues to contribute to Pangnirtung’s growth and well-being in meaningful ways.

In her free time, Lynn enjoys sewing, baking, and spending quality moments with her large family, activities that offer her both relaxation and creative expression.

ᐳᕆᓯᓚ ᖁᒃᓱᒃ

ᐳᕆᓯᓚ ᖁᒃᓱᒃ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᕐᒥᐅᑕᖅ, ᓄᓇᕘᒻᒥ ᑭᓯᐊᓐᓂ ᓅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐋᑐᕚᒻᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᖓᑦ 2016 ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᑯᓐᓂ (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᓂ) ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᓂ (ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᕐᒥ). ᐋᑐᕚᒻᒧᑦ ᓅᓐᓇᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᕐᓗ ᐊᑐᒐᐅᓗᐊᖏᒪᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᖃᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓂ, ᐃᓕᓂᐊᒐᓂᒃᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᑕᕋᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓵᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᐅᒑᓐᑲᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ 2021-ᒥ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓂᐊᒐᓂᒃᓯᒪᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᑉᑯᐊ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᑉᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᔪᖅᓴᖅᑕᖅᑐᑦ.

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᓇᒧᒥᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᔨᕆᓯᒪᔭᒋᒃ ᖁᒃᓲᑉ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓂᕐᒥᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᐃᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᔪᕈᖕᓇᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ, ᐃᖕᒥᓂᒃᓗ ᐊᔪᖏᑐᒋᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᔪᓂᖓ ᐊᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᔪᓂᖓ, ᐃᓕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓗ ᔪᐊᒪᓂᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᐊᕈᐱᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓂᐊᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᓯᒥᓂᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔫᓪᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᒃ ᖁᒃᓱᖕᒧᑦ; ᑐᑭᓯᓂᓗᒃᑕᕐᓗᓂᓗ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ, ᐃᓚᒌᓪᓗ ᐱᔪᖕᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᕿᒍᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓂᓯᓂᓗᒃᑕᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᐅᑉᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ. 

ᐱᖓᓱᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᖃᖅᑐᖅ, ᐱᔫᒥᓵᕈᑎᖃᖅᐸᒃᑐᕐᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᑲᓂᕈᒪᔪᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᖏᑦ.

ᑐᐊᑦᑎ ᑐᑦᑐ (ᐃᓐᓇᐅᑉᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨ, ᐊᒪᐅᑎᓐᓄᑦ)

ᑐᐊᑦᑎ ᑐᑦᑐ ᓄᓇᕘᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᑎᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᓐᓂᒃ 12-ᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖓᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᖑᐊᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖠᓂᕐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓂᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᒻᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᖏᖠᓂᕐᒥ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᐸᒃᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᓴᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᑦᑐᖕᓇᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ. ᐅᔨᕈᓱᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᑉᓗᓂ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᖏᖠᓂᕐᒥ (2021); ᑕᒻᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓇᐅᖏᓗᓂ ᐱᕙᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᖕᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑲᓂᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᖄᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

ᒦᒐᓐ ᐳᐊᑕᓪ (ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᔨ, ᐊᒪᐅᑎᓄᑦ)

Megan Porter is the former Mayor of Hamlet of Gjoa Haven. Porter was elected in 2019, and will finish her term in 2023. Porter also works full time with the Government of Nunavut as the Government Liaison Officer. 

ᔮᔅᒥᓐ ᕆᑦᐳᓐ (ᐊᖓᔪᖄᖅ, ᐊᒪᐅᑏᑦ)

ᔭᐋᔅᒥᓐ ᕆᑦᕗᐊᓐ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᒐᓂᒃᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᒻᒥ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ 2021 ᓴᔅᑳᓱᐊᓐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕕᒡᔪᐊᖓᓂ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓐᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ. ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᓕᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓈᒻᒪᖏᑐᑦ ᐋᕿᒃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᒪᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᔪᖕᓇᐅᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᕿᒃᓱᐃᔨᖏᓐᓂ, ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᕈᓯᐊᖅᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᓛᓐᓄᑦ. ᓯᕗᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᓚᐅᖏᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᑐᑭᓯᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐅᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᑯᓐᓂ ᐃᔨᖁᓯᓕᕆᔨᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑐᖓᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ. ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓕᕆᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᒡᓕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᖓᔪᖃᒻᒧᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖏ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᐃᓵᒃᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑯᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖏᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᓂᖅᑖᖅᑎᑦᓯᑕᐃᓕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᖕᓂᒃ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓪᓗ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᑉᓗᓐᓂ ᐊᕐᓇᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᑦ ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂ.