Alexina Kublu

Alexina Kublu (Inuktitut: ᐊᓕᒃᓯᓈ ᑯᑉᓗ;^[2][3] born 1954) is a Canadian linguist, educator, translator, and jurist who served as the third Languages Commissioner of Nunavut and as the first Justice of the Peace in Nunavut.

Born in Igloolik in the then Northwest Territories, Kublu attended the Canadian Indian residential school system, forcing her to travel 800 kilometres (500 mi) to attend residential school. Kublu attained her Bachelor of Education, after which she became a teacher and later on as an instructor in the Language and Culture Program at Nunavut Arctic College, where she oversaw the development of the Inuit Studies Program. Work by Kublu and her future husband, Mick Mallon, aided in the furthering of Inuktitut research and the development of a curriculum for the instruction of Inuktitut.

She stepped down from her position at Nunavut Arctic College to serve as Senior Justice of the Peace under Justice Beverly Browne, the first person in Nunavut to be in the position. Kublu served as the chair for the Akitsiraq Law School Society which worked to bring legal education to northern Canadians. Kublu worked as a board member for the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, and worked as a volunteer and board member for the Kamatsiqtut Nunavut Help Line.

A certified English/Inuktitut interpreter, Kublu served as a member of the Canadian Interpreters and Translators Council. She was appointed to the role of Languages Commissioner of Nunavut, succeeding outgoing commissioner Johnny Kusugak. In her position, she oversaw the implementation of the Official Languages Act and the Inuit Languages Protection Act in Nunavut, the latter of which expanded her mandate to take action in instances of violations to the acts. She served in the position from 2009 to 2013, where she was succeeded by Sandra Inutiq.