Nunatsiaq Online - New UofM research facility honours former NWT premier Nellie Cournoyea

The University of Manitoba officially opened its new $8-million Arctic research facility on March 18. The Nellie Cournoyea Arctic Research Facility is named after Cournoyea, the first female premier of a Canadian territory, who attended the March 18 ribbon-cutting ceremony in Winnipeg.

“It is a privilege and a great honour to have been recognized in this manner,” said Cournoyea, premier of the Northwest Territories from 1991 to 1995, in a university news release. “Throughout my life I have been a strong advocate for the advancement of research across the Canadian Arctic that will both enhance the protection of the sensitive Arctic environment and advance economic opportunities for the aboriginal peoples and other Canadians who have made these regions their home.”  Read more....

Publication date: 
Monday, March 18, 2013