Inuit Commemorate International Mother Language Day

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 21, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases

Ottawa, Canada – On this day the Inuit Circumpolar Council honours and commemorates International Mother Language Day. It is a day to promote the preservation and protection of all languages. The day has been celebrated each 21st of February since 2000 when it was...

Inuit Leaders Push for Strong Measures that Support the Revitalization, Maintenance and Protection of Inuktut as Part of the International Year of Indigenous Languages Launched at the United Nations General Assembly

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 1, 2019 | 2019, Press Releases

February 1, 2019, Ottawa, ON and New York, NY– Inuit leadership from the four Inuit regions in Canada: Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated President, Aluki Kotierk of Nunavut, Makivik Corporation President Charlie Watt of Nunavik, Nunatsiavut Government President Johannes...

Inuit Support Ban of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Proposed at International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee Meeting in London, UK

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 29, 2018 | 2018, Press Releases

October 29, 2018 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit worked with 14 other nations towards the development of a ban on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) in the Arctic, which is currently banned in the Antarctic. The discussion toward its eventual ban was held at the International...

Inuit Circumpolar Chair Addresses Ministers at the Second Arctic Science Ministerial

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018, Press Releases

October 26, 2018 – Berlin, Germany – “The recognition of and respect for our Indigenous human rights, status and role in the Arctic should not be viewed as a threat to the work of governments, rather, it is a matter of good governance and genuine partnership needed to...

“Emergency Debate” in House of Commons on IPCC 1.5°C Report Thirty Years Overdue Says ICC (Canada)

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018, Press Releases

October 16, 2018 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit support the strong findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, but say the emergency debate in the House of Commons last night to discuss the critical issue of...

Circumpolar Inuit Conclude 13th ICC General Assembly – New Chair Elected: Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough Utqiaġvik Declaration Adopted

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 19, 2018 | 2018, Press Releases

July 19, 2018 – Utqiaġvik, Alaska – Inuit delegates from Alaska (USA), Greenland, Canada, and Chukotka (Russia) today concluded a successful 13th Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) General Assembly on the theme of “Inuit – TheArctic We Want” in Utqiaġvik, Alaska,...