Media Release

Media Releases

2010
Post date Title
2010/03/08 Discover the Arctic and Change Your Life - ITK and Students on Ice Team up to Provide Arctic Scholarships
2010/03/05 Federal Budget Renews Inuit Determination to Tackle Fundamental Social Problems in Inuit Communities
2010/03/03 Inuit welcome federal promise to endorse UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights
2010/03/02 National Inuit Leader sets out federal budget expectations
2010/03/01 Hopes and Dreams Borne of Canada’s Sparkling Olympics
2010/02/17 National Inuit Organization calls on Ottawa to include Inuit in Arctic Summit
2010/02/15 Inukshuk Symbol Welcomes the World to Vancouver and to Inuit culture
2010/02/12 Inuit performers to bring Olympic spirit to Vancouver stages
2010/01/16 Inuit Contribute $90,000 to Haitian Earthquake Relief
2010/01/13 Inuit Sue European Union (EU) to Overturn Seal Product Import Ban, Defending Inuit Rights and Upholding the Rule of Law
2010/01/12 National Inuit Leader Announces Inuit Qaujisarvingat: The Inuit Knowledge Centre
2010/01/11 Media Advisory: National Inuit Leader To Announce Creation Of Inuit Knowledge Centre
2009
Post date Title
2009/12/21 Copenhagen Accord excludes Inuit but contains promise of hope
2009/12/11 ITK Award for Excellence in Arctic Journalism * First Recipient: Mr. Peter Mansbridge
2009/12/10 Inuit Mental Wellness Action Plan a Tool for Arctic Regions
2009/12/08 National Inuit Leader demands consideration for Arctic in climate change talks
2009/11/30 Canadian Inuit Leader Mary Simon to Speak on Arctic Issues in Edinburgh
2009/11/25 "The North Wants In": Mary Simon Launches 2010 Year of the Inuit with Release of The North Poll
2009/11/23 ITK-TI Press Release * $1.78-million for Urban Inuit Housing Will Build 12 New Units in Ottawa
2009/11/03 National Inuit Leader Issues Call to Action on Canadian Confederation
2009/10/29 National Inuit Leader Urges Prime Minister Harper to Convene First Ministers’ Meeting on Aboriginal Issues in 2010
2009/10/22 Simon to deliver Symons Lecture on the State of Canadian Confederation
2009/10/21 National Inuit Leader Mary Simon to Attend European Development Days in Stockholm
2009/10/16 Inuit Disappointed at US Activism on CITES Polar Bear Up-Listing Proposal
2009/10/06 Inuit Call for Increased Mental Wellness Programs Throughout the Arctic
2009/09/24 Inuit and partners draft plan for National Strategy on Inuit Education
2009/09/11 Joint Press Release * UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Canadian government isolated as Global Implementation Moves Ahead
2009/09/10 Joint Press Release * Inuit Mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Parliament Hill
2009/09/09 ITK/Pauktuutit * Inuit Mark FASD Awareness Day on September 9
2009/08/20 Simon to Harper: Healthy Inuit Communities Drive Arctic Economic Development
2009/08/06 National Inuit Leader Calls for First Ministers’ Meeting in 2010
2009/07/28 Inuit Respond to Federal Government’s Northern Strategy: Partnership with Inuit Should be Strengthened
2009/07/27 Inuit Call EU Seal Product Ban Cynical and Unjustified
2009/07/16 ITK/TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Inuit Leaders Agree in Principle to an Inuit Subcommission
2009/06/24 Infant mortality Among Canadian Inuit Approaching Third World Levels
2009/06/11 Inuit Respond to New Truth & Reconciliation Commission * Pass Resolution at Annual General Meeting
2009/06/05 2030 Conference Press Release * Changes Inside, Outside North Need Quick Effective Response
2009/06/04 Health Canada Press Release * Government of Canada and ITK Sign Agreement to Collaborate on Improving Inuit Health
2009/06/02 2030 North Press Release * Inuit, academics, and NGOs to help chart course for Arctic Canada
2009/05/20 National Inuit Leader Again Calls on Canada to Change its Position on UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2009/05/15 Mary Simon to be Acclaimed as ITK President for Second Three Year Term
2009/05/05 Inuit Call on Canada to Take Immediate Action at WTO Following EU Vote Banning Seal Imports
2009/04/20 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Announces Annual General Meeting and Presidential Election
2009/04/02 Joint release * ITK/ INAC * INUIT AND PARTNERS AGREE TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON INUIT EDUCATION
2009/04/02 Joint release * ITK/ INAC * INUIT AND PARTNERS AGREE TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON INUIT EDUCATION
2009/03/27 ITK/ICC Press Release * Inuit of Canada: European Union Knows Proposed Seal Ban Would be Unlawful
2009/03/27 National Inuit Youth Meet to Revitalize National Organization
2009/03/10 ITK and National Inuit Committee on Vancouver 2010 Announce Two Olympic Torch Relay Programs Geared to Inuit Youth
2009/02/11 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the National Inuit Committee on Vancouver 2010 Partner to Bring Inuit Performers to the 2009 Cultural Olympiad
2009/02/04 Inuktitut Spoken During Historic Meeting Between Health Minister and National Inuit Leader

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