by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Aug 27, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
August 27, 2021 – Anchorage, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) in Canada, have made a joint submission to the UN Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. The submission...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Aug 10, 2021 | 2021, Press Releases
August 10, 2021 – Anchorage, Alaska – As the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) prepares for the United Nations Climate Meeting (COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland this November the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 6, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
July 6, 2021 – Ottawa, Canada – The appointment of former Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Chair Mary Simon as Canada’s 30th Governor General is a major step forward in relations between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples domestically, and globally. Ms. Simon is...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 23, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
June 23, 2021 – Ottawa, Canada – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) attended the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC 76) virtual meetings June 10-17, 2021. The IMO MEPC discussed key steps to...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 16, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
June 16, 2021 – Anchorage, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) views the passage of Bill C-15 in Canada to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as an historic step...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 16, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
June 16, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario – The announcement of Canada’s new Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages is a milestone in the long struggle to preserve our Inuit language, says the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). It is also very much in the spirit...