Photo: More northern women of influence

Maggie Emudluk, chairperson of the Kativik Regional Government, front, stands with Isabella Pain, senior negotiator for the Nunatsiavut Government, in Ottawa a during a Nov. 3 photo shoot on Canada’s “northern women of influence” for the Northern Lights 2012 Business and Cultural Showcase and Ottawa Life Magazine. Other women invited for the photo shoot included Nunavut MP and federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, Nellie Cournoyea, CEO and chairperson of the Inuvialuit Regional Corp., Mary Simon, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Nunavik singer Elisapie Isaac, renowned Cape Dorset artist, Kenojuak Ashevak,climate change activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak and Kathy Dunderdale, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. They also attended a press event Nov. 3, when they discussed their vision for the future of Canada’s North. (PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHERN LIGHTS 2012)