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Paul Okalik, the Glossary

Paul Okalik (ᐹᓪ ᐅᑲᓕᖅ,; born May 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician.^[1]

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Candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election
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Nunavut candidates for Member of Parliament
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Aboriginal title

Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty to that land by another colonising state.

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Akitsiraq Law School is a legal education program designed to increase the number of lawyers in Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic, including a program leading to a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LL.B.) in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

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Ann Meekitjuk Hanson

Ann Meekitjuk Hanson (born May 22, 1946, in Qaktut, Northwest Territories, now Nunavut) was the third commissioner of Nunavut. Paul Okalik and Ann Meekitjuk Hanson are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians and people from Iqaluit.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor of Laws

A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas (behind Greenland), and the fifth-largest island in the world.

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Cambridge Bay

Cambridge Bay (Inuinnaqtun: Iqaluktuuttiaq Inuktitut: ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ; 2021 population 1,760; population centre 1,403) is a hamlet located on Victoria Island in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Canadian Indian residential school system

The Canadian Indian residential school system was a network of boarding schools for Indigenous peoples.

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Carleton University

Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Clyde River, Nunavut

Clyde River (Syllabics: ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ, Inuktitut: Kanngiqtugaapik "nice little inlet") is an Inuit hamlet located on the shore of Baffin Island's Patricia Bay, off Kangiqtugaapik, an arm of Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, of Nunavut, Canada.

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Commissioner of Nunavut

The commissioner of Nunavut (translit; Inuinnaqtun: Kamisinauyuq Nunavunmut; Commissaire du Nunavut) is the Government of Canada's representative in the territory of Nunavut.

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Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC; Parti conservateur du Canada, PCC), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada.

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Council of the Federation

The Council of the Federation (COF; Conseil de la fédération) is a multilateral congress composed of the premiers of each of Canada's 13 provinces and territories, which meets at least twice annually.

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Doctor of Law

A Doctor of Law is a doctorate in legal studies.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Ed Picco

Edward "Ed" Walter Picco (born September 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician first elected in the 1995 Northwest Territories election. Paul Okalik and ed Picco are members of the Executive Council of Nunavut, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and people from Iqaluit.

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Elisapee Sheutiapik

Elisapee Sheutiapik is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Iqaluit, Nunavut, from 2003 to 2010, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2017 general election. Paul Okalik and Elisapee Sheutiapik are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Executive Council of Nunavut and members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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Eva Aariak

Eva Qamaniq Aariak (ᐄᕙ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ,; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Paul Okalik and Eva Aariak are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, people from Iqaluit and premiers of Nunavut.

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Executive Council of Nunavut

The Executive Council of Nunavut or cabinet includes a Premier and eight Ministers and is elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from among the Assembly members.

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Food prices

Food prices refer to the average price level for food across countries, regions and on a global scale.

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Government of Canada

The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.

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Helen Maksagak

Helen Mamayaok Maksagak, (April 15, 1931 – January 23, 2009) was a Canadian politician. Paul Okalik and Helen Maksagak are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories and Inuit politicians.

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Homosexuality

Homosexuality is sexual attraction, romantic attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Hunter Tootoo

Hunter A. Tootoo (Inuktitut: Hᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ; born August 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 2015 to 2019. Paul Okalik and Hunter Tootoo are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, people from Iqaluit and Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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Indigenous Canadian personalities

Over the course of centuries, many Indigenous Canadians have played a critical role in shaping the history of Canada.

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Indspire Awards

The Indspire Awards, until 2012 the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, are annual awards presented by Indspire in Canada.

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Inuinnaqtun

Inuinnaqtun (natively meaning 'like the real human beings/peoples'), is an Inuit language.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Inuit art

Inuit art, also known as Eskimo art, refers to artwork produced by Inuit, that is, the people of the Arctic previously known as Eskimos, a term that is now often considered offensive.

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Inuktitut

Inuktitut (syllabics ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ; from, 'person' + -titut, 'like', 'in the manner of'), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada.

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Iqaluit

Iqaluit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) is the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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Iqaluit West

Iqaluit West was a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.

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Iqaluit-Sinaa

Iqaluit-Sinaa (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ−ᓯᓈ) is a territorial electoral district(riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Canada.

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Jack Anawak

Jack Iyerak Anawak (born September 26, 1950) is a Canadian politician. Paul Okalik and Jack Anawak are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians and members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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James Arreak

James Arreak (born October 6, 1952) is a territorial and municipal level politician in Canada. Paul Okalik and James Arreak are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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Jean Chrétien

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.

