Why Inuit matter globally

At COP26, Inuit leaders, elders, youth, and others repeated the message that Inuit have been giving since COP1 in 1995: our Arctic homeland is changing, and these changes have global implications.

Harvesting country food continues to be a fundamental part of Inuit traditional knowledge, culture, and survival. Veronica Ell likes to dip her fish in salt water when making pipsi at Duke of York Bay, near Coral Harbour, Nunavut. Photograph courtesy of Elsie Harron

Opinion

BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK

December 8, 2021

This fall has seen devastating floods hit southern British Columbia following a summer of heat waves, drought, and wildfires. And Newfoundland and Labrador and other parts of the East Coast have experienced unprecedented storms that have cut roads and isolated communities. While we have been feeling...

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