Katherine Minich is an Inuk from Pangnirtung in the Nunavut Territory.  She is currently completing a PhD in Policy Studies at Ryerson where she studies the intergenerational knowledge transmission and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (traditional knowledge) of policy processes for freshwater resources, including unique methods of harvesting icebergs.  Katherine has extensive experience working for provincial and national Indigenous non-profit organizations.