
People & Culture
Interview: Dalee Sambo Dorough of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s chair on how Inuit are speaking up about climate change with a global voice
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Environment
The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
“To protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world.”
So says Lisa Koperqualuk, vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, in this fascinating episode about the challenges faced by Inuit communities in the Arctic today. Koperqualuk discusses the impacts of climate change in the Arctic, the need to regulate Arctic shipping, the importance of speaking Inuktitut, and her experiences growing up a small village in Nunavik, on the shores of Hudson’s Bay, as the granddaughter of legendary Inuit artist Aisa Koperqualuk. He was a major influence in her life and her career focused on preserving Inuit communities and culture. To this day, she carries his advice to her as she faces down a long list of challenges: “Continue.”
People & Culture
The Inuit Circumpolar Council’s chair on how Inuit are speaking up about climate change with a global voice
Environment
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
Environment
As the impacts of global warming become increasingly evident, the connections to biodiversity loss are hard to ignore. Can this fall’s two key international climate conferences point us to a nature-positive future?
Environment
The strategy calls for a coordinated climate policy in Inuit Nunangat and will receive $1-million from the federal government