Lena Pedersen
Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 |
| Nationality | Canadian Inuit |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse | Red Pedersen |
Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen[1] or Lena Pederson (born 1940, Greenland) is a politician and social worker from Nunavut, Canada. In 1959, she moved from Greenland to the Northwest Territories and lived in Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Pangnirtung and Rae (Behchoko) before moving to Cape Dorset where she participated in the artwork sales of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative.[1]
Life and career
[edit ]In the 1970 general election, Pedersen was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories representing the Central Arctic District The elections ordinance was amended to allow women the vote and run for office prior to the 1951 Northwest Territories general election. Pedersen was not the first woman to run, however, as Vivian Roberts was a candidate in the 1951 election.
In 1999 she was appointed by premier Paul Okalik to the Maligarnit Qimirrujiit, Nunavut's Law Review Commission. Prior to her appointment, she served as a board member for the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, and as a drug and alcohol program coordinator for Kugluktuk.
In 2003 Northwest Territories general election she ran in Yellowknife Centre but was defeated.
The former Lena Pederson (Kitikmeot) Boarding Home in Yellowknife, that was used by patients from Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region while on medical travel, was named in her honour.[2]
She was, at one time, married to Red Pedersen and their grandson, Calvin Pedersen was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in July 2020.[3] [4]
Quote
[edit ]Regarding the geographic move of the Northwest Territories government and the effect on Eskimo Co-operatives, Pedersen is quoted as saying:
Partial bibliography
[edit ]- Pedersen, Lena, and Donna Stephania. Crime Prevention in Kugluktuk [permanent dead link ]. Ottawa: Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1999. ISBN 1-894159-61-6
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Lena (Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen First woman elected to the Northwest Territories Council". Library and Archives Canada. April 12, 2005. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016年10月08日.
- ^ Lena Pederson Boarding Home Archived 2011年07月06日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Okpik, Abraham (2005年09月29日). "The Beginning of Aboriginal Political Organizations". We Call It Survival (PDF). Vol. Life Stories of Northern Leaders Series Volume One. Nunavut Arctic College. pp. 317, 326. ISBN 1-896-204-71-6 . Retrieved 2020年07月27日.
...and Leena Pedersen,5 who was an Inuk member of the Legislative Assembly from Coppermine....5. Originally from Greenland, she married Red Pedersen from Cam-bridge Bay.
- ^ Derek Neary, "New MLAs acclaimed in Baker Lake, Kugluktuk; race set for Pangnirtung mayor". Nunavut News , July 24, 2020.
- ^ Marybelle Mitchell (1996). Talking Chiefs to a Native Corporate Elite The Birth of Class and Nationalism Among Canadian Inuit (.pdf). McGill-Queen's Press -MQUP. pp. 241–242. ISBN 9780773513747 . Retrieved 2007年11月12日.
External links
[edit ]- A lot of warmth in the Lena Pederson Boarding Home Nunatsiaq News September 24, 2004
- Premier Paul Okalik appoints Maligarnit Qimirrujiit commissioners
- Yellowknife Centre election results 2003 CBC
- Still counting Woman electoral firsts list in Canada
| Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
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| Preceded by | MLA Central Arctic 1970–1975 |
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- Living people
- 1940 births
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
- 20th-century Canadian women politicians
- 20th-century Greenlandic people
- 20th-century indigenous leaders of the Americas
- 20th-century Inuit people
- 20th-century Inuit women
- People from Behchoko
- People from Kinngait
- People from Kugluktuk
- People from Pangnirtung
- People from Yellowknife
- Greenlandic emigrants to Canada
- Canadian Inuit women
- Greenlandic Inuit women
- Women in Northwest Territories politics
- Inuit from the Northwest Territories
- Inuit from Nunavut
- Inuit politicians