Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Louis-mit: Ullumikkut siullerpaamik oqallinnermi peqataavunga.

ICC-p WWF Arctic Programme suleqatigalugu oqallinneq “Inuit aqutaannik Issittumi Pinngortitamik Illersuineq Pinngortitameereersunillu Inerniliunneqarsinnaasunik Iliuuseqarneq” ingerlappaat. ICC-p suliniutai Naapertuilluarnermik aamma Ileqqorissaarneq tunngavigalugu akulerunnissaq oqallinnermi nassuiarpara, aammalu issittumi siunissami pinngortitamik illersuinermut takorluugara oqaluttuaraara.

From Louis: Today I participated in my first ever panel discussion.

The panel was co-organised by ICC (Inuit Circumpolar Council) and the WWF Global Arctic, and named: Inuit-led Arctic Conservation Action for Establishing Nature Based Solutions.

I spoke on points from the Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement from ICC, and my vision for arctic conservation in the future.

Are you passionate about Inuit issues? Interested in representing Inuit on the international level? Consider joining one of ICC’s committees! Committee work is an important part of ICC’s work and a great way to connect with other Inuit across Inuit Nunaat, learn, and share knowledge.

𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

Consider joining one of our committees:
Circumpolar Inuit Wildlife Committee,
Inuit Education Committee,
International Inuit Business Council,
Inuit Marine Governance Committee,
Circumpolar Inuit Health Committee,
General Call for Elders/Inuit Knowledge Keepers and
General Call for Youth interested in Advocacy/Policy or Human Rights.

Please send an email expressing your interest to [email protected]. Please include the committees you are interested in and why, as well as what relevant experience you have; this may be through a resume or letter of interest. Please note some committees may have active members already; however, information will be kept on file for future vacancies.

If you want to review a committee description or the Terms of Reference, please get in touch with Michelle Gillis at [email protected].

Louis aana! - ICC Kalaallit Nunaat Facebookimi quppernerat tigualaarpara.

ICC-mi Inuusuttut Sinnerlugit maani Dubaimi, Arabiamiut Nunaanni COP28-mi peqataavunga.

COP28-mut apuuppugut. Busserluta hotelitsinniit COP28-mukarluta ingerlaarpugut.

Takusinnaavat kammanga Inuvialuk Grace Nakimayak nikorfaqatigaara. Grace Paulatuk-meersuuvoq Canadap Avannarliit-Killiit Nunataanni.

Louis here! - taking over ICC Greenland’s page.

I am a Youth Delegate of ICC at the UNFCCC COP28, here in Dubai, United Arabs Emirates.

Arriving at the UNFCCC COP28 venue. We got on one of the provided busses from our hotel to the venue.

You see me standing with fellow Inuvialuk Grace Nakimayak from Paulatuk, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Today at COP28, International Chair Sara Olsvig co-convened a session with the WWF Arctic Programme, which was kindly opened by remarks from the Greenlandic Minister of Agriculture, Self-sufficiency, Energy and Environment Kalistat Lund at the WWF Pavilion. Minister Lund spoke about the recent Letter of Intent between Canada and Greenland on the Pikialasorsuaq/Sarvarjuaq as an example of Inuit-led conservation action in the Arctic.

They were joined by a panel consisting of ICC delegates Victoria Qutuuq Buschman, Rodd Laing and Louis Papis Chemnitz, as well as WWF colleague Martin Summerkorn. Louis says, "We have to remember the equitable and ethical engagement protocols because conservation is happening in our homelands.

Indigenous Peoples are severely impacted by change. Equitable and direct access to the Loss and Damage Fund and other climate finance mechanisms must be ensured.

Join this important side event on December 10th at

𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗨𝗸𝗶𝘂𝗾𝘁𝗮𝗾𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁 (𝗜𝗖𝗖) 𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗾𝘁𝗶𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗾𝗾𝗶𝗺𝗶 𝗡𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁 𝗤𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗷𝗮𝗸𝗸𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗾𝗾𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮 – 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗴𝘂𝘂𝗽 𝗡𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝘂𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗷𝘂𝘁

2023−mi Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumi Katimajingit (ICC) Kanatami inunnit sanannguaqtunik taqqitamaat nipiliuriqattalaurngata qarasaujakkut tusaqtaullutit. Qujannamiiqtavut kiinaujaqaqtittijut Kanatami Ittarnisalirijikkut − Nunaqaqqaaqtuminit Uqausinginni Atuqtutit, sanannguaqtiit kiinaujaqtaaqtitaullutit pilirininginnut.

Saalaqalauqtut, titiraqsimaninginni malittut: Simik Kumaksiutiksaq, Guluarija Putumiraqtuq, Pusala Puili, Kuara, Tivus, Jasika Uintus, Luti Qaviuq, Asli Qilavva−Savaat, Mika Kumaksiutiksaq, Ulivia Aiki, Qummuattuq Kuli, ammalu Saali Tuutalik.

Ullumit nipiliugait tusaaniaqtavut atuni sanannguaqtinik ukiuq nipiliuqtaulauqtunik.

Tukisigiakkannirumanniruvit Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumi Katimajingit (ICC) missaanut, qarasaujakkut tukisigiarunnaqtutit uvunga inuitcircumpolar. Com qaujigiarunnarmijutit ukununga Vaispuk Tuitulu.
Nipiliugait saqqijaaqtitaujut ukununga Pagsupuraut tavvani: https://bit.ly/3gwLV9w

Nanijunnarmijatit Aapu Paatkaas, Sipattivai, Guugullu. Quviagilaaqqatit!

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᒥ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᒐᕐᓂᑦ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᕆᔭᖓ – ᐊᕐᕌᒎᑉ ᓄᓐᖑᐊᓄᑦ ᓄᐊᓯᒪᔪᑦ

2023−ᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᑕᒫᑦ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᖓᑕ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ − ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᑐᒥᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᑎᑦ, ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

ᓵᓚᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᑦ: ᓯᒥᒃ ᑯᒪᒃᓯᐅᑎᒃᓴᖅ, ᒍᓗᐊᕆᔭ ᐳᑐᒥᕋᖅᑐᖅ, ᐳᓴᓚ ᐳᐃᓕ, ᑯᐊᕋ, ᑎᕗᔅ, ᔭᓯᑲ ᐅᐃᓐᑐᔅ, ᓗᑎ ᖃᕕᐅᖅ, ᐊᔅᓕ ᕿᓚᕝᕙ−ᓴᕚᑦ, ᒥᑲ ᑯᒪᒃᓯᐅᑎᒃᓴᖅ, ᐅᓕᕕᐊ ᐊᐃᑭ, ᖁᒻᒧᐊᑦᑐᖅ ᑯᓕ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓵᓕ ᑑᑕᓕᒃ.

ᐅᓪᓗᒥᑦ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᒐᐃᑦ ᑐᓵᓂᐊᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᓴᓇᓐᖑᐊᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ.

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓐᓂᕈᕕᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᒥᔅᓵᓄᑦ, ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ inuitcircumpolar.com ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᒥᔪᑎᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃ ᑐᐃᑐᓗ.
ᓂᐱᓕᐅᒐᐃᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐸᔅᓱᐳᕋᐅᑦ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ: https://bit.ly/3gwLV9w

ᓇᓂᔪᓐᓇᕐᒥᔭᑎᑦ ᐋᐳ ᐹᑦᑳᔅᒥ, ᓯᐸᑦᑎᕙᐃ, ᒎᒍᓗ. ᖁᕕᐊᒋᓛᖅᑲᑎᑦ!

𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗜𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

In 2023 ICC Canada featured Inuit artists each month on our podcast. Thanks to the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component funding, artists were provided with a bursary to further their work.

Our winners were, in chronological order: Simik Komaksiutiksak, Gloria Putumiraqtuq, Priscilla Boulay, Cora DeVos, Jessica Winters, Lutie Kaviok, Ashley Kilabuk-Savard, Mikka Komaksiutiksak, Olivia Ikey, Koomuatuk Curley, and Charlie Tookaluk.

In today’s podcast, we’ll hear highlights from each artist over the past year.

For more information about ICC, check out our website at inuitcircumpolar.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.
The podcast is hosted on Buzzsprout here: https://bit.ly/3gwLV9w

You can also find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Enjoy!

𝗜𝗖𝗖 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗼𝘆, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆

This morning, the Inuit Circumpolar Council was invited to a Special Listening Session with the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change, the Honorable John Kerry. ICC Chair, Sara Olsvig, was invited to speak to the priorities of Inuit and the Arctic region.

