Minnie Grey has worked actively throughout her career to improve quality of life for the Inuit. Marianne A. Stenbaek is professor of cultural studies at McGill and has worked closely with Inuit organizations in Canada and Greenland for over thirty years. Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a respected national and international climate change advocate, who was nominated together with Al Gore for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. She combines traditional knowledge with more modern western science.