Proceedings of the Special Senate Committee on the Arctic
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable DENNIS GLEN PATTERSON
Monday, April 1, 2019
Issue No. 24
Twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth meetings:
Consider the significant and rapid changes to the Arctic, and impacts on original inhabitants
WITNESSES
Monday, April 1, 2019 (morning meeting)
International Union for Circumpolar Health:
Mikhail Voevoda, President and Professor of Medicine, Institute of Internal Medicine of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Science (by video conference);
Anders Koch, Past President and Professor, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland (by video conference).
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited:
Patrice Gilbert, Vice President, Health Safety and Community.
Oceans North:
Christopher Debicki, Vice President, Policy Development and Counsel.
Qikiqtani Inuit Association:
Sandra Kunuk Inutiq, Chief Negotiator, Tallurutiup Imanga Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement.
As individuals:
Jennifer Provencher, Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellow;
Lotfollah (Lot) Shafai, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba.
Monday, April 1, 2019 (afternoon meeting)
As individuals:
Maribeth S. Murray, Executive Director, Arctic Institute of North America and Professor, University of Calgary;
Adam Lajeunesse, Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Canadian Arctic Marine Security, Mulroney Institute of Government. St. Francis Xavier University.
International Arctic Science Committee (IASC):
Larry Hinzman, President (by video conference).
Hutchins Legal Inc.:
Peter W. Hutchins, Lawyer;
Robin Campbell, Lawyer.
Aqqiumavvik Society:
Shirley Tagalik, Director.
As individuals:
Karla Jessen Williamson, Assistant Professor, Ed Foundations;
Claudio Aporta, Director, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University (by video conference).
Fisheries Joint Management Committee:
Gerald Inglangasuk, Inuvialuit Member;
Burton Ayles, Canada Member.
Indigenous Leadership Initiative:
Valérie Courtois, Director.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Anderson, Boyer, Coyle, Day, *Day (or Mercer), Eaton, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Neufeld, Oh, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)