A former politician, entrepreneur and commercial pilot will soon be inducted into the Order of Canada.
Inuk Johnny N. Adams from Kuujuaq in northern Quebec agrees he has lived a remarkable life.
But he says his greatest accomplishment is giving back to his community.
“I was surprised and humbled to be told that I was being appointed an officer of the Order of Canada,” he told APTN News.
Adams is among a handful of Indigenous inductees this year.
Seventeen years earlier, he was appointed a knight of the National Order of Quebec.
“It does not matter where you are coming from,” he says now. “If you have got the will and the drive to make a difference, anyone can do it.”
Adams is being recognised by Canada for advancing economic and social development in Nunavik and in his home community of Kuujjuaq, approximately 1,443 km from Montreal.
