Nunavut
Impact
Review Board
As the Manager of Communications for the Nunavut Impact Review Board, Ali directed communications and collaboration in the management of the environmental impact assessment process for the Canadian High Arctic territory of Nunavut. The Nunavut Impact Review Board is part of a co-management regime with multi-stakeholders, Inuit governance, the department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, and the Nunavut Planning Commission, which manages one of the largest land use plans in the world.
For 2.5 years Ali lived and worked in an Inuit community in the high arctic circle, called Iqaluktuttiaq.
Also called Cambridge Bay, Iqaluktuttiaq means “place of good fishing” in the local Inuit language, Inuinnaqtun. Cambridge Bay is on the 69th parallel, just below the Northwest Passage.
Ali’s Role
Ali collaborated with the Executive Director to co-manage corporate and social responsibility initiatives between corporate and government stakeholders and environmental policy advisors in the environmental impact assessment process for a territory the size of western Europe.
Traveled to remote Inuit communities to coordinate public hearings on potential environmental impacts from land use for resource extraction projects, including for iron, nickel, uranium, gold, diamonds, and oil.
Demonstrated expertise in sustainable development policy planning and an understanding of the extraction-side of supply chain management.
Major Initiatives
Ali built and managed a multi-million dollar communications department and created the following initiatives:
Created a 5-year Strategic Communications and Marketing Plan;
Developed a brand for and created public briefs and press releases on behalf of the organization;
Developed and implemented a complete staff training program, learning library, internship program, cross-cultural outreach and educational materials in 4 languages (French, English, Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun), including 12 public guides, 3 annual reports;
Wrote the grant application for, and won funding for the redesign and launch of the organization’s website, logo, and brand;
Wrote and gave a keynote speech for 500 corporate executives at the Nunavut Mining Symposium for arctic resource management, in Iqaluit, Baffin Island.
Sample of Work
Ali created a series of public guides which provide a general overview of the environmental impact assessment process of the Nunavut Impact Review Board. These guides cover screening, review, and monitoring phases, and are available in English, French, Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun.