Received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sir George Williams University in Montreal in 1966

Received a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Behavioural Sciences from McMaster University in Hamilton in 1975

Worked as a YWCA Secretary, consultant with the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario

Moved to Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) in 1982

Worked as a mental health consultant for the Territorial Department of Social Services

Created and directed the Tuvvik Alcohol and Drug Centre for 11 years

Was Director of Student Services at the Nunavut Arctic College for five years

Served as a Justice of Peace for 15 years

Appointed as the first Fair Practices Officer (Human Rights) and the Residential Tenancies Officers for Nunavut in 1999

Completed the basic and advanced courses in Mediation and Negotiations at the University of Windsor in 2003

Served on the Board of Directors of the first homeless shelter in Iqaluit

Chairperson of the Illitiit Society in Iqaluit, which operates shelters for homeless adults and youth

Chairperson of the Interagency Committee of Iqaluit

Consultant to the Justice Retreat in Rankin Inlet in 1998

Presenter at the Human Rights Conference sponsored by the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies in 2003