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Megan D. Nochasak
Climate advocate
Language keeper
Social change enthusiast
Bio
Megan is an Inuk youth from Nain, Nunatsiavut, Labrador, Canada. She is a social change enthusiast and a climate advocate, speaking on national and international platforms about protecting the land and the importance of having Indigenous youth in decision-making spaces. Megan has led Inuit youth leadership programs in northern Labrador in the Tongait Mountains, connecting youth to their ancestral homelands for cultural and leadership activities. She is currently studying Sociology (Honours) at Carleton University. In her spare time, Megan enjoys writing, spending time on the water, and traveling.​​
Engagements - experiences and potential opportunities - hire me for speaking gigs, workshops, presentations, etc.
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Interests
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personal experiences, perspective: climate action and climate change impacts on northern and Inuit communities
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personal experiences: language revitalization; master-apprentice program
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personal experiences: mental health awareness and suicide prevention
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perspective: decolonization at the workplace, post-secondary, organizations, etc.
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stories: research practices within Inuit Nunangat with experiences in Nunatsiavut and on the Labrador Sea
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personal experiences: what does education mean? What were we taught education means? Who decides? We do!
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Education within western institutions: Inuit Studies and Advanced Inuit Studies (Nunavut Sivuniksavut); Indigenous Studies (Algonquin College); B.A. Sociology (Carleton University)
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Education from home & the land: Inuit KaujimajatuKangit, lessons on and about the land, heart work; Inuit youth leadership programs
Photos (L-R): Youth Leadership Program 2023, sailing on the Gulden Leeuw across the North Atlantic; kangidluasuk Student Program hydrology activities near the Torngat Mountains Base Camp and Research Station; kangidluasuk Student Program, Torngat Mountains; UN Subsidiary Body meetings as an Inuit Circumpolar Council youth representative; working on the CCGS Amundsen 2019; speaking on a panel at COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
