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September 6, 2002
Barnes vacates Nunavut
seat on NAPO board
Gordon Barnes resigned
from the National Anti-Poverty Organization (NAPO) board of directors on Sept.
5. He was the first Nunavummiut appointed to the board.
The executive director
of Iqaluits Oqota Emergency Shelter accepted the volunteer position in
May this year. NAPO is a non-profit organization based in Ottawa with representatives
across Canada.
Barnes attended one annual
general meeting in June and joined the womens issues committee. He stepped
down this week after deciding to leave Iqaluit and move his young family to
Nova Scotia or Newfoundland this month. His wife will join them at Christmas.
Barnes encourages people
to step in where he bowed out.
"I think NAPO can
do a lot for people here," he said.
NAPO is known for lobbying
for federal anti-poverty legislation.
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