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Kitikmeot Region

Kitikmeot Region (Inuktitut: Qitirmiut ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᑦ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Kivalliq Region

The Kivalliq Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑭᕙᓪᓕᖅ) is an administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Law of Canada

The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire), the French civil law system (inherited from its French Empire past), and Indigenous law systems developed by the various Indigenous Nations.

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Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the legislative assembly for the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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Leona Aglukkaq

Leona Aglukkaq (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓕᐅᓇ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ; born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian politician. Paul Okalik and Leona Aglukkaq are Indspire Awards, Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians and members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; region, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada.

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Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada (LAC; Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.

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List of communities in Nunavut

This is a list of communities in Nunavut, Canada.

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Minister without portfolio

A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department.

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Monica Ell-Kanayuk

Monica Inunak Ell-Kanayuk is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on September 12, 2011. Paul Okalik and Monica Ell-Kanayuk are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Executive Council of Nunavut, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and people from Iqaluit.

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Mountain Time Zone

The Mountain Time Zone of North America keeps time by subtracting seven hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) when standard time (UTC−07:00) is in effect, and by subtracting six hours during daylight saving time (UTC−06:00).

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Nanisivik Mine

Nanisivik Mine was a zinc-lead mine in the company town of Nanisivik, Nunavut, north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island.

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Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories (abbreviated NT or NWT; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; formerly North-West Territories) is a federal territory of Canada.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Nunavut (electoral district)

Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

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Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (NCLA, L'Accord sur les revendications territoriales du Nunavut) was signed on May 25, 1993, in Iqaluit, by representatives of the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (now Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated), the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories.

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Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated

Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) is the legal representative of the Inuit of Nunavut for the purposes of native treaty rights and treaty negotiation.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Pangnirtung

Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ) is an Inuit hamlet, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island.

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Piita Irniq

Piita Taqtu Irniq, formerly Peter Irniq, (born February 1, 1947) is an Inuk politician in Canada, who served as the second commissioner of Nunavut from April 2000 to April 2005. Paul Okalik and Piita Irniq are Indspire Awards, Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians and people from Iqaluit.

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Political science

Political science is the scientific study of politics.

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Premier of Nunavut

The premier of Nunavut (ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ; Inuinnaqtun: Hivuliqti Nunavunmi; premier ministre du Nunavut) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Paul Okalik and premier of Nunavut are premiers of Nunavut.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.

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Qikiqtaaluk Region

The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ) or the Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Qulliq Energy

Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC; ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑖ; Inuinnaqtun: Qulliq Alruyaktuqtunik Ikumadjutiit; Société d’énergie Qulliq) is a Canadian territorial corporation which is the sole electricity utility and distributor in Nunavut.

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Rankin Inlet

Rankin Inlet (Kangiqliniq; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅor Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, or Kangir&iniq meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut, Canada.

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Rebekah Williams

Rebekah Uqi Williams (March 3, 1950 – April 15, 2023) was a Canadian politician who served as the acting commissioner of Nunavut from June 22, 2020, when Nellie Kusugak's term ended, until January 14, 2021, when Eva Aariak took office. Paul Okalik and Rebekah Williams are Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and people from Iqaluit.

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Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the presiding officer of the territorial legislature in Nunavut, Canada. Paul Okalik and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut are Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.

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Tagak Curley

Tagak Curley (born 1944) is an Inuit leader, politician and businessman from Nunavut. Paul Okalik and Tagak Curley are Indspire Awards, Inuit from Nunavut, Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Inuit politicians, liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons, members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut and Nunavut candidates for Member of Parliament.

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Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut

The Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut (TFN) was the organization officially recognized from 1982 to 1993 as representing the Inuit of what is now Nunavut, but was then part of the Northwest Territories, for the purpose of negotiating treaties and land claims settlements.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Okalik

Also known as Okalik, Okalik, Paul, .

, Mountain Time Zone, Nanisivik Mine, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavut (electoral district), Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Ottawa, Pangnirtung, Piita Irniq, Political science, Premier of Nunavut, Public housing, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qulliq Energy, Rankin Inlet, Rebekah Williams, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Tagak Curley, Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, University of Ottawa, Yellowknife, 1999 Nunavut general election, 2004 Nunavut general election, 2008 Nunavut general election, 2011 Canadian federal election, 2013 Nunavut general election, 2015 Canadian federal election.

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See also

Candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election

Members of the Executive Council of Nunavut

Nunavut candidates for Member of Parliament

People from Iqaluit

Premiers of Nunavut

Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

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