15 Facts About Levinia Brown

Levinia Brown was elected as a MLA on February 16,2004, and further elected by other MLAs to serve on the Executive Council of Nunavut.

Levinia Brown served as the territory's Minister of Community and Government Services.

Levinia Brown made a comment that voters needed more information before voting on sale of lands vs continuing to lease lands from the hamlet, a sentiment echoed by nearby leaders.

In 2006, Premier Okalik, Education Minister Ed Picco, and Levinia Brown made an announcement in Rankin Island that the area would soon receive funding to create a trade school as part of the Nunavut Arctic College to provide more career training opportunities for the area.

In 2016, Levinia Brown ran for president of the Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated with a platform emphasizing the elderly, food prices, financial transparency, and employment.

Levinia Brown described a problem with a lack of elderly care services in the region, with elders instead being sent to southern territories where there were more services but non-traditional diets and no nearby family members.

Levinia Brown admitted in 2019 that she originally did not support the creation of Nunavut for various reasons, but "admired the determination of those who were in favour of division" and eventually became glad the territory had its own government.

Levinia Brown stated that poverty in housing was a continuing problem for the area, especially considering overcrowding and mould.

Levinia Brown noted that the region needed more range in medical equipment and facilities, as medical travel and emergency medical evacuation were considerably expensive.

Levinia Brown stated that she would like to see proportional Inuit representation in government in the future.

In 2020, Levinia Brown was appointed a member of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation's Governing Circle.

Levinia Brown attended the Sir Joseph Bernier federal school Chesterfield Inlet as a day student and was not allowed to speak Inuktitut.

Levinia Brown attended school in Churchill, Manitoba, before working as Rankin Inlet's first teaching aid and then graduating from The Pas's St Anthony Hospital in as a Certified Nursing Assistant and working as one in several territories.

In 1978, Levinia Brown became certified as a Northwest Territories Classroom Assistant and played an important role in creating an Eastern Arctic Teacher Education Program in Iqaluit.

Levinia Brown is married to Ron Levinia Brown and has 10 children, 3 of whom are custom adopted.