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DESCRIPTION:\n\nAll events are free and open to the\npublic.\n\nIn a fast p
 ace changing world\, in the Canadian arctic how are the\npeople able to ad
 apt to these rapid changes in regard to essential\nservices\; health\; edu
 cation\; and social. How has previous\nGovernment been able to adapt to th
 e changes\, and what is the\ncurrent climate. The week will focus the Inui
 t perspectives through\nthe lenses of law\, health\, education\, environme
 nt\, and\ngovernment.\n\nFor more information\, please forward general inq
 uiries to\nallan.vicaire [at] mcgill.ca or (514) 398-3711.\nFacebook Event
  Page\n \nDownload the Full Schedule.\n \nPhoto by Pierre Dunnigan\, visit
  www.pierredunnigan.com.\n\n=>  Monday March 12\nKEYNOTE SPEAKER: UDLORIAK
  HANSON\n5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.\nEducation Building\, Room 129\, 3700 rue M
 cTavish\nUdloriak Hanson is Special Advisor to Mary Simon\, President of\n
 Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. She is currently also ITK’s Acting\nExecutive Dir
 ector. She has significant experience representing\nInuit interests with r
 egard to policy development.\nMs. Hanson has negotiated tri-partite agreem
 ents between the\nFederal Government\; the Government of Nunavut\; and Nun
 avut\nTunngavik Inc.\, the territorial land claims organization. She has\n
 held senior positions at Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.\, including Chief\nNegotia
 tor on the devolution file. Ms. Hanson was also Executive\nDirector of Nun
 avut’s Qaujisaqtiit Society\, the territory’s first\nconsortium of Inuit n
 on-profit organizations.\nShe was born and raised in Iqaluit\, Nunavut\, a
 nd has\nundergraduate degrees in business administration and education. Sh
 e\nis a frequent guest speaker\, nationally and internationally\, on\nissu
 es affecting Inuit across Canada. Ms. Hanson currently serves\non the Arct
 icNet Board of Directors and on the Board of Directors\nfor Tungasuvvingat
  Inuit in Ottawa.\nHosted by the Aboriginal Sustainability\nProject.\n \n
 \n=>  Tuesday March 13\nCHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN INUIT HEALTH\n5:30
  P.M. – 7:30 P.M.\nThomas House Basement\, 3650 rue McTavish\nInuit popula
 tions face similar health challenges as many of\nCanada's indigenous group
 s -- unacceptably high rates of both acute\nand chronic disease\, includin
 g respiratory infections\, diabetes\,\nand suicide. Yet Inuit culture\, as
  well as the climate and\ngeography of the Arctic environment\, add partic
 ular complexity to\nmedical care and health promotion for this population.
 \nMinnie Grey is one of the foremost Inuit leaders in the world –\na champ
 ion for Inuit self-government\, and community and economic\ndevelopment\, 
 and former Executive Director of the Nunavik Regional\nBoard of Health and
  Social Services among many other prominent\npositions. In this session sh
 e will share her perspectives on the\nstate of health among Inuit -- inclu
 ding the realities of health\ncare and social services\, and the interplay
  of cultural\, political\nand economic factors in determining health statu
 s and quality of\nlife for Inuit people.' Minnie Grey\, Chief Negotiator f
 or Nunavik\nself-government Nasivvik\nHosted by 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Aboriginal Health I
 nterest\nGroup.\n\n=>  Wednesday March 14\nFILM SCREENING & PANEL :\nQIMMI
 T: A CLASH OF TWO TRUTHS\n6:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.\nChancellor Day Hall Build
 ing\, Room 314\, 3644 rue Peel\nA film screening of the NFB documentary Qi
 mmit: A Clash of Two\nTruths\, which addresses allegations of an organized
  dog slaughter\nin Nunavut's Baffin region as well as the changes experien
 ced in\nthe Arctic from the 1950s to the 1970s.\nThe screening will be fol
 lowed by a panel discussion with Ole\nGjerstad\, co-director of the film\,
  and with someone involved in the\nQikiqtani Truth Commission\, which expl
 ored this issue over several\nyears and released its final report in 2010.
  We have also invited\nan Inuit Elder who has experienced firsthand the ch
 anges that have\noccurred in the Arctic over the last six decades.\n\nSome
  light refreshments will be provided.\nHosted by the Aboriginal Law Studen
 ts’\nAssociation.\n\n\n=>  Thursday March 15\nMONTREAL AND THE NORTH: STUD
 YING AND SPEAKING INUKTITUT AS A\nNORTHERNER IN THE CITY - PANEL DISCUSSIO
 N\n5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.\nStewart Biology\, Room S3/3\, 1205 avenue du\nDo
 cteur-Penfield\nInuit living in the Arctic who want to attend post-seconda
 ry\neducation most certainly have to leave home: there are few\nopportunit
 ies to pursue post-secondary education in the Arctic. The\nimpetus for dis
 cussing the relationship between Montreal and the\nnorth is to deconstruct
  the many stereotypes and misconceptions\nregarding the Indigenous peoples
  of the Arctic that live\, work\,\nstudy\, and visit Montreal. We will be 
 hosting a panel discussion on\nwhat it actually means to be an Arctic nort
 herner moving/living in\nMontreal in an effort to confront these stereotyp
 es and validate\nindividual experiences. Inuit students and staff from Joh
 n Abbott\nCollege will be discussing their experiences in Montreal as peop
 le\nwho have moved here from the Arctic.\n\nIncluded in the panel will als
 o be a presentation and introductory\nlesson about the language of Inuktit
 uk provided by Inuktituk\ninstructor\, Jason Annahatak. Jason is from Kang
 irsuk\, located in\nthe Nunavik region of Quebec. He is fluent in Inuktitu
 t and speaks\nit at every opportunity. He is currently an Inuktitut instru
 ctor to\nInuit students at John Abbott college and Cegep Marie-Victorin. H
 e\nalso teaches introductory Inuktitut to the employees of Makivik\nCorpor
 ation.\nHosted by KANATA\, Undergraduate Journal of the\nIndigenous Studie
 s Community of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ.\n \n\n=>  Friday March 16\nCOMMUNITY GATHERING\n4:0
 0 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.\nNative Friendship Centre of Montreal\, 2001 boulevard
 \nSaint-Laurent\nJoin us in celebrating the end of Arctic Realities with a
  fun\nfilled evening at the Inter-Tribal Youth Center! The evening will\ns
 howcase various Inuit activities\; throat singing\; demonstration of\ntrad
 itional Inuit games\; and drumming.\n\nKANATA will be hosting a bake sale 
 and providing coffee and\ntea.\nHosted by the Inter-Tribal Youth Centre of
 \nMontreal.\n
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SUMMARY:Arctic Realities: Inuit Perspectives on Change
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