“The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average, which means it has already warmed 2.2C in our region. These are not just numbers to us, we see it and feel it every day. Climate change has a direct impact on our human rights, and that is why it is extremely important that we return to ensuring the decision texts include language on human rights. Additionally, from the Arctic, we have very little access to the proposed climate finance, because we live in the so-called “rich” states. Direct and equitable access to finance must be at the top of the priority list.”

Inuit Circumpolar Council delegate and Knowledge holder Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Director of Climate Initiatives at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, also addressed the room. “I come from Qikiqtaģruq Alaska, also called Kotzebue. I work directly with 229 tribes, and of those, we have 144 environmentally threatened communities that deal with climate change impacts directly. I would ask that you not only address these issues at the international level, but also at the community level. We have 31 communities that have still do not have water and sanitation services. If we don’t focus on the community level and educate one another, we will never find solutions for these international climate challenges.”

The COP28 negotiations are now entering into the final stages. ICC Chair, Sara Olsvig, has joined the ICC Delegation in Dubai and will participate in multiple high-level and bilateral meetings during the next week.

On her first day at the COP, Olsvig spoke at a Special Listening Session with the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change, the Honorable John Kerry. Later in the day, the ICC Chair will meet with Australia's inaugural Ambassador for First Nations People, Mr. Justin Mohamed. Then, she will end the day with a dinner meeting with the Greenlandic Minister for Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment, Mr. Kalistat Lund.

“Negotiations are ongoing on multiple levels and we are now focusing further in on each specific issue, including ensuring a human rights approach to the outcome text of this COP. Climate change cannot be separated from our rights. Just as the climate is at a tipping point, so is democracy. Climate justice cannot be achieved if it is not built on the full and effective participation of Indigenous Peoples, and on the full implementation of our rights.”

Vice-Chair Koperqualuk, Elder Alexina Kublu and staff met with the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, at COP28 UAE today. They discussed the tangible impacts of climate change happening across Inuit Nunaat and the need for equitable and direct access to climate finance.

Yesterday, at COP28 UAE was focused on finance, trade, gender equality, and accountability. Jackie Schaeffer presented at a session on the Resilience of Indigenous Women to Loss and Damage at the Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion and on Indigenous Perspectives of Loss and Damage.

It was Indigenous Climate Leadership Day at the Canada Pavilion at COP28 UAE today! ICC premiered our new climate change video. Click the link below to watch!

English: https://youtu.be/An9V5QQIKxg

Inuktitut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdGmAavooio

New ICC Climate Change video: Silavut Asijjiliqtuq – The Weather is Changing

For over a year, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has been working to create a short video to demonstrate Inuit leadership in climate change work internationally. We also wanted to show the devastating impacts climate change is having across Inuit Nunaat, the Inuit circumpolar homeland, and beyond.

Silavut Asijjiliqtuq – The Weather is Changing, highlights how Inuit have been leaders, for decades, in the fight against climate change. The video looks at the past, present, and future of ICC’s advocacy in the climate change space.

Among the Inuit leaders speaking in the video are former and current ICC Chairs. Her Excellency Governor General of Canada Mary Simon speaks about the importance of the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. Siila Watt-Cloutier comments on the court challenge in the mid 2000s by Inuit at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to fight for the right to be cold. Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough addresses the contributions Inuit are making at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as expert reviewers. Our current ICC Chair Sara Olsvig speaks to contemporary issues such as the false dichotomy between the developed and developing world.

Other Inuit leaders in the video include ICC Canada President Lisa Koperqualuk; Adamie Delisle-Alaku, Makivvik Executive Vice-President Department of Environment, Wildlife and Research; Janice Parsons, Qarjuit Youth Council President; and Piita Irniq, Delegation Elder at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

A Premiere is being held at COP28 in Dubai during a side-event held by ICC on December 4th, 2023. Lisa Koperqualuk, President of ICC Canada will host the screening, along with the President of the National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) in Canada, Susie-Ann Kudluk.

