Rassi Nashalik

Rassi Nashalik is a retired Canadian journalist who was formerly the host of Igalaaq, a CBC North newscast in the Inuit language of Inuktitut. In August 2021, she was inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame.

News career Before working at CBC, Nashalik worked with the Language Bureau for 13 years. She then saw a newspaper ad seeking an Inuktitut-speaking host for a news show. She applied and got the job, starting Igalaaq in 1995. During her tenure, she promoted the hiring of Indigenous people at the station and encouraged younger Inuit to speak Inuktitut. In 2014, she retired from newscasting.

Post-CBC work As an Inuk elder, she became an elder-in-residence at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health in 2018. She also co-founded a wellness camp in Yellowknife for First Nations people. In 2021, she was inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame.