4 northerners named to Nutrition North advisory board including 3 Inuit women

Northern Affairs MinisterDaniel Vandal has announced four new appointments to the Nutrition Northadvisory board all of whom are northerners, and three of whom are Inuit women.

Brenda Jancke,Beth Kotierk,Janice Grey-Scottand Dr.Sarah Jane Cook will all join the seven-person board.

Their job will be to give advice on the Nutrition North program, which is meant to makenutritious food and some other essential items more available and affordable in the North.

"Through hard work and strong support from partners, the program continues to improve with locally led solutions for Northerners, by Northerners," said Vandal in a press release announcing the appointments.

The new board members come from a variety of backgrounds.Beth Kotierk is a civil lawyer in Iqaluit, as well asvice president of the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Brenda Jancke lives in Cambridge Bay, where she is a regional director for the Department of Family Services.

Janice Grey-Scott is a harvester who has worked for the Aupaluk Cooperative Association in Nunavik.

And Yellowknifer Dr. Sarah Cookpreviously served as Territorial Medical Director of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority.

Nutrition North containsseveral programs,including one that subsidizes expensive food items, one that provides grants to traditional harvesters, and a nutrition education program.