by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jun 15, 2005 | 2005, Press Releases
June 15, 2005, Oslo And Ottawa Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, the elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, today received the 2005 Sophie Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. The $100,000 Sophie Prize was established in 1997 by Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder,...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 23, 2005 | 2005, Press Releases
The Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, is calling on countries to live up to the promise of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Ms. Watt Cloutier made her remarks in Punta del Este in Uruguay where she is...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 20, 2005 | 2005, Press Releases
Ottawa And Iqaluit, Canada, April 20, 2005 The Jury of the Norwegian-based Sophie Prize today announced that Ms. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, is the recipient of the 2005 Sophie Prize. Awarded annually since 1997, the jury...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 13, 2005 | 2005, Press Releases
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 13 April, 2005 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), yesterday announced that Sheila Watt-Cloutier, elected Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), was one of seven “Champions of the Earth.” Ms. Watt-Cloutier...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 21, 2004 | 2004, Press Releases
Ottawa April 21, 2004 Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), today thanked the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation particularly its Founding President John Kim Bell, and the selection jury for her 2004 National Aboriginal...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Mar 3, 2004 | 2004, Press Releases
March 3, 2004 On Tuesday March 3, 2004, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, provided written testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about the threat posed by climate change to Inuit. Ms....