COVID-19 in the Arctic with Minnie Grey Artwork

unikkaat / unipkaat ungipaghat / nallunairutet Circumpolar Waves

This is the podcast of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). In the Inuit language, unikkaat means "stories, reports, and testimonials". We want to share our experiences with you as we work to bring the Inuit voice to the international arena. Unikkaat is the word used in Canada, and Greenland. In Alaska the Inupiaq word is unipkaat. The Central Alaskan Yupiq term is nallunairutet. In Chukotka, Russia the Siberian Yupik term is ungipaghat. In English we are calling this podcast Circumpolar Waves because we'll be sending out our stories in waves around the world. Think of radio waves, brain waves, or audio waves, all making their way to you. The waves are "circumpolar" because this podcast is made by the Inuit Circumpolar Council - or ICC - which was founded in the mid 1970s. Check our our website at inuitcircumpolar.com for the full story. Meanwhile, we want to bring you podcasts that feature our leaders and key people working to advance the issues we are working on across Inuit Nunaat, which is the Inuit homeland in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). We hope you enjoy listening to our podcasts.

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COVID-19 in the Arctic with Minnie Grey

September 01, 2020 • Inuit Circumpolar Council • Season 1 • Episode 2

In this episode recorded in early June 2020, we talk with Minnie Grey, Chair of ICC’s Circumpolar Inuit Health Steering Committee (CIHSC) and Executive Director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS) based in northern Quebec. Minnie talks about how the Nunavik region has been managing the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020, and the role of the CIHSC in addressing Inuit health issues at the international level.

She spoke with Selma Ford, Health Coordinator at ICC Canada. (Note that at the time of release on September 1, 2020, Nunavik had seen 17 confirmed cases, all recovered, since the pandemic began.)

Across the Arctic in Canada, COVID-19 resources specific to Inuit have been collected by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) are available at the following website: https://www.itk.ca/what-we-do/covid19/

Music on this podcast is by Nelson Tagoona, Inuit throat boxing artist from Baker Lake, Nunavut. Additional narration is by Hazel Ootoowak, Project and Office Coordinator at ICC Canada.

For more information about ICC, check out our website at inuitcircumpolar.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.