Sheila Watt-Cloutier

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier is one of the most popular and richest Translator who was born on December 2, 1953 in Kuujjuaq, Canada. As of June 1, 2023, Sheila has a net worth approximately $5 Million. In 2002, she was elected International Chair of ICC, a position she would hold until 2006. Most recently, her work has emphasized the human face of the impacts of global climate change in the Arctic. On December 7, 2005, based on the findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, which projects that Inuit hunting culture may not survive the loss of sea ice and other changes projected over the coming decades, she launched the world’s first international legal action on climate change: a petition, along with 62 Inuit Hunters and Elders from communities across Canada and Alaska, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that unchecked emissions of greenhouse gases from the United States have violated Inuit cultural and environmental human rights as guaranteed by the 1948 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. Although the IACHR decided against hearing her petition, the Commission invited Watt-Cloutier to testify with her international legal team (including lawyers from Earthjustice and the Center for International Environmental Law) at their first hearing on climate change and human rights on March 1, 2007.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, OC (born 2 December 1953) is a Canadian Inuit activist. She has been a political representative for Inuit at the regional, national and international levels, most recently as International Chair for Inuit Circumpolar Council (formerly the Inuit Circumpolar Conference). Watt-Cloutier has worked on a range of social and environmental issues affecting Inuit, most recently, persistent organic pollutants and global warming. She has received numerous awards and honors for her work, and has been featured in a number of documentaries and profiled by journalists from all media. Watt-Cloutier sits as an advisor to Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. She is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

In 1995, she was elected President of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada, and re-elected in 1998. ICC represents internationally the interests of Inuit in Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. In this position, she served as the spokesperson for Arctic indigenous peoples in the negotiation of the Stockholm Convention banning the manufacture and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) or DDT. These substances pollute the Arctic food chain and accumulate in the bodies of Inuit, many of whom continue to subsist on local country food.

Watt-Cloutier has been a political representative for Inuit for over a decade. From 1995 to 1998, she was Corporate Secretary of Makivik Corporation, the Canadian Inuit land-claim organization established for Northern Quebec (Nunavik) under the 1975 James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier Net Worth

Sheila is one of the richest Translator from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sheila Watt-Cloutier 's net worth $5 Million.

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Sheila Ranked on the list of most popular Translator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Sheila Watt-Cloutier celebrates birthday on December 2 of every year.

Is Sheila Watt-Cloutier Inuit?

Born in 1953 in Kuujjuaq, Quebec, Sheila Watt-Cloutier lived a traditional Inuit life until the age of 10.

Where is Sheila Watt-Cloutier now?

Watt-Cloutier sits as an advisor to Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. She is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

How has Sheila Watt-Cloutier made a difference?

Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier connects the dots on climate change. The Nobel Peace Prize nominee was one of the first people to reframe climate change as a human rights issue. With fires, floods and rising temperatures displacing thousands across Canada, her message resonates now more than ever.

What has Sheila Watt-Cloutier done?

Sheila Watt-Cloutier published her award-winning book, The Right to be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet , in 2015. A memoir of her childhood, culture and life, the book also documents the strengths and triumphs of Inuit people as they adapted to a rapidly changing world.

Where was Sheila Watt Cloutier born?

Kuujjuaq, Canada