by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 22, 2019 | 2019, News, Press Releases
October 22, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario – The re-election of a minority Liberal Government augers well for international Arctic issues going forward according to Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada. The election of Liberal candidates in two out of four of the Arctic ridings...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 25, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases
September 25, 2019 – Ottawa, Ontario – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate was released today in Monaco. The Report points to drastic consequences to Arctic regions as a result of...
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...