2018 | Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Inuit Support Ban of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Proposed at International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee Meeting in London, UK

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:00:45 +0000

Inuit worked with 14 other nations towards the development of a ban on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) in the Arctic, which is currently banned in the Antarctic.

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Inuit Circumpolar Chair Addresses Ministers at the Second Arctic Science Ministerial

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:52:53 +0000

October 26, 2018 – Berlin, Germany – “The recognition of and respect for our Indigenous human rights, status and role in the Arctic should not be viewed as a threat to the work of governments, rather, it is a matter of good governance and genuine partnership needed to achieve our collective objective of safeguarding the […]

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“Emergency Debate” in House of Commons on IPCC 1.5°C Report Thirty Years Overdue Says ICC (Canada)

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:56:46 +0000

October 16, 2018 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit support the strong findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, but say the emergency debate in the House of Commons last night to discuss the critical issue of global warming, the IPCC Report, and Canada’s response to it […]

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Circumpolar Inuit Conclude 13th ICC General Assembly – New Chair Elected: Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough Utqiaġvik Declaration Adopted

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:57:40 +0000

July 19, 2018 – Utqiaġvik, Alaska – Inuit delegates from Alaska (USA), Greenland, Canada, and Chukotka (Russia) today concluded a successful 13th Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) General Assembly on the theme of “Inuit – TheArctic We Want” in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, unified and strengthened. Over the course of four days the 64 Inuit delegates heard presentations […]

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ICC (Canada) Announces Results of Elections for President and Vice-President of ICC (Canada)

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Sun, 15 Jul 2018 15:58:15 +0000

July 15, 2018 – Utqiaġvik, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada) is pleased to announce the results of its elections for the positions of President, and Vice-President ofICC (Canada) today following it’s Annual General Meeting held in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The candidates for ICC (Canada) President were: Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Okalik Eegeesiak, Herb Angik Nakimayak Following […]

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Inuit Across Circumpolar Nations Mourn the Death of Former ICC President Hans Pavia Rosing

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:58:42 +0000

July 10, 2018 – Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Ms. Okalik Eegeesiak expressed deep sorrow at the news of the death of former ICC President Mr.Hans Pavia Rosing in Greenland. He was ICC’s President from 1980-1986 during theorganization’s formative years. “We have lost one of the pillars of our Inuit […]

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ICC’s Pikialasorsuaq Commission Workshop Concludes with an Implementation Plan: Moving Forward with the Recommendations

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 31 May 2018 15:59:07 +0000

May 31, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland. The Pikialasorsuaq Commission today concluded an international workshop with a roadmap for implementing the 2017 recommendations. The workshop was attended by representatives from the Canadian and Greenlandic communities who live and use the Pikialasorsuaq, Inuit organizations, the scientific community, Government Representatives from Greenland, the Government of Canada and NGO’s. “The […]

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ICC’s Pikialasorsuaq Commission Workshop to discuss how the Pikialasorsuaq can be managed by Inuit

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Mon, 28 May 2018 15:59:45 +0000

May 28, 2018, Nuuk, Greenland. The Pikialasorsuaq Commission is hosting an international workshop that will gather approximately 30 – 40 representatives from the Pikialasorsuaq region, Inuit organizations, the scientific community, Government Representatives from Greenland, The Government of Canada andNGO’s. The three-day workshop follows the Commission’s report “People of the Ice Bridge – The Future of […]

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Inuit from Russia, Alaska, Canada & Greenland Meet in Nuuk at Inuit Education Summit

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:00:10 +0000

Nuuk, Greenland, 15 February 2018 – Inuit pedagogical experts and practitioners from across the circumpolar region met here over three days at an education summit to deal with the urgent formal education gap facing their communities and to share successful pedagogical approaches with each other. It was also attended by ministers, Inuit political leaders, youth, […]

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