by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 10, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
September 10, 2019 – Rankin Inlet, Nunavut – A new federal policy strengthens a commitment to Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples at the circumpolar level, says ICC Canada President, Monica Ell-Kanayuk. “ICC worked with Global Affairs Canada to ensure the International...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Aug 27, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
August 27, 2019 – As thousands of hectares of tropical forest burn from wildfires in South America, Inuit across circumpolar nations in Alaska, Canada, Chukotka, and Greenland are expressing their solidarity with the Indigenous peoples living in the Amazon and their...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 24, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
May 24, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario – ICC Canada commends the government of Canada for defending our sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic by filing a 2,100-page submission to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) defining our “Extended” Continental...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 8, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
May 8, 2019 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit have reaffirmed Canada’s sovereignty over the Northwest Passage after comments this week by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Canada’s claim over the passage was “illegitimate.” “The Northwest Passage is part of Inuit...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 7, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
Rovaniemi, Finland – The United States has set an unfortunate precedent by refusing to agree to compromise language that would have allowed the Arctic Council’s Finnish Chairmanship to issue a final declaration. “Refusing to allow the words ‘climate change’ into the...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 4, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
Ottawa, Ontario – ICC Canada is pleased with the endorsement of the Pikialasorsuaq Leaders Statement, which advances Inuit led management of the important marine area located within Nunavut on the Canadian side, and Kalaalliit Nunaat (Greenland). Yesterday, for the...