Cathy Towtongie reflects on King’s Coronation Medal for decades of Inuit advocacy

Cathy Towtongie reflects on King’s Coronation Medal for decades of Inuit advocacy

Longtime Inuit leader Cathy Towtongie was taken aback when she learned she had been selected to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal. “It was a total shock,” said Towtongie. “I had no clue. When NTI (Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated) contacted me asking for my email, I asked them, ‘What did I do now,” she laughed. Instead, she learned she was being recognized for a lifetime of advocacy on behalf of Inuit. Towtongie’s public service began …