Martha Flaherty
Ms. Flaherty was born in Inukjuaq, Nunavik (formerly
Port Harrison, Quebec) and resides in Almonte, Ontario with her family. She is
past President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association, and also a previous
Executive member of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK). Due to her extensive
experience and training, she is a distinguished Inuktitut interpreter and
translator - one of the first Inuktitut/English Interpreters for television,
film and radio, and one of the select few Canadian Interpreter/Translators for
the Tunngavik Federation of Nunavut.
As a steadfast advocate for Inuit Women, children and
youth, she has served as a member of the Canadian Panel on Violence Against
Women, the Panel on Economic Development for Canadian Aboriginal Women, the
Nunavut Implementation Commission on Gender Equality, and the Canadian
delegation of representatives to counter the powerful anti-fur lobby groups in
Europe. Ms. Flaherty has studied journalism and photography and has developed her own photography collection of the North. One of the most respected Inuit leaders in Canada, she is inspired by her grandfather, Robert Flaherty, an internationally acclaimed film-maker.