{"id":379865,"date":"2025-12-31T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379865\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:06:12","slug":"newscaster-rassi-nashalik-becomes-member-of-the-order-of-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379865\/","title":{"rendered":"Newscaster Rassi Nashalik becomes Member of the Order of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rassi Nashalik, the first host of CBC\u2019s Inuktitut TV newscast Igalaaq, was appointed to the Order of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Nashalik was the sole northern appointee among the 80 announced<\/a> in the traditional New Year\u2019s Eve appointments list. She becomes a Member of the Order of Canada.<\/p>\n

The governor general\u2019s office described Nashalik as a \u201ctrusted voice for Canada\u2019s North\u201d who, in her Igalaaq role, \u201chelped connect communities and keep residents informed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is a valued advocate for the preservation of Inuit language and culture, and a sought-after Elder and community advisor,\u201d the governor general\u2019s office stated. <\/p>\n

Nashalik, who now serves as an Elder advisor at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research<\/a>, was raised on the land in Sauniqturaajuk, an outpost outside Pangnirtung in Nunavut. She was taken to residential school in Pangnirtung at the age of 10, according to the ICHR\u2019s biography of her.<\/p>\n

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Igalaaq launched alongside English-language sister show Northbeat in 1995. Nashalik anchored the former with Paul Andrew and George Tuccaro hosting the latter.<\/p>\n

She retired from the role in 2014 and was inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n

Nashalik told the CBC this week<\/a> she had started broadcasting \u201cfor my parents and also other Elders, unilingual people up north.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI was just a communicator for my audience to understand exactly what\u2019s going on in the North or around the world on the daily newscasts,\u201d she told the broadcaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never would have thought I would get honoured by doing this job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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