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Bruce Rigby A long-time resident of Nunavut, Mr. Rigby is currently on a two-year secondment to the Department of Education from Nunavut Arctic College to write and implement the Nunavut Adult Learning Strategy, and to develop a new funding allocation model for Colleges in Nunavut.Mr. Rigby has held several senior positions with both the federal and territorial governments, and has worked with Inuit organizations throughout Nunavut.Most recently, Mr. Rigby was the Interim President of Nunavut Arctic College, a Deputy Head position of the Government of Nunavut.He has also held a Cabinet appointment as the Science Advisor to the Government of Nunavut and Executive Director of the Nunavut Research Institute.Mr. Rigby continues to work in community participatory action research specializing in sustainable development, traditional land use and community education and development.He has sat on advisory boards for several foundations and agencies which have included the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, the Northern Science Training Grant Program, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute, and as the chair of the Scientific Screening Committee of Polar Continental Shelf Project. (source: gateways.athabascau.ca, 10 Aug 2007).

IQALUIT, Nunavut (12 novembre 2010) – La première ministre Eva Aariak a annoncé aujourd’hui que Bruce Rigby, qui a servi son cabinet à titre de secrétaire principal et de chef de cabinet prendra sa retraite du gouvernement du Nunavut à la fin de la présente année civile.
 Monsieur Rigby a occupé plusieurs postes au cours de ses 24 années de service au gouvernement du Nunavut et au gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, ainsi qu’à titre de président du Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut et de président de la Société d’énergie Qulliq.
 Parmi ses nombreuses réalisations, Monsieur Rigby a notamment conçu et dirigé le Programme sur les technologies environnementales du Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut, établi l’Institut de recherche du Nunavut, servi en tant que conseiller scientifique du Nunavut et coprésidé le groupe de travail chargé d’élaborer la Stratégie de formation des adultes du Nunavut.
 « Je tiens à remercier Bruce pour ses 24 années de services dévoués au sein des gouvernements du Nunavut et des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Bruce mérite toutes nos félicitations, non seulement pour son engagement envers son employeur, le gouvernement, mais aussi de manière générale pour son engagement envers les Nunavummiut qu’il a si bien servi en tant qu’employé de l’État », a déclaré la première ministre Aariak, « Son savoir collectif et ses connaissances de l’histoire vont nous manquer. Je remercie Bruce au nom du gouvernement pour ses nombreuses contributions et je lui souhaite bonheur et succès dans ses futures entreprises. »

Bruce married Carol Esther KEITH in 1979. Carol (daughter of Rev. John Frederick KEITH and Virginia Edna GIBB) was born on 22 Aug 1956 in Beverley Farms, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Geoff Rigby moved to Nunavut at the age of two, and grew up in Iqaluit. After graduating from Inuksuk High School, he moved south to study at Ottawa’s Carleton University, and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies. As Aarluk’s researcher, Geoff provides support and analysis to projects such as the development of training programs, community economic development plans, wildlife management support, data collection and statistical analysis. His personal interest is in the evolution of environmental and socio-economic support programs, two areas he sees as key to the future of the Territory. Twenty years in Nunavut have given Geoff a deep appreciation of the history, culture and environment that define the Territory, and a sense of pride in the work Aarluk is doing to further its sustainable development.