New Face, New Name, New Logo for ICC
by Clive Tesar
Inuit from Russia, the United States, Canada and Greenland met in [GP:Barrow], Alaska, in July for the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Assembly. The Assembly is held every four
years. It is an opportunity for Inuit to set policy for the international organization, and to elect a new Chair of the organization.
Alaska’s Patricia Cochran was acclaimed as the new Chair, replacing Canada’s Sheila Watt-Cloutier. In a release, Ms. Cochran spoke of the challenge facing her and the organization.
“Inuit have had success beyond our numbers when it comes to influencing many of the global processes that impact on our lives,” she said. “However, it is clear that we must become even more influential if we are to have any control over the pace of globalization and its impacts on our communities.”
Posted on Sunday, September 10th, 2006
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