The video is available for viewing on the ICC YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/An9V5QQIKxg

ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᖅ: ᓯᓚᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓕᖅᑐᖅ−ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᖅ ᐅᖓᑖᓅᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ (ICC−ᑯᑦ) ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᒍᑎᒋᓗᒍ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖑᓂᖓᑕ. ᑕᑯᑎᑦᓯᒍᒪᓯᒪᒐᑦᑕᓗ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᕋᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᓐᓂ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᕐᕕᖓᑦ, ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ ᓄᓇ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᑦᑕᖓᑦ.
ᓯᓚᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓕᖅᑐᖅ−ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ, ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᒍᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᐸᑦᑐᑦ, ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒐᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᐊᐃᕙᒍᑎᓖᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᑎᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ. ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ, ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᒋᔭᑦᑕᖓᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᓱᒥᖓ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ.
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᒃᓴᒥ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ICC−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᑯᐃᑉ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᖅᑎᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᐊᕆ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᓕᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ 1992−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᒥᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᒥᓂᖅ ᕆᐅ ᑎ ᔨᓂᐅᕈᒥ. ᓰᓚ ᕗᐊᑦ−ᑯᓘᑦᓯᐊ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑰᕐᓂᒥᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᓱᕈᕐᓇᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 2000−ᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓂ−ᐊᒥᐊᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᑉ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓂᓪᓚᓱᑦᑐᒦᒍᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑕ ᑕᓖ ᓴᒻᐳ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᒥᓂᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒎᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ (IPCC) ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᔩᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᕗᑦ ᓯᐅᕋ ᐅᓪᔅᕕᒡ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᐅᓕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓱᓕᖏᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓕᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖑᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ.

ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕐᕆᔮᑦᓴᒥ ICC−ᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᓖᓴ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐊᓗᒃ; ᐋᑕᒥ ᑎᐅᓪᓯ−ᐊᓚᑯ, ᒪᑭᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᒧᑦ ᑐᖏᓕᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᐊᕙᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ, ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ; ᔮᓂᔅ ᐹᓴᓐᔅ, ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐲᑕ ᐃᕐᓂᖅ, ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᔭᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᖃᑎᒥᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑕᕝᕗ COP27−ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᓵᕐᒻᒥ ᐃᐅᓪ−ᓰᒃ, ᐃᔾᔨᑎᒥ.

ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖅᑕᖃᓛᖅᑐᖅ COP28−ᒥ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᖓ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᐸᐃᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ICC−ᑯᑦ ᑮᓴᕝᕙ 4−ᖑᓕᖅᐸᑦ, 2023. ᓖᓴ ᖁᐱᕐᕈᐊᓗᒃ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ICC−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᒋᔭᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒐᓱᐊᖅᑐᓂ, ᐱᖃᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑕ (NIYC) ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᓲᓯ ᐋᓐ ᑲᑦᓗᒃ.

ᑕᕐᕆᔮᑦᓴᖅ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕋᑦᓴᖅ ICC−ᑯᑦ ᔫᑑᑉᖓᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᓂ: https://youtu.be/PdGmAavooio

Nutaaq Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit Katimajingita Silaup Ajjirninga Pillugu Tarrijaaksaq: Silavut Asijjiliqtuq−Sila Asijjipalliajuq

Arraagulimaaq ungataanuuliqtuq, Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit Katimajingit (ICC−kut) iqqanaijaaqaqsimaliqtut saqqititsivalliallutik naittumik tarrijaaksamik takuqqujjigutigilugu silaup asijjirninga pillugu nunarjuami iqqanaijaanguningata. Takutitsigumasimagattalu silaup asijjirninganut surataujunit Inuit Nunaanni, Inuit ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit angirraqarvingat, ungataanullu nuna atuqpattangat.

Silavut Asijjiliqtuq−Sila Asijjipalliajuq, nalunaiqsigutaujuq qanui Inuit sivuliqpattut, arraagugasait aniguqsimaliqtuni, aivagutiliit silaup atijjirninganit. Tarrijaaksaq qaangiqsimaliqtuni, ullumiuliqtuq, ammalu sivuniksami takutsautitsijuq Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiuqatigiit Katimajingita nilliagutigijattanganit tamaksuminga silaup asijjirninganit.

Pigiarutaujumik katimaniqtaqalaaqtuq COP28−mi Silaup Asijjirninga pillugu Tupaimi piliriqatigiinniqaqtillugit ICC−kut kiisavva 4−nguliqpat, 2023. Liisa Qupirrualuk, Angajuqqaaq ICC−kunnut Kanatami uqaqtigijaugajaqtuq qaujigasuaqtuni, piqatauluni Angajuqqaangat Kanatami Inuusuttut Katimajingita (NIYC) Kanatami, Suusi Aan Katluk.

