Kitikmeot Inuit head to polls in December to elect KIA executives – Nunatsiaq News

Three vice-presidents and a board member are up for election

14 November, 2019

Kitikmeot Inuit will vote next month to fill four executive positions in their birthright organization.

Eligible Kitikmeot Inuit beneficiaries can vote on Dec. 9 or on Dec. 2, in an advance poll, to choose new vice-presidents for social and cultural development, economic development, and wildlife and environment, as well as a new board member for Cambridge Bay.

The KIA’s chief returning officer, Martina Maniyogina, listed the candidates for the four-year term positions in a news release:

• vice-president of social and cultural development: Bob Aknavigak, Darlene Metuituk
• vice-president of economic development: Clara Evalik, Charlie Lyall (incumbent)
• vice-president of wildlife and environment: Joe Ashevak, Attima Hadlari (incumbent), George Sonny Porter

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