Samuel Pallaq Huyer
Sam Huyer is a Netsilik Inuk from Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. His experience in the arctic fundamentally came from living in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut until moving to Nova Scotia in the late 1990’s. Sam has worked and has academic experience working in the field of geology while attending Dalhousie University from 2009-2011. He has also attended the Royal Military College of Canada from 2011-2012, completing the ALOY (Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year) program, while later becoming a Combat Engineer in Gagetown, New Brunswick. His Arctic experience includes military exercises, Arctic Winter Warfare, and Arctic survival while he was a Combat Engineer with 4 Engineer Support Regiment in Gagetown, New Brunswick. His studies and future research focus includes Arctic security and sovereignty for Inuit and Canadian relationship building and adaptation to Arctic climate change.