unikkaat / unipkaat ungipaghat / nallunairutet Circumpolar Waves

We are taking the podcast on the road again to the fourth session of the United Nations International Plastics Negotiations in Ottawa, Canada.  The formal name is “Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution”. This meeting is known as “INC-4”. The first three sessions were held in Uruguay, France, and Kenya. The talks started in 2022 following a resolution passed to create a treat...

In 2023 ICC Canada featured Inuit artists each month on our podcast. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, 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 Komak...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this Inuktitut language episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Olivia Ikey, w...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Mikka Komaksiu...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Ashley Kilabuk...

For the first time we take the podcast on the road to the ICC Delegates Meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland in mid-July, 2023.  This meeting brings together delegations of Inuit leaders from Greenland, Alaska, and Canada to discuss key issues related to the activities of the ICC.  Our guest is ICC Chair Sara Olsvig, from Greenland. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Greenland. She is an Anthr...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Brian Kowikchu...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Lutie Kaviok,...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Jessica Winter...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Cora DeVos, wh...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Priscilla Boul...

We are proud to host a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 artists. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this Inuktitut language episode, host Madeline Allakariallak speaks w...

We are proud to launch a special series of podcasts highlighting the ICC Inuit Artist of the Month. On the first Thursday of every month in 2023 we’ll hear from one of the 12 winners. Thanks to funding by the Department of Canadian Heritage – Indigenous Language Component, each artist is provided a bursary to further their art. In this episode, host Madeline Allakariallak speaks with Simik Komaksi...

This episode of Unikkaat / Circumpolar Waves is about Inuit Food sovereignty and Self-Governance. For thousands of years, Inuit have thrived in the Arctic relying on our knowledge and values. Core to our culture is hunting, fishing, gathering, and preparing foods. Today, many of our people face food insecurity.   Our food security requires accessibility, availability, culture, health and wellness,...

Two years ago on August 9, 2020 we marked the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples by launching our podcast which we call “ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ / UNIKKAAT / UNIPKAAT / UNGIPAGHAT / NALLUNAIRUTET / Circumpolar Waves”. In 2022 we are proud to mark this day with a special podcast to discuss the “Circumpolar Inuit Protocols for Equitable and Ethical Engagement” – or EEE Protocols, released in June 202...

In our ongoing series of Inuktitut language podcasts, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Ms. Aluki Kotierk about the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The United Nations named 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. As that year came to a close the UN announced the International Decade of Indigenous Languages lasting from 2022 to 2032. A Canadian launch...

In our ongoing series of Inuktitut language podcasts, host Inga Hansen interviews former ICC Chair (1997-2002), Aqqaluk Lynge, from Greenland.  He was appointed to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2005. He has fought tirelessly, since the 1970s, for Kalaallit and Inuit across the circumpolar countries with the power of his words, and political engagement.   In September 2...

In our ongoing series of Inuktitut language podcasts, host Madeline Allakariallak speaks with two Inuit women who are involved in the battle to eliminate “forever chemicals” from the Arctic. Lucy Grey works at Makivik Corporation as the Federal Affairs Liaison Officer. She is connected with research of this nature via the Inuit Crown Partnership Committee, and her previous job as Inuit Research Ad...

For our final podcast of 2021 host Madeline Allakariallak speaks with a panel of Inuit members of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) delegation to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.  Madeline speaks with ICC Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough who was the head of our Delegation at COP26, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk Vice-President International for ICC Canada, former NIYC President Cryst...

In the 11th episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Madeline Allakariallak speaks with a panel of Inuit members of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) delegation to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.  Over 100 Heads of Government and thousands of delegates gathered for two weeks in early November. At stake is our planet, as leaders try to limit the increase in temperat...

We are pleased to present a special podcast to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Arctic Council. Our host is ICC Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough in discussion with ICC Canada President Monica Ell-Kanayuk, ICC Chukotka President Liubov Taian, and ICC Greenland President Hjalmar Dahl. ICC was instrumental in the creation of the Arctic Council on September 19, 1996 with the signing of the Ottawa Decl...

In the tenth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, we celebrate the anniversary of this podcast, launched a year ago. Our guest is ICC Greenland President Hjalmar Dahl. The discussion is in Kalaallisut, and our host is Inga Hansen. It is also great to drop this podcast today on August 9th, 2021 as it is the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This year’s theme is...

In the ninth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Madeline Allakariallak speaks with Robert Watt. He is a newly appointed Director of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, announced on Monday June 14th, 2021.  He joins Commissioner Robert E. Ignace, and fellow Directors Georgina Liberty, and Joan Greyeyes. The new Office will support Indigenous Peoples in our self-determ...

In the eighth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, we welcome former CBC Igalaaq broadcaster Madeline Allakariallak as our host. She speaks with Inuit leader Mary Simon on the development of the Arctic Council.  Mary Simon is a former President of Makivik Corporation, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. She was Canada’s first Arctic Ambassador, and then Ambassa...