I Will Live For Both of Us - Iqaluit Launch

• Date: Thursday, March 2nd 2023
• Time: 7:00pm
• Location: Nunavut Research Institute, Building 959, Iqaluit

Join Joan Scottie, Warren Bernauer, and Jack Hicks for the launch of I Will Live For Both of Us.

The launch will be held at Nunavut Research Institute, Building 959.

Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her community of Baker Lake successfully stopped a proposed uranium mine. Working with geographer Warren Bernauer and social scientist Jack Hicks, Scottie here tells the history of her community’s decades-long fight against uranium mining.

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About the Presenters

Joan Scottie is an Inuk Elder living in the community of Qamani’tuaq Baker Lake, Nunavut. Joan was born and raised on the land at a traditional Inuit camp. Since the 1980s, she has been a vital voice for Inuit opposition to uranium mining. Joan is a grandmother and avid hunter.

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Jack Hicks worked for Inuit organizations for more than thirty years. He is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.