Despite arriving on the only plane to land in the midst of a three-day January blizzard, Megan fell in love with the north and moved to Rankin Inlet  in 2014, and to Iqaluit in 2017, to work for the Government of Nunavut’s Department of Community and Government Services.  She is now  CGS’s  Manager of Municipal Works for the Baffin Region. Her work takes her throughout the region working on municipal water, wastewater and solid waste infrastructure projects.  She joined the NTWWA board in 2015 and is now serving as its  President.

He worked in several different positions with the Hamlet before moving into his current role as Manager of Works and Infrastructure.  Alan first attended a NTWWA conference in 2006 and was impressed with its focus on the continued development of operator skills and knowledge. In 2010 he was elected to the board as a director, then to positions of Vice President, President, and Past President. After a few years off the board, Alan was pleased to once again be elected as Vice President in 2018, and President in 2020. He continued in his role of President during restrictions faced during the Covid crisis and the inability of the NTWWA to host its face-to-face yearly meetings and election. Now sitting as past president he will remain involved with the NTWWA executive for one more year. He is proud to remain involved as part of his community’s team involved in the provision of some of the basic services needed in everyday life.

 Not being much of a winter person, he was extremely skeptical about moving to the Arctic, as he had never been, and did not know what to expect. Upon arrival he found the cold was crisp, the people are warm, and the beauty is astounding!

He worked as a Building Technician for Canadian North for the past few years and was hired as a Water Treatment Specialist with the Government of Nunavut in January of 2022.

His first exposure to water treatment occurred when he moved to Alberta as a public works operator. This was new and exciting to him and he quickly became curious to learn more about water treatment. After a few years, he became a Certified II Operator and had the opportunity to work in numerous water plants all over central and southern Alberta learning of the challenges we face in the water world. During this time, he was also able to work alongside Alberta Environment water treatment specialists who helped him understand the importance of the job. Aaron now looks back at these opportunities for inspiration and looks forward to traveling around Nunavut to provide these services to the water treatment operators of Nunavut.

Kevin began working as a Building Maintainer with the Hamlet of Kugluktuk in 2012. He credits the late George Egotak as an important mentor in his life, saying it was George Egotak who taught him how to be a good building maintainer and water plant operator. He has been the water plant operator in Kugluktuk since 2019.

Kevin has attended most of NTWWA’s conferences and operators workshops since 2015, so he was pleased to agree to serve on the NTWWA board of directors in 2022.

 She has now moved on to work as part of a team supporting municipal works in all regions of Nunavut. She says she feels very fortunate in this role as it has given her the opportunities to visit and work with communities throughout Nunavut.

In 2022, Elan accepted the invitation to be appointed to a director’s position on the board of directors NTWWA. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, running and skiing with her retired sled dog Maju.

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Kurt has spent 27 years working in the water and wastewater industry.  He graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in the Water and Wastewater Technician Program in 1994.  Currently he holds Alberta Environment & Parks (AEP) Level IV water treatment and Level III wastewater treatment certificates.  Kurt has previously worked in the municipal, industrial, and post-secondary sectors across Western Canada and the Canadian Arctic.  He has created multiple courses and instructed in Nunavut, NWT, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.  Recently has been working hard to bring more water and wastewater operator courses directly to the more isolated hamlets in Nunavut and hopefully in the future to more NWT communities.  Before Covid-19 put a halt to conferences, Kurt was heavily involved in the planning of the last few NTWWA Operator Workshops.

Going forward, Kurt is looking to increase supplier participation in the NTWWA conferences and to keep advocating for more operator training in the North.

While in Edmonton, Sarah began working with the public sector, expanding her scope to include water distribution. In 2017, Sarah moved with her family to Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, to begin work as a Municipal Planning Engineer with the Government of Nunavut. In this position, Sarah’s work included supporting the engineering and operational needs of the water, wastewater and solid waste sites of the seven communities in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut. Working here, Sarah developed a passion for infrastructure design focussed on operational effectiveness. In 2020, Sarah and her family moved to Iqaluit, where she is now the Senior Manager, Municipal Planning, in the Department of Community and Government Services. Her focus is on essential infrastructure projects across Nunavut, including emergency response projects.

Sarah has now moved back to Halifax and is now serving NTWWA as its Southern Director.

He is a Professional Civil Engineer and project manager, educated in Ottawa (Carleton University) and Norfolk, Virginia. He has been working in the construction industry since 2005. For most of this time he has been working in Nunavut, NWT and First Nation communities in Northern Ontario, and now in Yukon. His experience is in leading teams of engineers and architects working on buildings, infrastructure (including water and wastewater and solid waste) and rehabilitation projects for all levels of government. In his spare time, Kyle plays hockey, beach volleyball and the guitar, runs obstacle course races and just generally enjoys the great outdoors. He loves to travel as much as his finances and time allow.

Rob first worked with AECOM, on various projects  all  over the north  from municipal water and sewer facilities, landfills and lagoons to environmental clean-ups. He is now working for Tlicho Engineering & Environmental Services, looking after the majority of the non-building contracting such as highway repair, water and sewer, and the community ice roads.  After nearly 13 years, Rob and his wife now know Yellowknife is home and they have no intention of leaving.

Rob has been fortunate in having several mentors over the years; one of them being Ken Johnson, who taught him much of what he knows about water and wastewater in the North.  Rob first attended a NTWWA conference in 2010 and has attended and presented at several since then. He was pleased to be appointed as NTWWA’s  Executive Director in 2018 and now is also carrying the responsibilities of a regular member of the board. He looks forward to helping the organization continue to grow and to help northern workers in this field.