New languages commissioner

The government of Nunavut has picked a former teacher and politician from Rankin Inlet to serve as the territory’s next languages commissioner.

Nunavut MLAs unanimously appointed Johnny Pujjuut Kusugak as the new commissioner on Feb. 25, after receiving a recommendation from the legislative assembly’s standing committee, Ajauqtiit.

Kusugak was the president of Nunavut Arctic College in the late 1990s, before serving as executive director of the Kivalliq Inuit Association.

Kusugak officially becomes the commissioner after approval from the Commissioner of Nunavut, Peter Irniq.