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The right to be cold : one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet / Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
- Title
- The right to be cold : one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet / Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
- Author
- Watt-Cloutier, Sheila
- Publication
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Allen Lane, 2015.
- ©2015
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | GE56.W28 A3 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 336 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings in the Arctic community of Kuujjuaq, Quebec--where she was raised by a single parent and grandmother and travelled by dog team in a traditional, ice-based Inuit hunting culture--to become one of the most influential and decorated environmental, cultural, and human rights advocates in the world. The Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture--and ultimately the world--in the face of past, present, and future environmental degradation. Sheila Watt-Cloutier passionately argues that climate change is a human rights issue and one to which all of us on the planet are inextricably linked. The Right to Be Cold is the culmination of Watt-Cloutier's regional, national, and international work over the last twenty-five years, weaving historical traumas and current issues such as climate change, leadership, and sustainability in the Arctic into her personal story to give a coherent and holistic voice to an important subject.
- Subject
- Watt-Cloutier, Sheila
- Environmentalists > Canada > Biography
- Human rights workers > Canada > Biography
- Inuit women > Canada > Biography
- Inuit > Canada > Social conditions
- Environmental protection > Arctic regions
- Climatic changes > Arctic regions
- Human rights
- Human Rights
- Arctic regions > Environmental conditions
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Note
- Includes index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- An early childhood of ice and snow -- From dog teams to miniskirts and rock 'n' roll -- A return home -- Finding our voice -- Pops and the Inuit journey -- The voices of the hunters -- The right to be cold -- Acclaim from outside, peace from within -- Citizens of the world -- Conclusion : bridging old and new, north and south.
- ISBN
- 9780670067107 (bound)
- 0670067105 (bound)
- LCCN
- ^^2015376033
- OCLC
- 897352471
- SCSB-10717766
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library