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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Adamee Komoartok, Allan Rumbolt, Daniel Shewchuk, David Alagalak, David Iqaqrialu, David Simailak, Donald Havioyak, Ed Picco, Enoki Irqittuq, Enuk Pauloosie, Fred Schell, Glenn McLean, Hezekiah Oshutapik, Hunter Tootoo, Jack Anawak, James Arreak, James Arvaluk, Jeannie Ugyuk, Jobie Nutarak, Joe Allen Evyagotailak, Joe Enook, Johnny Ningeongan, John Ningark, Keith Peterson, Kelvin Ng, Kevin O'Brien (Nunavut politician), Leona Aglukkaq, Levinia Brown, Levi Barnabas, Lorne Kusugak, Louis Tapardjuk, Manitok Thompson, Monica Ell, Moses Aupaluktuq, Olayuk Akesuk, Ovide Alakannuark, Patterk Netser, Paul Okalik, Peter Kattuk, Peter Kilabuk, Peter Taptuna, Rebekah Williams, Ron Elliott (politician), Steve Mapsalak, Tagak Curley, Uriash Puqiqnak. Excerpt: Paul Okalik MLA (Inuktitut syllabics:, pronounced ) (born May 26, 1964) is a Canadian politician. He is the first Inuk member called to the Nunavut Bar, the first Premier of Nunavut and the only multi-term premier elected in consensus-style governments of Nunavut and Northwest Territories. On November 4, 2010, he was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Okalik represented the electoral district of Iqaluit West in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut until April 6, 2011 when he announced he would be resigning in order to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Nunavut in the 2011 Canadian federal election. Okalik was born on May 26, 1964, in Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), the youngest of ten children born to Auyaluk and Annie Okalik. He was sent to residential school in Frobisher Bay, now Iqaluit, at 15, returning to Pangnirtung after one year. He began a series of temporary jobs and pursuits including time as an apprentice underground at the Nanisivik Mine in northern Baffin Island. In the early 1980s, he became interested in the political development of Inuit communities and began to work for the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut, the predecessor of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, as a deputy negotiator on the Inuit land claim, the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. That claim, the largest in Canadian history, was signed in 1993 after decades of negotiations between Canada and the Inuit of Nunavut and would lead to the creation of Nunavut that he was to lead through its first decade. Okalik continued in his claims work, and began University as a mature student, serving as a representative on the Nunavut Implementation Panel. Okalik has been overt in acknowledging the role alcohol played in his earlier years and his commitment during his university years to stop drinking altogether. He went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science at Carleton University in Ottawa, and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) f