Tarrijaatsaq takunnaratsaq ICC−kut Juutuupngatigut uvani: https://youtu.be/PdGmAavooio

It was Arctic Day at the Indigenous Peoples’ Pavilion at COP28, co-hosted with the Saami Council.

The day began with the lighting of the qulliq, followed by presentations and discussions covering topics such as Inuit-led Conservation, Equitable and Ethical Engagement, and the 50-Year Commemoration of the Arctic Peoples Conference.

ICC also hosted a sneak preview and dialogue on the short film Entropy by Inuk Jørgensen.

Click the link below to watch the film trailer and learn more about the Entropy film premiere, visit the link below:

https://www.inuks.dk/Entropy

Tomorrow, Monday, December 4th, is Indigenous Climate Leadership Day at the Canada Pavilion at COP28 in UAE. The Inuit Circumpolar Council is co-hosting this day along with the Métis National Council and the Assembly of First Nations. See the poster or link below for more details.

https://www.globeseries.com/cop28-event-schedule-en/

Tomorrow is Arctic Day at the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion at COP28 in UAE! See the schedule of presentations below. All events will be streamed live at https://www.iipfccpavilion.org/.

10:00 – 11:00 The 50-Year Commemoration of the First Arctic Peoples’ Conference

11:10 – 12:00 Climate Change in Sápmi: An Overview and a Path Forward

12:20 – 01:20 Entropy - Short Film Debut and dialogue on Inuit and Climate Action

Click the link below to watch the film trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNp4cO9WFxU

01:30 – 02:00 Working with Inuit on Climate Action: Inuit Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement

02:40 – 03:40 Inuit-Led Conservation Governance

Inuit delegates participated in the 3rd Annual Gathering of Knowledge Holders today. This annual gathering, put on by the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, brings together Knowledge holders to share and promote climate change experiences and best practices.

The second part of the gathering, happening later this week, will feature participation by Knowledge holders, Party representatives, international organizations, constituted bodies under the Convention, and scientific bodies. In this segment of the gathering, the Knowledge Holders will present Knowledge-based observations and, recommendations, and proposals for integrating this Knowledge into climate action and policies.

Inuit delegates participated in the 3rd Annual Gathering of Knowledge Holders today. This annual gathering, put on by the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform, brings together Knowledge holders to share and promote climate change experiences and best practices.

The second part of the gathering, happening later this week, will feature participation by Knowledge holders, Party representatives, international organizations, constituted bodies under the Convention, and scientific bodies. In this segment of the gathering, the Knowledge Holders will present Knowledge-based observations and, recommendations, and proposals for integrating this Knowledge into climate action and policies.

ICC Vice-Chair, Lisa Koperqualuk, participated in the opening ceremony earlier today at the Canadian Pavilion, alongside Indigenous leaders and Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault. Later, Vice-Chair Koperqualuk also helped open the Indigenous Peoples Pavilion in partnership with the Saami Council as the Arctic socio-cultural region.

Livestream — COP28 Indigenous Peoples Pavilion (iipfccpavilion.org)

What is UNFCCC COP28?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change entered into force on 21 March 1994. 198 countries have ratified the Convention; those countries are called Parties to the Convention. The convention's goal is to reduce “dangerous” human interference with the earth’s climate system.

Indigenous Peoples have contributed the least to climate change yet are the most adversely impacted. It is time for climate action to support the calls of Indigenous Peoples.

To learn more, read ICC's position paper: https://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/news/on-thin-ice-inuit-climate-leadership-for-the-world-unfccc-cop-28-position-paper/

Also, visit the United Nations website:

https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/what-is-the-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change

Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, a member of the Inuit delegation at COP28 this week in Dubai, was highlighted in the Alaskan news yesterday.

Watch the story here: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/11/30/alaskan-lands-dubai-local-representative-annual-un-climate-change-conference/

Alaskan lands in Dubai as local representative at annual UN climate change conference An Alaskan on a mission to bring attention to some of the needs of Alaska and the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic is in Dubai for the United Nations’ climate change conference.

ICC has advocated for Inuit at international environmental and climate change forums for over 30 years. The photos below are from the Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro 1992!

That work continues at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai this week.

