For Immediate Release
(December 10, 2024 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) Today, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) Chief Returning Officer Monica Ell-Kanayuk announced that Jeremy Tunraluk was elected as President of NTI with 34.4% of votes.
Jeremy Tunraluk will serve as President for a four-year term, until December 2028.
The NTI President is a core member of NTI Board of Directors and Executive Committee, as well as the Chairperson, Director and/or Trustee of the following entities and organizations:
Nunavut Tunngavik Foundation: Delivering programs related to promoting Inuit languages, culture and healing from residential schools
Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation: Delivering programs related to Inuit training and education
NTI Economic and Social Initiatives Inc.: Holding company for Atuqtuarvik Corporation that providing financing for Inuit Firms
Nunavut Social Development Council: Established under Article 32 of the Nunavut Agreement
Nunavut Elders Supplemental Trust: Providing a monthly payment to Elders from NTI’s portion of resource royalties, a program called Uqqujjait Innarnut
Nunavut Inuit Resource Revenue Trust: Managing resource revenue from Inuit Owned Lands
Voter turnout was approximately 67% per cent. A complete breakdown of election results is available at elections.tunngavik.com
For further information:
Chief Returning Officer (CRO)
Monica Ell-Kanayuk
(867) 222-3519
Office of the CRO
Jason Roberts
(867) 222-2487
