William Beveridge, Executive Director

William is involved in administrative work, staff management, annual budget management, working with the board of Trustees make sure they are informed of IHT matters and the overall policy and project management.

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Lynn Peplinski, Heritage Manager

Lynn's primary focus is on Place Names Program, which involves recording Elders' place names knowledge and getting this information on to maps to share with communities. The work also involves a process to make the names official, with the GN, to ensure the names will endure long into the future. Lynn is also involved in reviewing archaeology permit applications with communities, as well as the production of educational materials to communicate heritage-related information to Nunavummiut.

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Ericka Chemko, Project Manager

Ericka is currently focused on expanding IHT's role and knowledge of the proposed Nunavut Heritage Center; training of Nunavut residents in heritage fields; organizing IHT's annual archaeological field school in the summer among a number of other smaller projects.

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Ursula Issaluk, Office Assistant

Ursula manages all the administrative and financial aspects of the office.

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Sheila Oolayou

Sheila works closely with elders along with the Heritage Manager on traditional place names. She ensures that all the inuttitut names are correct in writing, map locations, and pronunciation according to each community’s dialect. She works to ensure that the inuttitut perspective on place names is observed before they are approved by the board.

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