by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 3, 2017 | 2017, Press Releases
Utqiaġvik, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council is pleased to announce that it has accepted the gracious offer from the North Slope Borough to host ICC’s 13th General Assembly July 16- 19, 2018 in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. In his commitment letter to host the event,...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Mar 30, 2017 | 2017, Press Releases
Anchorage, Alaska – Representatives of Inuit businesses, economic development corporations, and governments from Canada, Greenland, Alaska and Chukotka, Russia attending an economic summit in Anchorage concluded the meeting with agreement to pursue closer...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 24, 2017 | 2017, Press Releases
Ottawa, Ontario – The ICC Pikialasorsuaq Commissioners met this week to consider the wealth of testimony they heard over the summer and fall in Canada and Greenland on the past, present and future of the Pikialasorsuaq. The Pikialasorsuaq, The Great Upwelling,...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 24, 2016 | 2016, Press Releases
Good afternoon (if past noon). My name is Nancy Karetak-Lindell. I was born and raised on the shores of western Hudson Bay in Arviat in the Kivaliq region of Nunavut. I was the Member of Parliament for Nunavut from 1997 to 2008 and since then I have served my...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 7, 2016 | 2016, Press Releases
November 7, 2016 – Iqaluit, Nunavut – Okalik Eegeesiak, ICC Chair, invites you to celebrate the Arctic and those who call it home on November 7th for “Inuit Day”. The 2006 Utqiaġvik Declaration instructedICC to annually proclaim November 7th, the birth date of...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 29, 2016 | 2016, Press Releases
September 29, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – “Equity is the foundation for the way forward if we are going to address changing conditions in the Arctic in a way that supports our people and communities.” This is the message that Inuit Circumpolar Council Chair, Okalik...