by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Mar 3, 2020 | 2020, News, Press Releases
March 3, 2020 – Anchorage, Alaska – As the world community initiates response to increasing number of coronavirus outbreaks, ICC expresses concern about how our rural, remote communities are potentially at much higher risk and exposure to such epidemics due to the...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 25, 2020 | 2020, News, Press Releases
February 25, 2020 – Ottawa, Canada – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) attended the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR7) meeting in London, UK last week. ICC fought hard for protections for the Arctic...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 18, 2020 | 2020, News, Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Joint Statement – ICC Canada / Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) (February 18, 2020) Inuit voices were among those sounding an early warning regarding climate change many years ago, before the world started to heed the warnings of scientists...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jan 21, 2020 | 2020, News
January 20, 2020 – Anadyr – Anchorage – Ottawa – Nuuk – Today the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) confirms the following Inuit youth as the recipients of the inaugural Hans-Pavia Rosing Leadership Award: Janessa Elanik – Canada Tatyana Oleinikova – Chukotka Samantha...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Dec 19, 2019 | 2019, News, Press Releases
December 19, 2019 – New York – The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a significant resolution that ”Proclaims the period 2022–2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the...