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Recorded on April 13, 2022

This session was part of the Health Equity, Diversity, Inclusion in Arctic Indigenous Communities.

*The notes and photos referenced during this talk can be found here: https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/ig...

Donat Savoie obtained in 1969 his Master Degree in Anthropology from the Université de Montréal. He did his fieldwork in the Inuit community of Kangiqsualujjuaq (George River) located in Ungava Bay, in Arctic Quebec. Afterwards, he joined the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada where he held several senior positions related to Inuit, Arctic, and Circumpolar Affairs. In 2001, he was appointed by the Minister Chief Federal Negotiator for the Nunavik Self-government project. Nunavik is the Arctic region located in Quebec where Inuit live. Appointed in 2005 the first Executive Director of the Inuit Relations Secretariat, position created in the context of the Kelowna Accord signed by the Prime Minister of Canada and Premiers of all Canadian provinces and territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut).

After his retirement in 2006, he was invited by the President of Makivik Corporation (organization that represents the Inuit of Arctic Quebec) to work on various files. He worked for Makivik until 2018.

In 2010, appointed Knight of the National Order of Québec by the Premier of Québec and was the 2016 Recipient of the Polar Medal of the Governor General of Canada.

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This event was made possible, in part, by Title VI grant funding administered by the International and Foreign Language Education office in the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education and by a Global Innovations Grant from the UW Office of Global Affairs. The Canadian Studies Center is a Title VI federally-funded National Resource Center with the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University and aims to enhance and strengthen a better understanding of the Canada and the Canada-U.S. relationship through research, teaching and public programming.