2008 | Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Pan-Inuit Sovereignty Summit To Convene In November

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:24:00 +0000

November 29, 2008, Ilulissat, Greenland – Aqqaluk Lynge, President of the Greenland chapter of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) as well as ICC Vice Chair, told foreign ministers gathered here yesterday from Norway, Denmark, USA, and Canada that much of the Arctic belongs to Inuit. He stressed the importance of including Inuit in any negotiations […]

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Arctic Sovereignty Begins with Inuit: Circumpolar Inuit Commit to Development of ‘Inuit Declaration on Sovereignty in the Arctic’

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:38 +0000

10 November 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Inuit leaders from Greenland, Alaska, and Canada met in Kuujjuaq last week and agreed to develop an ‘Inuit Declaration on Sovereignty in the Arctic’. In advance of the Declaration the leaders also approved the attached Statement. “On behalf of ICC and Circumpolar leaders, we are pleased with our […]

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Inuit Reject Call For European Union-Wide Seal Ban Urging Canada to Step Up Actions

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:25:06 +0000

Monday July 14, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Inuit are calling on the government of Canada to step up its actions against the European Union to avoid an EU-wide ban on the import of Canadian Seal products. “We are clearly not on the same page with Europeans on this issue and I am not sure […]

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Canadian Inuit Call for Direct Say on Arctic Sovereignty

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:25:50 +0000

2 June 2008, Inuvik – Canadian Inuit say that the foreign ministers of five Arctic nations that met in Ilulissat, Greenland last week to discuss Arctic sovereignty forgot about the fiduciary obligations toward Inuit in the Ilulissat Declaration they signed. “Our Canadian land claims and self-government processes makes it mandatory for the Federal Government to […]

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In the wake of the May 14 listing of Polar Bear as a threatened species

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:29:48 +0000

In the wake of the May 14 listing of Polar Bear as a “threatened species” under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), Ms. Patricia Cochran, International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, called upon the Government of the United States to join with Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway and Russia to examine scientific data and traditional knowledge […]

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Canadian Inuit Question US Environmental Group Pressure on Canada’s Polar Bear Status

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:41 +0000

Thursday May 1, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Inuit are reiterating their position on the listing of the Polar Bear in the USA as a threatened species and disagree with recent comments made by a US Environmental Group for Canada to alter its listing of the Polar Bear. “It is not surprising to us […]

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House of Commons support for UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Welcomed by Inuit Circumpolar Council

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:31:14 +0000

Wednesday 9 April, 2008 – Inuvik, NT: Circumpolar Inuit have congratulated Canada’s House of Commons for its adoption yesterday of a resolution to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. “This is a positive step forward for Canada,” said Duane Smith, President of the Canadian arm of the Inuit Circumpolar Council […]

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ICC Canada Backgrounder On USA Environmental Groups’ Polar Bear Lawsuit

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:32:37 +0000

14 January 2008 Three USA-based environmental groups – including Greenpeace – have set in motion a litigation process against the USA Government because of delays in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) decision on whether to list the Polar bear as threatened. In June 2007, ICC Canada President, Duane Smith, upon request of […]

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Canadian Inuit Denounce US Environmental Groups` Lawsuit Aimed at Pressuring US Government to List Polar Bear as Threatened

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:32:01 +0000

Monday January 14, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Inuit are denouncing the latest litigation initiated by three US- based environmentalist groups against the US Government as another public pressure tactic to push a decision to list the Polar Bear as Threatened. The expected deadline for a decision was for January 9th, 2008. However, the […]

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Canadian Inuit Denounce US Environmental Groups’ Lawsuit Aimed at Pressuring US Government to List Polar Bear as Threatened

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:23:12 +0000

Monday January 14, 2008 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Inuit are denouncing the latest litigation initiated by three US-based environmentalist groups against the US Government as another public pressure tactic to push a decision to list the Polar Bear as Threatened. The expected deadline for a decision was for January 9th, 2008. However, the US […]

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