2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which was also featured at festivals worldwide including the Tromso International Film Festival. He is now retired from competing but visits one hundred schools per year throughout Canada teaching students about Inuit games and culture, and he is the author of the book Traditional Inuit Games for Elementary Students. He was one of the first sixty Canadians (and the first Nunavummiuq) to receive the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 for his advocacy of the people of Nunavut. He was a member of the 2012 Arctic Jubilee Expedition that successfully climbed the highest point of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, and sent a video greeting to Queen Elizabeth II. The expedition, sponsored by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, was followed by schools in the UK and Canada and allowed approximately 17,400 students to learn about Inuit culture. He has also been an ambassador for the #Canada150 celebrations (including issuing one of the #Next150 national challenges and demonstrating Inuit Traditional Games at the Canadian Parliament) and has been active with many educational programs including Students on Ice and the Sedna Epic Expedition. In 2018 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his role in The Terror and his community advocacy, and in 2019 he was named the RCGS's sixth Explorer-in-Residence. Order of Canada and assault allegations In 2019, Issaluk received the Order of Canada. On February 4, 2020, Indspire announced that Issaluk was a winner of one of its 2020 awards. Indspire suspended this award on February 6 after Nunavut filmmaker Alethea Arnaquq-Baril alleged that Issaluk had made an unwanted sexual advance toward her at a party several years ago. On 7 February, Issaluk issued an apology, in a widely distributed open letter. Issaluk's appointment to the Order of Canada was terminated on 31 August 2022. Filmography Film Television Theatre References External links Johnny Issaluk at Qaggiavuut Inuit male actors 1973 births Male actors from Nunavut Living people Canadian male film actors People from Chesterfield Inlet People removed from the Order of Canada People stripped of a British Commonwealth honour