Sheila Watt-Cloutier | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Activist |
Awards | Order of Canada, Right Livelihood Award |
Sheila Watt-Cloutier OC (born 2 December 1953) is a Canadian Inuk activist.[1] She has been a political representative for Inuit at the regional, national and international levels, most recently as International Chair for the 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 honours for her work, and has been featured in a number of documentaries and profiled by journalists from all media. Watt-Cloutier sits as an adviser to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission. She is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.