National business council honours Inuit leader Mary Simon – Nunatsiaq News
Simon selected for advancing “critical social, economic and human rights issues for Canadian Inuit”
The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business has honoured Inuit leader Mary Simon with its 2014 Award of Excellence in Aboriginal Relations.
The national non-profit council, which encourages Aboriginal participation in Canada’s economy, presents the award each year to a Canadian who has contributed to “building bridges between Aboriginal people and Canada’s business community,” as selected by a jury.
A Sept. 15 release from the council lauded Simon for advancing “critical social, economic and human rights issues for Canadian Inuit regionally, nationally and internationally.”
Simon, who grew up in Kuujjuaq, is the past-president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and has just completed her term as chair of the national committee on Inuit education, with a mandate to implement a strategy to improve Inuit education standards across the country.
