2012 Arctic Fellows

In 2010, the Gordon Foundation launched the Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program. This program is aimed at young Northerners, especially Aboriginal Northerners, aged 25-35, who want to build a strong North guided by Northerners.  It is for those who, at this stage in their lives, are looking for additional support, networks and guidance from mentors and peers across the North as they deepen their understanding of important issues facing their region and develop policy ideas to help address them.

From Old Crow, Yukon in the west, to Makkovik, Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador) in the east, these fellows are working on some of Northern Canada's great policy opportunities and most pressing challenges, including resource development, climate change, water protection, seal harvesting, language preservation, health, education, and leadership in governance.

To learn more about each of our fellows, click on name for their bio and fellowship work:

1. Navarana Beveridge – Repulse Bay and Iqaluit, NU; Qaqortoq, South Greenland
2. Christine Creyke – Old Crow, YK; Dease Lake, BC
3. Joseph Flowers – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL; Kuujjuaq, QC 
4. Dustin Fredlund – Rankin Inlet, NU; Fort Smith, NWT; Kugluktuk, NU 
5. Karen Hall – Sombak'e (Yellowknife), NWT
6. Cynthia James – Carcross, YK; Whitehorse, YK
7. Nadia Joe – Whitehorse, YK; Haines Junction, YK
8. Jocelyn Joe-Strack – Haines Junction, YK; Whitehorse, Yukon
9. Kyla Kakfwi Scott – Fort Good Hope, NWT; Yellowknife, NWT
10. Janine Lightfoot – Makkovik, NL
11. Holly Mackenzie-Stringer – Yellowknife, NWT; Behchoko, NWT
12. Daniel T'seleie – Fort Good Hope, NWT; Yellowknife, NWT