Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announced yesterday that there are three candidates for the organization’s upcoming presidential election.
The candidates, in alphabetical order, are:
Peter Ittinuar
Natan Obed
Peter Williamson
The election will take place on August 16, 2018, in Inuvik, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, following ITK’s annual general meeting, which begins on August 15.
ITK, formerly Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, is the national voice of 65,000 Inuit living across Canada and in communities throughout Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories.
ITK’s vision is Canadian Inuit prospering through unity and self-determination.