Meet Our Leaders – Paige Kimiksana-Kreps – Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada

Secretary-Treasurer, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Representative for Youth, Urban

Bringing Urban Inuit Voices to the Table

For Paige Kimiksana-Kreps, being Inuk is about connection, both to the land and to community. It’s something she had to seek out for herself, growing up in the Greater Toronto Area with few Inuit around her. Now, as the Secretary-Treasurer of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, she is making sure other Urban Inuit do not have to feel that same disconnection.

Finding Her Way Back

She grew up outside of Toronto, away from her Inuit culture and family “It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I started reconnecting with my Inuit family, and that was when I started to understand more about my identity.”