Leona Aglukkaq

Director at Agnico Eagle

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, an experienced politician and government administrator from the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, received the 2021 Women in Mining Canada Indigenous Trailblazer Award. First elected as a Member of Parliament in 2008, in 2009 she became the first Inuk in Canadian history to be appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Health.

Ms. Aglukkaq was a member of the Board of Directors of TMAC Resources Inc. until its acquisition by the Company in February 2021. She was also Chair of the Arctic Council from 2012 to 2015, a leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation in the Arctic with a focus on sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

Ms. Aglukkaq has territorial government experience as both an elected official and a public official in the governments of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, and as a founding member of the Nunavut Impact Review Board.

Ms. Aglukkaq holds a degree in Public and Business Administration (Arctic College, NWT) and holds a Certification in Human Resources (University of Winnipeg).


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Agnico Eagle

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Agnico Eagle Mines is a Canada-based gold producer with mining operations in northwestern Quebec, northern Mexico, northern Finland and Nunavut, as well as exploration activities in Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States. It operates through the business units: Northern Business, which consists of its operations in Canada and Finland, such as the LaRonde mine, the Lapa mine, the Goldex mine, the Meadowbank mine, the Meliadine project and the Malartic Mine in Canada, as well as the Kittila mine in Finland; Southern Business, which consists of its operations in Mexico, such as the Pinos Altos mine that includes the Creston Mascota deposit and the La India mine owned by its indirect subsidiary, as well as Exploration Group, which focuses on the identification of new mineral reserves and mineral resources, and new development opportunities in gold producing regions. Its exploration activities are concentrated in Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States.


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Toronto, Canada

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5,001-10,000

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