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Karla Jessen Williamson was born on 1954 in Appamiut, Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark, is an Executive director, Arctic Institute of North America. Discover Karla Jessen Williamson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
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Educator, researcher |
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70 years old |
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1954 |
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Appamiut, Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark |
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Greenland
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Karla Jessen Williamson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Karla Jessen Williamson's Husband?
Her husband is Robert Gordon Williamson
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Robert Gordon Williamson |
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Karla Jessen Williamson Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Karla Jessen Williamson worth at the age of 70 years old? Karla Jessen Williamson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Educator. She is from Greenland. We have estimated Karla Jessen Williamson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Educator |
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Timeline
Williamson married Robert Gordon Williamson (1931–2012, Oxley, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England), an anthropologist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Saskatchewan.
She lives near Saskatoon and serves as assistant professor in the Department of Educational Foundations as the University of Saskatchewan.
Williamson is the first Inuk to be tenured at a Canadian University.
Karla Jessen Williamson (born 1954 in Appamiut, Maniitsoq, Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark) is an assistant professor of educational foundations at the University of Saskatchewan.
Formerly, she was the executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA), the first woman and first Inuk to hold the position.
Fluent in Danish, English, and Greenlandic, she is an educator and researcher on cross-culturalism, multiculturalism, antiracism, and Aboriginal epistemology.
Williamson, a Kalaaleq, was born in Greenland, and received her primary education there.
She graduated from high school in Denmark and received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Education from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada in 1987.
Her Ph.D., from the Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen in Scotland, focussed on gender relations in post-colonial Greenland Inuit communities.
She also completed her Greenland Teacher Training at the College of Nuuk, Greenland.
Williamson's research includes Inuit childbearing and gender roles in post-colonial Greenland.
She taught for 16 years in the Indian and Northern Education program at the University of Saskatchewan before moving to the AINA on 15 September 2000.
She is also a Senior Researcher with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.
Because of her role with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Arctic Human Health Initiative, Williamson became the Activity Leader for the IPY 2007–2008 project "Arctic Resiliency and Diversity: Community Response to Change" in collaboration with the Inuit Circumpolar Conference.
She is a notable presenter on masking and promotes it for Inuit understanding of gender equality in relationship to ancestors, animals, and the environment.
In addition, Williamson has been an editor for the Gabriel Dumont Institute's Journal of Indigenous Studies.
Williamson has served on the Advisory Committee for the Minister of Natural Resources, the Canadian Council on Learning, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Advisory Council, and the Canadian National Steering Committee for International Polar Year (IPY).
She was also appointed to the Greenland Commission for Reconciliation in 2017.
