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In the seventh episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, we welcome former CBC Igalaaq broadcaster Madeline Allakariallak as our host. She speaks with Paul Irngaut about international wildlife forums. Paul is the Director of Wildlife and Environment at Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI). For many years he has been speaking on behalf of Inuit at the international level, defending Inuit rights to h...

Minnie Grey is the Executive Director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, and the Chair of ICC’s Circumpolar Inuit Health Steering Committee. We first spoke with Minnie, in English, as the pandemic was in its first wave.  In this episode she speaks with Joanna Awa in Inuktitut. Now, over a year into the global pandemic, we are pleased to be able to speak with Minnie again,...

In the fifth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Joanna Awa speaks with Inuit leader Mary Simon on the importance of northern policy. Simon is well-known around the circumpolar Arctic, as well as the international community. Mary grew up in Kangiqsualujjuaq and Kuujjuaq in Nunavik, northern Quebec. She is a former President of Makivik Corporation, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Chair of th...

In the fourth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Joanna Awa speaks with the President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) Aluki Kotierk. NTI represents the Inuit of Nunavut. She was first elected in 2016, and re-elected in February 2021. She is originally from Igloolik, and has earned both a Bachelor’s and Masters degree from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.   Aluki Kotier...

In the third episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Joanna Awa speaks with the President of the National Inuit Youth Council (NIYC) Crystal Martin-Lapenskie. The NIYC was created in 1993 to bring the Inuit youth perspective into national, and international discussions. It’s made up of six youth representatives and one President.   As President, Crystal Martin-Lapenskie has brought the Inuit...

In the second episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Joanna Awa speaks with ICC Canada Vice-President (International) Lisa Koperqualuk.  Our topic is the International Maritime Organization (IMO). It’s a United Nations body based in London, UK, leading global efforts to promote safer shipping on cleaner oceans. ICC is active at the IMO to protect and preserve Inuit rights related to all asp...

We are very happy to have former CBC Radio announcer Joanna Awa join us to host a series of Inuktitut language podcasts. We are starting with ICC Canada President Monica Ell-Kanayuk, also a former CBC Radio announcer in Iqaluit, Nunavut.  Joanna speaks with Monica about her path from CBC to becoming a Member of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly, and Minister of several portfolios in the Nunavut Gov...

In this final podcast episode for 2020 we bring you messages from all ICC offices in Alaska, Greenland, Chukotka, and Canada. Hosted by ICC Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough we include some overview of the activities we were involved in during the past 12 months, of course marked by the global coronavirus pandemic. You will hear from Vera Metcalfe in Alaska, Hjalmar Dahl in Greenland, Liubov Tayan in Chuk...

To celebrate International Inuit Day 2020 ICC Chair Dalee Sambo Dorough holds a roundtable discussion with four Inuit youth leaders from across Inuit Nunaat. Elizabeth Ferguson is the ICC Alaska youth representative. Seqininnguaq L. Poulsen is an Inuit activist and artist in Greenland. Chrystal Martin-Lapenski is the President of the National Inuit Youth Council in Canada, and Gulnara Rodionova is...

In this episode we speak with ICC Canada Vice-President (International) Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk. Topics covered include Lisa’s road to becoming the ICC Canada Vice-President, representing Inuit at international forums such as the International Maritime Organization (IMO), attending the UNFCCC COP25 Climate Change meeting in Madrid, Spain; and Lisa’s contribution to the Missing and Murdered Indige...

In this episode we speak with ICC Canada President Monica Ell-Kanayuk. Monica is a familiar voice across the Canadian Arctic as a former CBC Radio announcer for close to 20 years, and then as a Member of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly, and Minister of several portfolios in the Nunavut Government. She is also an award winning entrepreneur. Now, as President of ICC Canada, she is taking the Canadi...

In this episode recorded in early June 2020, we talk with Minnie Grey, Chair of ICC’s Circumpolar Inuit Health Steering Committee (CIHSC) and Executive Director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS) based in northern Quebec. Minnie talks about how the Nunavik region has been managing the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, and the role of the CIHSC in addressing Inui...

A brief introduction into what the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is.

Our first episode is with the International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough. She's in conversation with Selma Ford, Health Coordinator at ICC Canada. It's a wide ranging discussion covering Dalee's career path, the road to achieving Inuit rights at the international level, current challenges with climate change, and the importance of Inuit youth towar...