Tomorrow, ICC Vice-Chair Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualik will speak at a side event titled Decarbonization and Detoxification: Linkages and Opportunities for Integrated Actions at the United Nations Environment Programme Pavilion.

Watch along here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4to_6HdA4s

For more information, visit the link below.
https://www.unep.org/unep-climate-cop28/pavilion

Today is the opening day of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties in Dubai.

Inuit delegates from Greenland, Alaska, and Canada are attending the first day of negotiations and sessions! Jennifer Kilabu, Ruth Kaviok, Alexina Kublu, and Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer are in the photo.

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary opened COP28 with a speech, "Accelerate Climate Action". https://unfccc.int/news/un-climate-change-executive-secretary-at-cop28-opening-accelerate-climate-action

Follow along over the next couple of weeks as we share more.

From November 30 to December 12, 2023, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Dubai. ICC is a strong delegation of 15, bringing Inuit priorities and voices to international climate change work.

The intent of the conference every year is to foster global cooperation and create tangible actions aimed at limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, building resilience, and mobilizing finances.

ICC attended the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change in preparation for COP28, bringing together Indigenous Peoples from around the world.

Did you know that November 28th is ? Please consider donating to support ICC's work advancing Inuit rights and priorities at international forums.

To donate online, please visit https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/i-c-c-foundationfondation-i-c-c/

Yesterday ICC staff Laura Newcombe & Lisa Mullins gave a presentation on the ICC Archives project to Kuupik Kleist & the Oceans North team. Stay tuned! We will be sharing more about this project in the coming months.

ICC delegates are in Dubai participating in the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform in advance of COP28.

This platform has three functions:

1. Promotes the exchange of experiences and good practices for addressing climate change in a holistic way.

2. Builds capacity for engagement.

3. Brings together diverse ways of knowing for designing and implementing climate policies and actions.



ICC Vice-Chair Lisa Koperqualuk spoke, reflecting on the outcomes of the Arctic Regional Gathering that took place earlier this fall.

On Thin Ice – Inuit bring strong calls to action to COP28 Climate Conference

To read the full press release and position paper, click on the link below:

https://www.inuitcircumpolar.com/press-releases/on-thin-ice-inuit-bring-strong-calls-to-action-to-cop28-climate-conference/

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ (ICC) ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒃᑰᖅᑐᖅ: ᓵᑦᑐᔮᑦᑐᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᓯᑯᒥ – ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓐᖏᔪᐊᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑮᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ COP28-ᒥ ᓯᓚ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥᑦ

Inuit katittut ilulissatmi kalaałłiit nunaani−atausiuqatigiittut sapujjiniqaqsutik nunaqaqqaaqsimajut pijunnautinginnik nunarjuami pijunnautautitaujunit

Vice Chair Lisa Koperqualuk and Executive Council Member Herb Nakimayak welcomed the International Executive Council to town this week. ICC International Chair Sara Olsvig, Vice Chair Hjalmar Dahl, and Executive Council Member Kathrine Bødker have traveled from Greenland to participate. ICC Vice Chair Marie Greene and Executive Council Member Nicole Kanayurak Wojciechowski traveled from Alaska. Chukokta Vice Chair Egor Vereshagin and Executive Council Member Elena Kaminskaya participated virtually.

The ICC Executive Council meeting finished today with discussions on ICC's participation at the Arctic Council. ICC will continue to focus on and refine our priorities to benefit Inuit in all our international engagement.

Eva Krummel and Crystal Mitchell, are in Nairobi, Kenya, this week, participating in the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) on behalf of ICC. This committee works to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

The ICC Executive Council and ICC Canada staff visited the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa this morning and toured the First Peoples Hall.

1) Child's Parka and Mittens made by Elva Pigalak (Kugluktuk, Nunavut)
2) "Father and Child" made by Zacharias Kunuk (Igoolik, Nunavut)

Today in Ottawa, ICC International Chair Sara Olsvig, Executive Council Member Kathrine Bødker, and ICC Canada staff visited Nunavut Sivuniksavut, a unique educational program designed to empower Inuit youth. Sara Olsvig spoke about ICC's work advancing Inuit rights at international forums, followed by great questions from students about potential career paths, climate change, and youth engagement.

For more information on Nunavut Sivuniksavut, visit: https://www.nunavutsivuniksavut.ca/