Ceporah Mearns

In 2020, Ceporah became the Director of the Nunavut NEIHR (Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research), Nunavut's first centre for Inuit scholarship and early career researchers. Ceporah Mearns is originally from Pangnirtung, NU, and calls Iqaluit her home with her husband and two daughters. Ceporah is a trained educator whose work focuses on curriculum development, teaching, and pedagogical practice. She teaches a course on the Makimautiksat Youth Wellness and Empowerment Camp and is nominated for a University of the Arctic Chair in Inuit Pedagogy.