{"id":900340,"date":"2026-09-18T10:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900340\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:44:27","slug":"kilikvak-kabloona-joins-national-council-for-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/900340\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilikvak Kabloona joins National Council for Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

She joins Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, an Iqaluit lawyer who has sat on the board since 2025<\/p>\n

A former CEO of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. has been named to the group responsible for monitoring whether Canada is meeting its reconciliation commitments.<\/p>\n

Kilikvak Kabloona is joining the National Council for Reconciliation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real honour,\u201d Kabloona said in an interview Thursday.<\/p>\n

Prior to working at the NTI, she was the Government of Nunavut\u2019s associate deputy minister responsible for quality of life, a position focused on responding to the territory\u2019s suicide crisis.<\/p>\n

There, she helped secure funding for the Aqqusariaq Recovery Centre in Iqaluit, she said, a project that aligns with one of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s calls to action to improve Indigenous Peoples\u2019 access to healing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver my career, I\u2019ve seen how progress can be made toward a healthier, more vibrant society through the implementation of these types of reports,\u201d Kabloona said.<\/p>\n

Health care in Nunavut still needs to get better, she said. More Inuit need to be working in that field and there needs to be more training available, which was also identified as a call to action, she said.<\/p>\n

\"Kilikvak\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThese things will take time, it is a process and it\u2019s important that we continually work on reconciliation. It is not a check box exercise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, who joined the inaugural board in March 2025, says he has a deep respect for Kabloona, for whom he worked\u00a0as a senior advisor on suicide prevention.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has immense competence and a deep commitment to the work that is required for reconciliation. She has the personal connections to the colonial history that gave rise to the need for this work,\u201d said Murdoch-Flowers.<\/p>\n

The national council exists to track Canada\u2019s compliance with the 94 calls to action in the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which, in 2015, documented the history and impacts of residential schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The independent and Indigenous-led oversight body is required to publish reports on Canada\u2019s progress on an annual basis. It formed in 2025 and released its first report earlier this summer. <\/p>\n

That report concluded that Canada has made progress toward meeting many calls to action, through the introduction of rights-based legislation, child welfare discrimination settlements, increased investment and expanding distinctions-based partnerships.<\/p>\n

\"Kilikvak\"<\/a><\/p>\n

However, inequities in child welfare, education, income, health and justice still persist, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Murdoch-Flowers said many structural changes still need to be addressed. He mentioned a lack of consistent, long-term program funding from government as one example.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also know that there is a rising denialism in the country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Kabloona is one of three new directors joining the board, which is now permanent, said chairperson Julie Ann Wriston in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cEstablishing the first permanent Board of the National Council for Reconciliation is a meaningful step forward. We welcome this role with gratitude and a deep sense of responsibility,\u201d Wriston said.<\/p>\n

\"Kilikvak\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Also joining are Barbara Filion, a member of the Innu Nation of Mashteuiatsh in Saguenay\u2013Lac-Saint-Jean and a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and Kluane Adamek\u2013Aag\u00e9, a former Assembly of First Nations Yukon Regional Chief from Kluane First Nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She joins Joseph Murdoch-Flowers, an Iqaluit lawyer who has sat on the board since 2025 A former CEO…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-900340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}