Zippie Nochasak
Language Keeper-in-Residence
Photo courtesy of Zippie Nochasak.
Meet Inuit Future's new Language Keeper-in-Residence!
Welcome to Zippie Nochasak, the new Inuit Futures Language Keeper-in-Residence, who will be working with our partners at Carleton University Art Gallery in Ottawa.
Zippie is from Nain, Labrador (Nunatsiavut.) She is a former Minister of Lands & Natural Resources and a former Minister of Status of Women for the Nunatsiavut Government. Zippie also helped create a curriculum on Inuit history for Illiniapaa Skills Development Centre in the community support program on the impacts of colonization.
Zippie now lives in Ottawa and works for Tungasuvvingat Inuit as an Elders Cultural coordinator delivering programs for Inuit and Elders. She hosts Inuit Zoom Groups and Elders Virtual Tea all across Canada and the world for Inuit families to connect with each other.