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...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 1, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
June 1, 2021 – Anchorage, Alaska – Inuit in the circumpolar Arctic region are unified in expressing solidarity with Indigenous peoples in Canada affected by the revelation that the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered in unmarked burials near a...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 20, 2021 | 2021, News, Press Releases
Urge Greater Role for Permanent Participants May 20, 2021 – Anchorage, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), as one of the six Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council (AC), expresses its congratulations to the Arctic...