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"Considering Canada’s Renewed Relationship With Indigenous Peoples Through the Rights-based Lens of Inuit Self-determination"

Natan Obed
President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Abstract: The Canadian federal government seeks reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and has promised many different legislative, policy, and program reforms. Inuit, along with First Nations and Metis, are recognized under section 35 of the constitution and exercise these rights through an Inuit democracy that spans from the community level to the international level. The practical, political, and visionary aspects of how Inuit are self-determining our space within this time of reconciliation will be discussed.

Natan Obed is the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national voice of Canada’s 60,000 Inuit. He is originally from Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region, and now lives in Ottawa. For 10 years he lived in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and worked as the Director of Social and Cultural Development for Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the organization that represents the rights of Nunavut Inuit. He has devoted his career to working with Inuit representational organizations to improve the well being of Inuit in Canada.

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