Piita Irniq: Inuit Perspectives on Climate Change and Global Warming

March 13, 2023 (7:30 pm)

Location: K.C. Irving Centre for Environmental Science (KCIC)


Join us for an evening of learning with Inuk Elder Piita Irniq as he shares Inuit perspectives on climate change and global warming.

There will be a reception hosted in the KCIC Garden Room beginning at 6:00 PM. Piita Irniq's talk will follow at 7:30 PM in the KCIC Auditorium.

Piita Irniq served as an Inuk Elder at the COP27 talks in Sheik El Sharma, Egypt in 2022 and the COP26 talks in Scotland. He served as the second Commissioner of Nunavut and as an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. 

Presented by Acadia’s Department of Politics, Environmental & Sustainability Studies Program, and Welkaqnik


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