Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce the conference will feature the following Keynote Speakers.

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter of such films as Angry Inuk (2016), Throat Song (2011), Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos (2010), and Lumaajuuq: The Blind Boy and the Loon (2009). Her most recently produced film, The Grizzlies, is based on the true story of a lacrosse team in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, created to combat youth suicide. Arnaquq-Baril was awarded the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross in 2017. She is also a published children’s author, an Inuit traditional tattoo enthusiast, and Inuit seal hunting activist.

Dalee Sambo Dorough

Photo: robert mesher

(Photo: Robert Mesher)

Currently the Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough was an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage, having received tenure in 2013. She has a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991) and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia (2002). She has a long history of advocating for human rights, including her involvement in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Ruth Kaviok

Ruth Kaviok is the outgoing President of the National Inuit Youth Council (2017-19). She was the Inuktitut valedictorian of John Arnalukjuak High School in Arviat in 2016, is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut in Ottawa, was a Youth Leader for Youth Indigenize the Senate, and held an International Aboriginal Youth Internship with Canada World Youth. She won the Samara Centre for Democracy's Everyday Political Citizen Award for her work on Nunavut's climate change education.

Lisa Koperqualuk

Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk was born in Puvirnituq. Raised by her grandparents Lydia and Aisa Koperqualuk, her elementary schooling was done in Nunavik. Sheearned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Concordia University and a Master’s in Anthropology from Laval University. She is the co-founder and former president of Saturviit Inuit Women’s Association of Nunavik, past president of the Association of Montreal Inuit, member of the Kativik Environmental Quality Commission, and part of the Research Team of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She is currently Vice-President, International Affairs, for Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada (ICC Canada).

Natan Obed

Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is originally from Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region, and now lives in Ottawa. For 10 years he lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and worked as the Director of Social and Cultural Development for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. He has devoted his career to working with Inuit representational organizations to improve the wellbeing of Inuit in Canada. (Source: www.itk.ca)

Aaju Peter

Aaju Peter is a lawyer, businesswoman, and activist. Member of the Order of Canada, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and activist on such topics as the Inuit seal harvest and climate change, she has been featured in such documentary films as "Angry Inuk", "Arctic Defenders", and "Tunniit: Retracing the lines of Inuit tattoos". She has performed drum dance and traditional singing across Greenland, Canada, and Europe and is also a designer of sealskin fashion. She was part of a Canadian delegation to the United Nations in The Hague to protest the European Union ban on sealskin.

<h1>Keynote Speakers</h1>We are pleased to announce the conference will feature the following Keynote Speakers. <h2>Alethea Arnaquq-Baril</h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Alethea_Arnaquq-Baril_in_Toronto.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Alethea Arnaquq-Baril is an award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter of such films as Angry Inuk (2016), Throat Song (2011), Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos (2010), and Lumaajuuq: The Blind Boy and the Loon (2009). Her most recently produced film, The Grizzlies, is based on the true story of a lacrosse team in Kugluktuk, Nunavut, created to combat youth suicide. Arnaquq-Baril was awarded the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross in 2017. She is also a published children’s author, an Inuit traditional tattoo enthusiast, and Inuit seal hunting activist. <h2>Dalee Sambo Dorough</h2><img src="https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/dalee_dorough_robert-mesher-photo-1024x752-635x357.jpg" alt="Photo: robert mesher" width="400"> (Photo: Robert Mesher)Currently the Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough was an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alaska Anchorage, having received tenure in 2013. She has a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University (1991) and a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia (2002). She has a long history of advocating for human rights, including her involvement in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).<h2>Ruth Kaviok</h2><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/918285605141995520/qfc3T9v6_400x400.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Ruth Kaviok is the outgoing President of the National Inuit Youth Council (2017-19). She was the Inuktitut valedictorian of John Arnalukjuak High School in Arviat in 2016, is a graduate of Nunavut Sivuniksavut in Ottawa, was a Youth Leader for Youth Indigenize the Senate, and held an International Aboriginal Youth Internship with Canada World Youth. She won the Samara Centre for Democracy's Everyday Political Citizen Award for her work on Nunavut's climate change education.<h2>Lisa Koperqualuk</h2><img src="https://scontent.fyhu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51124300_2344707772229613_9034667791097004032_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQlQi_0HEBrkMGPZaZQ-7NhxaCPHPPeyZxXp0tzVlgABE2db7k7siOfDImfGXWcB_i0&_nc_ht=scontent.fyhu1-1.fna&oh=5e948556aa2c0352a1df2c603b18e659&oe=5DF6FD7D" alt="" width="400"> Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk was born in Puvirnituq. Raised by her grandparents Lydia and Aisa Koperqualuk, her elementary schooling was done in Nunavik. Sheearned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Concordia University and a Master’s in Anthropology from Laval University. She is the co-founder and former president of Saturviit Inuit Women’s Association of Nunavik, past president of the Association of Montreal Inuit, member of the Kativik Environmental Quality Commission, and part of the Research Team of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. She is currently Vice-President, International Affairs, for Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada (ICC Canada).<h2>Natan Obed</h2><img src="https://www.itk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/L06_170725_Hebron-0275-crop-1.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. He is originally from Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region, and now lives in Ottawa. For 10 years he lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and worked as the Director of Social and Cultural Development for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. He has devoted his career to working with Inuit representational organizations to improve the wellbeing of Inuit in Canada. (Source: <a href="http://www.itk.ca/">www.itk.ca</a>)<h2>Aaju Peter</h2><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/444491556955758592/If64oxb4.jpeg" alt="" width="400"> Aaju Peter is a lawyer, businesswoman, and activist. Member of the Order of Canada, recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal, and activist on such topics as the Inuit seal harvest and climate change, she has been featured in such documentary films as "Angry Inuk", "Arctic Defenders", and "Tunniit: Retracing the lines of Inuit tattoos". She has performed drum dance and traditional singing across Greenland, Canada, and Europe and is also a designer of sealskin fashion. She was part of a Canadian delegation to the United Nations in The Hague to protest the European Union ban on sealskin.

