Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiutauqatigiit Katimajingit Kanatami

Herbert Nakimayak

In September 2025 Herbert Nakimayak was appointed interim President of ICC Canada until the next election, scheduled for the summer of 2026.

President Nakimayak was elected as the Vice-President (International) for ICC Canada at the 14th General Assembly held in Kuujjuaq, Canada in July 2022. Mr. Nakimayak previously held the seat of ICC Canada Vice President (International) from July 2014-2018.

Herbert Nakimayak was elected to the 18th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in November 2015 until 2019, serving as MLA for the constituency of Nunakput. Mr. Nakimayak began working for Fisheries and Oceans Canada as Senior Manager in 2020 promoting marine conservation activities in the Western Arctic. He has served as chairperson for the Fisheries Joint Management Committee in Inuvik. NT and was appointed chair of the Joint Secretariat in 2022.

He studied entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University, Project Management at Algonquin College, and completed a gas plant operator certificate at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

He is committed to continuing traditional ways of life through stories of Elders and hunters and trappers including carrying out “On the Land” programs for Elders and Youth. He has attended numerous leadership conferences and training such as John C. Maxwell’s spring leadership in Spokane, WA and Algonquin College in Ontario.