Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal: Tribunal Members & Staff

The Tribunal

Errol Fletcher Chair	Errol Fletcher is an Instructor at Nunavut Arctic College where he has taught for over 20 years. He has a Masters degree in Sociology and Adult Education. He is very involved in the community being a founding member and volunteer with the Baffin Help Line, an active Rotarian, a Justice of the Peace for Nunavut, a Nunavut member of Corrections Canada Advisory Committee, and a musician.
Bonnie Almon Kitikmeot Representative	For the past 3 years Ms. Almon has been employed as the Director of Community Wellness for the Hamlet of Kugluktuk. She also is also a Justice of the Peace and Coroner for Nunavut. Ms. Almon also is active in community organizations as a Justice Committee member and a Board Member for the Kugluktuk Housing Association. Bonnie has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work. She brings an extensive and varied background in social justice and human rights.
Louise Haulli Baffin Region Member	Louise Haulli resides in Igloolik, as a Community Wellness Coordinator with the Hamlet of Igloolik. She has helped organized programs for community wellness programs through Inuit traditional knowledge elders program concerning parenting and family communication skills and would like to see elders strengthen through Inuit knowledge. Louise volunteers her time by visiting elders at their homes doing household chores.
Martin Kreelak Kivalliq Representative	Mr. Kreelak was born in an igloo at Ukusialuk, approximately 90 miles east of Chesterfield Inlet. His family eventually settled in Chesterfield Inlet. He attended Joseph Bernier Federal Day School and Churchill Vocational School (CVC) at Fort Churchill, Manitoba. He returned to Chester to become a full-time hunter for his family. In 1982 he was married and moved to Baker Lake. Martin worked Inuit Broadcasting Corporation for 23 years as a documentary film maker. He is a grandfather to 22 children.
Alan Weeks Member-At-Large	Alan Weeks was born, raised and educated in Nova Scotia. He graduated from NSCC with a Diploma in Social Work. In Nova Scotia, he was a Justice of the Peace for (11) years, a Probation Officer, Child Protection Caseworker and adjudicator for Workers’ Compensation Board. Alan has been living in the North for three years and is involved with the community. He is the Vice-Chair of the Iqaluit District Education Authority. Alan has many years experience in working in a cross-cultural environment.
Marion Love Executive Directive	Marion Love began employment with Government of Nunavut (formerly the Gov’t of NWT) in 1982. She has eight years of experience working as a senior manager. Marion has supported adult literacy, Article 23 training initiatives, community stewardship, and unionized workplaces throughout her career.
Leo Angootealuk Human Rights Officer	Leo Angootealuk has been a Human Rights Officer since March of 2006. Prior to joining the Tribunal Leo worked at the Sakku School in Coral Harbour as a student support worker.
Rosie Tanuyak-Ell Human Rights Officer	Rosie Tanuyak-Ell raised in Chesterfiled Inlet. Rosie and her family moved to Coral Harbour in 1996. In the summer of 1999, she began working for the GN as the Income Support worker. Rosie commenced working with the Tribunal in March of 2006. She has found the experience thus far worthwhile as she finds it interesting dealing with cross cultural individuals and agencies.
Reema Khawja Legal Counsel	Reema Khawja specializes in human rights, administrative law and constitutional law. She has worked for the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and the Ontario Human Rights Commission for over eleven years. She has also practiced law in the Constitutional Law Branch at Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General and as a litigation lawyer with the law firm of McCarthy Tétrault.
Sheriden Barnett Mediator	Sheriden Barnett is the founder of the Boreal Centre for Dispute Resolution, located on the north shore of Lake Superior at Thunder Bay, Ontario. She has studied conflict theory, mediation and peace building extensively, including at the internationally recognized International Conflict Research Institute at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and at Osgoode Hall Law School where she earned a Master of Laws (ADR) degree in 2004. Since 1988, Sheriden has worked with Federal, Territorial and First Nations governments in the areas of conflict resolution, land claims, and human rights. She has been working with the Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal as a mediator, trainer, and mentor since its inception.