Steering Committee
The Congress Steering Committee was a group of like-minded volunteers brought together on behalf of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health (CSCH) and the International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH). The Committee was working in partnership with the central secretariat based at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research and included representatives from Aboriginal and non-aboriginal organizations from the NWT and across Canada’s circumpolar region. These dedicated individuals contributed thousands of volunteer hours to plan and organize the Congress.
- André Corriveau, Chair, Department of Health & Social Services, Alberta (formerly GNWT)
- Denise Bowen, Aurora College, Yellowknife Campus
- Jody Butler Walker, Arctic Health Research Network-YT
- Cheryl Case, Health and Social Services, GNWT
- Susan Chatwood, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
- Jill Christensen, Yellowknife Health & Social Services Authority
- Bill Erasmus, Assembly of First Nations, Regional Chief, NWT, Dene Nation
- Larry Gordon, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- John Graham, Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program, Newfoundland & Labrador
- Gwen Healey, Qaujigiartiit/Arctic Health Research Network-NU
- Rhonda Johnson, Health Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage
- Ialeen Jones, Dene Nation
- Norma Kassi, Arctic Health Research Network-YT
- Crystal Lennie, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- Steven Meister, Jacques Whitford AXYS
- Katherine Minich, Indigenous Health Research Development Program, University of Toronto
- Tracey O’Hearn, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
- Pamela Orr, Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health & International Union for Circumpolar Health
- Kathy Paul-Drover, INAC
- Isaac Sobol, Health & Social Services, GNWT
- Marilyn Van Bibber, Inter Tribal Health Authority, Vancouver Island
- Carol Wrigglesworth, ARDICOM Digital Communications Inc.
Scientific Committee
- Susan Chatwood, Co-Chair, Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health
- Pamela Orr, Co-Chair, International Union for Circumpolar Health, Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health
- Abel Bult-Ito, American Society for Circumpolar Health
- Juhanni Hassi, Nordic Society for Arctic Medicine
- Preben Homoe, Danish-Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health
- Rhonda Johnson, American Society for Circumpolar Health
- Sergei Krivoschekov, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Tiina Mäkinen, Finnish Society of Arctic Health and Biology
- Katherine Minich, Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health
- Gert Mulvad, Danish-Greenlandic Society for Circumpolar Health
- Arild Vaktskjold, Nordic Society for Arctic Medicine
- Mikhail Voevoda, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- Kue Young, International Network for Circumpolar Health Research
Scientific Review Committee
- Laura Arbour, University of Victoria
- Jody Butler Walker, Arctic Health Research Network – YT
- Catherine Carry, National Aboriginal Health Organization
- Cheryl Case, Government of Northwest Territories
- Susan Chatwood, Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
- Jill Christensen, Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority
- André Corriveau, Alberta Health and Wellness(formerly GNWT HSS)
- Bree Denning, Queens University
- Lois Edge, University of Alberta
- Sharon Hopf, Dene Nation
- Alana Kronstal, University of Victoria
- Crystal Lennie, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- Pam Orr, International Union for Circumpolar Health, Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health
- Marilyn Van Bibber, Inter Tribal Health Authority, Vancouver Island
- Kue Young, University of Toronto
Congress Coordinator
- Pat Thagard, Congress Coordinator
- Virginia Cayen, Finance & Administration
- Rajiv Rawat, Editing, Design, & Technical Support
- Tuqani Ugyuk, Reception
- Corrie Siemens, Reception
- Tamlin Gilbert, Volunteer Coordinator
