On Feb. 21, the Inuit Circumpolar Council honours and commemorates UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day, promiting the preservation and protection of all languages. “During the International Year of Indigenous Languages, we honour Inuit and institutions that actively promote our language,” said ICC (Canada) President Monica Ell-Kanayuk. “Inuktut is an official language spoken in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, … Read more
Inuit worked with 14 nations towards the development of a ban on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic, which is currently banned in the Antarctic. The discussion toward its eventual ban was held at the International Maritime Organization’s Environment Protection Committee Meeting in London on October 25, 2018. ICC Vice-President Lisa Koperqualuk, who represented Inuit … Read more
The Inuit Circumpolar Council leadership is holding its second Arctic Science Ministerial in Berlin, Germany. The meeting began with a Science Forum featuring scientists and science ministers from 29 governments and the European Union, Indigenous Peoples and international scientific organizations to discuss the Arctic Science and the need for enhanced coordination. The forum touches on three … Read more
Inuit support the strong findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 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 global warming, the IPCC Report, and Canada’s response to it is thirty years overdue. “Inuit have been bringing … Read more
ICC Chair, Okalik Eegeesiak, invited everyone to join the Inuit Circumpolar Council in celebration of its 40th Anniversary. Eegeesiak, who is attending the conference “A Sustainable Arctic – Innovative Approaches” hosted by the European Commission, calls on the global community to work together with Inuit to ensure a viable future for the Arctic. “As the world looks to the Arctic for … Read more
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), the government of Canada and the government of Nunavut co-host a three-day circumpolar mental wellness symposium in Iqaluit, Nunavut, starting March 25, 2015. Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut), who is current chair, opened the symposium, with Duane Smith, president, Inuit Circumpolar Council – Canada, and vice-chair of the … Read more
The Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly, a quadrennial gathering of Inuit leaders from Canada, Greenland, Chukotka (Russia) and Alaska, concluded July 24, with the signing and adoption of the Kitigaaryuit Declaration. This declaration outlines the guiding principles and activities for the ICC over the next four years and is inspired by the spirit of Kitigaaryuit, a … Read more
Inuit leaders from Greenland, Alaska, Russia, and Canada concluded a two-day Summit on Resource Development today in Ottawa. The summit was held in compliance with article 20 of the Nuuk Declaration, mandated by the delegates to the Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly held in Nuuk, Greenland June 28 – July 1, 2010. Inuit leaders expressed … Read more
