Meritorious Service Cross
Awarded on: 2015-09-29
Invested on: 2015-12-11
Leena Tatiggaq Evic created the Pirurvik Centre for Inuit Language, Culture and Wellbeing, which offers courses in Inuktitut as well as educational resources and ongoing professional support. More recently, she founded Ingalangaittukuurvik, a doctoral program that aims to capture, maintain and restore Inuit traditional knowledge and language. Thanks to her commitment and business acumen, these unique, transformative programs have led Inuit people to regain their language, culture and identity.