<h1>Conférenciers Keynote</h1>Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que le congrès réunira les conférencières, conférenciers, Keynote suivants. <h2>Alethea Arnaquq-Baril</h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Alethea_Arnaquq-Baril_in_Toronto.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Alethea Arnaquq-Baril est réalisatrice, scénariste et productrice primée de films tels qu'Inuk en colère (2016), Throat Song (2011), Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos (2010) et Lumaajuuq: The Blind Boy and the Loon (2009). Son plus récent film, The Grizzlies, est basé sur l'histoire vraie d'une équipe de crosse à Kugluktuk, créée pour combattre le suicide chez les jeunes. Arnaquq-Baril est lauréate du prix du service méritoire du Canada en 2017. Elle a publié un livre pour enfants, elle est amatrice du tatouage Inuit traditionnel et elle est militante pour la chasse aux phoques pratiquée par les Inuits.<h2>Dalee Sambo Dorough</h2><img src="https://www.rcinet.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/dalee_dorough_robert-mesher-photo-1024x752-635x357.jpg" alt="Photo: robert mesher" width="400"> (Photo : Robert Mesher) Actuellement la présidente du Conseil inuit circumpolaire international (ICC International), Dalee Sambo Dorough, PhD, a été professeure agrégée au département de sciences politiques à l’Université d’Alaska à Anchorage, et a reçu sa permanence en 2013. Elle a une maitrise en droit et diplomatie provenant du Fletcher School à l’Université Tufts (1991) et un doctorat de la faculté de droit à l’Université de Colombie-Britannique(2002). Elle a un long historique de défense des droits humains, incluant son implication dans la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA).<h2>Ruth Kaviok</h2><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/918285605141995520/qfc3T9v6_400x400.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Ruth Kaviok est la présidente sortante du National Inuit Youth Council (2017-19). Elle était la major de sa promotion à l’école secondaire John Arnalukjuak à Arviat en 2016, est diplômée de Nunavut Sivuniksavut à Ottawa, a été jeune leadeure pour Youth Indigenize the Senate et a tenu un stage dans le cadre de l’Initiative de Stages internationaux pour les jeunes Autochtones avec Jeunesse Canada Monde. Elle a gagné le prix Les citoyens politiques au quotidien du Centre Samara pour la démocratie pour son travail sur la sensibilisation des changements climatiques au Nunavut.<h2>Lisa Koperqualuk</h2><img src="https://scontent.fyhu1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51124300_2344707772229613_9034667791097004032_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQlQi_0HEBrkMGPZaZQ-7NhxaCPHPPeyZxXp0tzVlgABE2db7k7siOfDImfGXWcB_i0&_nc_ht=scontent.fyhu1-1.fna&oh=5e948556aa2c0352a1df2c603b18e659&oe=5DF6FD7D" alt="" width="400"> Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk est née à Puvirnituq. Élevée par ses grands-parents Lydia et Aisa Koperqualuk, son éducation primaire s’est faite au Nunavik. Elle a obtenu un baccalauréat ès arts en science politique à l’Université Concordia et une maitrise en anthropologie de l’Université Laval. Elle est cofondatrice et ancienne présidente de l’Association des Femmes Inuit du Nunavik Saturviit, ancienne présidente de l’Association des Inuit de Montréal, membre de la Commission de la qualité de l’environnement de Kativik, et fait partie de l’équipe de recherche de l’Enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées. Elle est actuellement vice-présidente des affaires internationales pour le Conseil inuit circumpolaire du Canada (ICC Canada).<h2>Natan Obed</h2><img src="https://www.itk.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/L06_170725_Hebron-0275-crop-1.jpg" alt="" width="400"> Natan Obed est le président d’Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Il est originaire de Nain, la communauté la plus au nord de la région Labrador Nunatsiavut, et vie maintenant à Ottawa. Il a vécu à Iqaluit au Nunavut pendant 10 ans et a travaillé en tant que directeur du développement social et culturel pour Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. Il a dédié sa carrière à travailler avec des organisations représentatives inuit pour améliorer le bienêtre des Inuit au Canada. (Source : www.itk.ca) <h2>Aaju Peter</h2><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/444491556955758592/If64oxb4.jpeg" alt="" width="400"> Aaju Peter est avocate, femme d’affaires et activiste. Membre de l’Ordre du Canada, récipiendaire de la Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine Elizabeth II et activiste sur des sujets tels que la chasse des phoques Inuit et le changement climatique, elle a été mise en vedette dans des films documentaires tels que Angry Inuk, Arctic Defenders et Tunniit: Retracing the lines of Inuit tattoos. Elle a exécuté la danse du tambour et des chants traditionnels à travers le Groenland, le Canada, et l’Europe et est aussi une conceptrice de vêtements en peau de phoque. Elle a fait partie de la délégation canadienne des Nations Unies dans La Haye pour protester l'interdiction des produits dérivés du phoque décrétée par l'Union européenne.