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Canada’s National Gallery in Ottawa, situated near the
Parliament grounds, is one of the country’s most impressive
institutions. And now the Inuit of Nunavik have a right
to feel proud that one of our own sits within a board of seven
trustees who oversee this gallery’s operations. Rhoda
Kokiapik, executive director of
the Avataq Cultural Institute,
was appointed to the board
following a May 27th decree
from the Privy Council. “I am
sure this will look nice on my
resumé, but this is not my
number one reason for accepting
the appointment,” Rhoda
says, “I accepted the position
to show other Inuit that they
can do anything if they really
try hard.”
P i t a A t a m i , M a k i v i k
Corporation’s president, nominated
Rhoda for the position.
He said, “She has been with Avataq for a long time and she
knows about artifacts. When we heard that they were looking
for a candidate to become a board member, and that
they had a lot of artifacts from the Inuit, I thought somebody
with knowledge of our own artifacts would be an asset
to have on the board. That is the main reason Guy St-Julien
(Nunavik’s federal MP) originally informed me that they
were looking for a candidate.”
Rhoda is passionate about promoting the Inuit culture
and language, and hopes that her presence at the National
Gallery, combined with her service at Avataq, will help to
focus wider attention on this topic. “I try to bring awareness
to culture every chance I get,” she says, “Even though
culture is often at the bottom of the list when it comes
to support from government and other (funding institutions).”
The National Gallery of Canada, a visual arts museum
of international stature, holds its collection of art in
trust for all Canadians. Their Inuit collection contains nearly
1300 works from the Northwest Territories, Nunavut,
Nunavik, and Labrador. Their board members serve for a
term of three years.
COMPLIMENTS: NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA