Aaju Peter (born 1960 in Arkisserniaq, Greenland) is an Inuk lawyer, activist and sealskin clothes designer. In 2012, she received the Order of Canada.
In the 1980s Peter married a Canadian and moved to Frobisher Bay, now Iqaluit. She raised five children on her own and still resides in Iqaluit.
She has travelled across Greenland, Europe, and Canada, performing modern drum dance and traditional singing and displaying sealskin fashions. She graduated from Akitsiraq Law School in 2005 and was called to the bar in 2007.
In 2019, Aaju Peter was a guest of the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a video was produced about her visit.
She has appeared in the documentary films Arctic Defenders (2013) and Angry Inuk (2016). She was also profiled in the 2023 documentary film Twice Colonized.
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External links
Media related to Aaju Peter at Wikimedia Commons
- The Frontline of Climate Change, The Walrus
- 2014-2018 Sedna expedition biography
