Jeela is the Executive Director of Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit, the Inuit Language Authority of Nunavut. The focus of her research in the past five years has been on standardization of Inuktut orthography in Nunavut, as well as at the national level with the Atausiq Inuktut Titirausiq task group with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Jeela’s passion is working with the Inuit language and it’s continued use and survival. She passionately enjoys learning about the language variants from Alaska to Greenland.Photo courtesy of UPEI Master of Education Program.