Iqaluit seeks business booster

The City of Iqaluit is searching for a new director of economic development with stronger Inuktitut skills, a move that the mayor hopes will open the community to more business with hamlets around the territory.

Terry Ma, the former director in charge of communications and promoting business activity in Nunavut’s capital, quit the job after the Nunavut trade show earlier this month.

Mayor Elisapee Sheutiapik hopes Ma’s replacement will be able to communicate with unilingual Inuktitut speakers in order to help promote Iqaluit among Inuit in the communities that were difficult to help previously because of language barriers.