(Ottawa, ON) March 28, 2022 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is grateful to support and congratulate Gerri Sharpe on becoming the new Board President of the Inuit Women of Canada. The LHF is encouraged and hopeful to see a strong leader as the President of the organization.

As of March 10, 2022 Gerri Sharpe was officially elected as President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, after acting as interim President since February 24, 2022. Sharpe was born in Yellowknife, her home town is Gjoa Haven and she has lived all across Canada, but calls North West Territories her home. Sharpe has been an advocate for women and children in the North West Territories, serving on the Inuvik Transition House Board for more than seven years. She has spent many years on the Inuvik District Education Authority, the Beaufort Delta Education Council, and five years with the North West Territories Human Rights Commission. Sharpe is a mother of two, grandmother of three, and an artist who works with seal skin, muskox wool and beads to create traditional clothing and art. The LHF supports and congratulates Ms. Gerri Sharpe on this presidential accomplishment.

“Ms. Sharpe will provide critical leadership and decision-making which are vital to presenting a unified voice for Inuit women in Canada.  We are thrilled to see such a committed and talented leader at the helm of their organization, and we anticipate that she will add significant value to the Inuit community,” said Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel at the LHF.

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 22 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Sixties Scoop on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination and injustice in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.

The LHF has more than 25 educational exhibitions that promote awareness of Indigenous history that are free to borrow and is working on making exhibitions available online. LHF also has curriculum for K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides, Workshops and Training, and Podcasts all aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Sixties Scoop, etc. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding so as to eliminate racism against Indigenous Peoples.