Pierre has a Nursing, Community health and communication background. Pierre started with NDMS as an Employment Specialist in October 2017 and is now the Executive Director. Pierre is responsible for supervising, coordinating, and managing different projects, staff, and finances, as well as advocating for the full inclusion of people with disabilities. Pierre is passionate about Inuit culture and supporting marginalized people, homeless populations, Elders, and people with disabilities because he strongly believes that everyone is capable of bringing about change to build a stronger world.
Pierre is a Certified Instructor of the Human Development Model – Disability Creation Process for the International Network on the Disability Creation Process. He trains front-line practitioners and organizations to conduct comprehensive assessments to identify individual and community life habits and address environmental barriers.
Pierre also supports territory-wide research initiatives to support knowledge translation, including a territory wide project that looked at Federal Accessibility Standards in relation to Inuit Societal Values. Pierre represented NDMS at the national and international conferences. Pierre wrote a position paper on medical assistance in dying (MAID) from a Nunavut perspective and is also a member of multiple local and national organizations including the building advisory committee of the Nunavut housing corporation and board member for the Canadian Association of Supported Employment.