by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 17, 2015 | 2015, Press Releases
July 17, 2015 – Ottawa, Ontario – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), is heartened to learn that the five Arctic coastal states (Canada, Russia, United States, Denmark and Norway) have agreed to sign a moratorium on commercial fishing in the Central Arctic Ocean...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Mar 25, 2015 | 2015, Press Releases
March 25, 2015 – Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), the Government of Canada and the Government of Nunavut are co-hosting a circumpolar mental wellness symposium being held in Iqaluit, Nunavut, March 25-27. The purpose of the three-day symposium...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 10, 2015 | 2015, Press Releases
Ottawa, Canada – 10 February 2015 – Athabaksan, Inuit, Saami, Aleut, Gwich’in,along with indigenous representatives from Russia are meeting in Ottawa this weekas part of a major Arctic Council effort to promote the vitality of the Arctic’sindigenous languages. They...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jan 20, 2015 | 2015, Press Releases
January 20, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – The executive council of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) met in Nuuk, Greenland on 13-15 January 2015 for their biannual strategy and planning session. ICC represents the international interests of more than 150,000...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Dec 3, 2014 | 2014, Press Releases
TORONTO – 3 December 2014 – Duane Smith of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) was invited by The Economist to present the views of Inuit at its premier Canadian event held here today, called The Canada Summit: Confronting the Big Questions. The event’s main...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 25, 2014 | 2014, Press Releases
New York – 25 September 2014 – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) expressed its excitement today over an Outcome Document emanating from the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, a high level United Nations event that ended yesterday in New York. ICC Canada...