Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: Sovereignty Begins at Home

2009/02/01 by Mary Simon · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Arctic and Russian Policy Studies #Indigenous Studies and Ecology

paper · doi:10.3138/jcs.43.2.250

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Abstract

In 2008, Mary Simon, the national president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada’s national Inuit organization, embarked on a cross-Canada speaking tour to explain to Canadians that Inuit in Canada’s Arctic find themselves at a point of convergence in their modern history. Inuit are at the forefront of sovereignty discussions and at the centre of energy supply plans; they are the “canary in the coalmine” for the global dialogue on climate change.

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