International Women’s Day is Bernice Kootoo Clarke’s favourite day of the year — the day she gets to celebrate everything she and other women have accomplished.
That celebration is a vital ingredient, she says, in the recipe for reaching your dreams.
“We must celebrate ourselves,” she said. “When we’re reaching, reaching, reaching and we hit goals, celebrating yourself is part of it all.”
In the days leading up to March 8 — International Women’s Day — Clarke and five other Inuit women shared stories from their paths to becoming businesswomen, politicians and community leaders.
Clarke, who lives in Iqaluit, recalls how as a young
