About Chanese

Chanese Nakoyak is an Inuk social worker and program developer with over ten years of cumulative experience in literacy program development, mental health counselling, and community service delivery across Canada’s North. Born and raised in Yellowknife and a Nunavut Land Claims Beneficiary, she brings deep knowledge of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuit language, and Inuit culture to her work, alongside a genuine understanding of the diverse Indigenous learners and clients found throughout NWT and Nunavut communities. Her career spans clinical social work, financial services, human resources, and youth programming, with a consistent focus on creating culturally safe spaces grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, where every person feels welcomed, respected, and supported. She brings firsthand experience in Indigenous community capacity building from her work.