Bryan Pearson

Bryan Pearson (30 May 1934 – 12 October 2016), nicknamed Sedluk or Salluk, meaning skinny in Inuktitut, After working on ships in Britain and Australia he came to Canada in 1956 and went to Baffin Island.

Beginning in the 1960s he began several businesses including the original taxi service, Astro Theatre (in 1994, the first, and as of 2016 the only cinema in Nunavut), Arctic Ventures (which he later sold to Kenn Harper). He also worked as the communities undertaker for many years and had a hearse shipped in.

In 1979, Pearson was elected as the first mayor of Iqaluit and served several terms until 1985. or liver cancer, which was confirmed on his return to Canada. The town mourned his lost, Queen Elizabeth sent a letter of condolences and the Canadian territories hung the flag at half mast in Pearson's honour. A plaque remembering Pearson is to be opened in Liverpool Cathedral, one of Bryan's favourite places.