BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:232@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170407T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20170407T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T085345Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/the-right-to-be-cold/ SUMMARY:Sheila Watt-Cloutier on "The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture\, the Arctic and the Whole Planet" DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bio:\n\nNobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier is in the business of transforming public opinion into public policy. Expe rienced in working with global decision makers for over a decade\, Watt-Cl outier offers a new model for 21st century leadership. She speaks with pas sion and urgency on the issues of today—the environment\, the economy\, foreign policy\, global health\, and sustainability—not as separate conc erns\, but as a deeply interconnected whole. At a time when people are see king solutions\, direction\, and a sense of hope\, this global leader prov ides a big picture of where we are and where we’re headed.\n\nIn 2007\, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy wor k in showing the impact of global climate change on human rights—especia lly in the Arctic\, where it is felt more immediately\, and more dramatica lly\, than anywhere else in the world. Watt-Cloutier an Officer of the Ord er of Canada\; the recipient of the Aboriginal Achievement Award\; the UN Champion of the Earth Award\; the Norwegian Sophie Prize\; and the Right L ivelihood Award\, which she won in November\, 2015 and is widely considere d the “Nobel Alternative”.\n\nFrom 1995-2002\, Watt-Cloutier was elect ed the Canadian President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). She was later elected in 2002 to become the International Chair of the ICC\, repre senting the 155\,000 Inuit from Canada\, Greenland\, Alaska and Russia–s he held this post until 2006.\n\nWatt-Cloutier is the author of the memoir \, The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture\, t he Arctic and the Whole Planet\, published in 2015. The book was nominated for the 2016 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Shaughnes sy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Watt-Cloutier was also shortlisted f or the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize.\n\n\n\nSpecial Introduction by Dr. Dale e Sambo Dorough\, Associate Professor at the Institute for Social &\; E conomic Research\, University of Alaska Anchorage. Specializing in public international law\, international human rights law\, international relatio ns\, Indigenous human rights standards\, political and legal relations bet ween nation-states and Indigenous peoples\, and the status and human right s of Alaska Natives\, Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-Alaska) holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia\, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Mas ter of Arts in Law &\; Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts Univ ersity (1991).\n\n\n\nThe Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience\ , commitment\, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who\, in spite of many obstacles\, rose from humble beginnings in th e Arctic community of Kuujjuaq\, Quebec—where she was raised by a single parent and grandmother and travelled by dog team in a traditional\, ice-b ased Inuit hunting culture—to become one of the most influential and dec orated environmental\, cultural\, and human rights advocates in the world. \n\n\nThe Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture—and ultimately the world—in the face of past\, present\, and future environmental degradation. Sheila Watt-Cloutier passionately argues that climate change is a human rights is sue and one to which all of us on the planet are inextricably linked. The Right to Be Cold is the culmina­tion of Watt-Cloutier’s regional\, nati onal\, and international work over the last twenty-five years\, weaving hi storical traumas and current issues such as climate change\, leadership\, and sustainability in the Arctic into her personal story to give a coheren t and holistic voice to an important subject. Read more here.\n\n\n\n\n\nI f you are a teacher who would like to bring a student group to a program\, please visit our student page for more information\, and contact us about accommodating your group at rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org. Please do not re gister students individually using the form below.\n\n\n\nOnline registrat ion for this event will close at 8:00am on Thursday\, April 6th. Questions about this event and registration should be directed to rsvp@alaskaworlda ffairs.org or (907)276-8038.\n\n\n\nDoors will open at 11:30am. Please pla n to arrive prior to noon to check-in and settle-in before the program beg ins. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2017/01/Sheila-Watt-Cloutier-760x427-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:Arctic Series,International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR