An evening with Shelia Watt-Cloutier March 29, 2011

Introductions by UMaine President Robert Kennedy, and the Canadian Consulate General in Boston. Presentation followed by Q&A, and by a reception in the lobby of Collins Center for the Arts.

Born into a hunting and fishing family in Kuujjuaq, a coastal Inuit community in Northern Quebec’s Nunavik region, Watt-Cloutier lived a traditional Inuit life, speaking no English until she attended school in Nova Scotia at age 10. "I travelled only by dogsled for the first decade of my life," she recalls. “It shaped me completely – that’s the foundation upon which I do my global work.”

Sheila Watt-Cloutier is recognized for her untiring efforts on behalf of Arctic indigenous peoples worldwide and, in particular, the Aboriginal peoples of Northern Canada. She is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and a world leader on global climate change and human rights.

Speech Topic: Everything is Connected: Environment, Economy, Foreign Policy, Sustainability, Human Rights and Leadership in the 21st Century

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