Canadian activist and politician, currently serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Nunavut in the House of Commons of Canada since her election in 2019.Qaqqaq is the first member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to represent Nunavut since the creation of the territory in 1999; Peter Ittinuar (MP for Nunatsiaq) previously represented what is now Nunavut as an NDP member until switching affiliation to the Liberal Party in 1982. In addition, she is currently the only non-Liberal MP from Northern Canada.