Inuit gather in Ilulissat Greenland – United in firmly asserting Indigenous Rights at International Level

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 21, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

July 20, 2023 – Ilulissat, Greenland – Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) delegates from Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Chukotka (Russia) gathered this week for our first in-person meeting in five years. The setting was the beautiful community of Ilulissat in Western...

ICC Holds First In-Person International Inuit Gathering following Global Pandemic

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 14, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

July 10, 2023 – Nuuk, Greenland – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) will hold its first in-person international gathering of Inuit leaders in five years in Ilulissat, Greenland, from July 17-19. ICC normally holds a General Assembly every four years. Due to...

Inuit Circumpolar Council calls on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to engage Indigenous Peoples in setting a 1.5 degree pathway for global shipping 

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 11, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

 July 10 2023 – Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) called for Indigenous Peoples to be included in plans to reduce climate emissions from shipping at last week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Delegates heard ICC calling for the inclusion...

Inuit Engaged at the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement COP2

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

June 16, 2023, Incheon, South Korea—The 2nd Conference of the Parties of the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (CAOFA) took place this week, and Inuit are engaged as part of our national delegations to ensure...

Historic investment: Visionary Arctic shipping research co-led by the Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada and Memorial University to benefit from over $91 million federal investment

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Apr 28, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

APRIL 28, 2023 – A landmark research investment by the federal government will position Canada and Inuit as world leaders in sustainable Arctic shipping.  Memorial University and the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada are co-leading a global partnership to...

Majority of ICC Canada Pre-Budget Submission Recommendations Reflected in Budget 2023

by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Mar 29, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases

March 28, 2023 – Ottawa, Canada – The 2023 federal budget reflects seven priorities recommended by the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) in its Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Finance made at the end of 2022.  “One of the issues we have been very active...