Sarah Townley

Sarah was born in Hebron, Labrador in 1959 and forcibly moved south with her people the same year. Her first language is Inuttitut. She now resides in North West River with her husband. They have three grown sons and three beautiful grandchildren.

Sarah graduated with a master’s degree in May 2010 in curriculum, teaching, and learning studies from Memorial University. Most of her working life she worked at the Labrador School Board in Native education for the Inuit communities of Labrador.

She volunteers with five different community service groups in North West River. Sarah also sits on the board of directors for the co-management board for Tungat (Torngat) Mountains National Park. Nationally, she has for years, and continues to do so, work on standardizing the Inuttitut language.

In her spare time, she likes to work on crafts, pick berries, cabin life, and a lot of grandparenting for busy parents. She especially looks forward to spring seal hunting on the sea ice with family and friends.