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The Canadian Studies Center, with support from the Center for Global Studies and the East Asia Center, recently hosted His Excellency Whit Fraser<\/strong> — former executive director of the national Inuit organization, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; longtime CBC journalist; former chairman of the Canadian Polar Commission; and spouse of Canada\u2019s first Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon.<\/p>\n

\"WhitMr. Fraser talked about his memoir, True North Rising: my fifty-year journey with the Inuit and Dene leaders who transformed Canada\u2019s North<\/a>. <\/em>He talked about the origins of his career as a journalist and his commitment to the North and its Indigenous activists and leaders. He shared photos and stories from his work covering the historic Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, and highlighted the contributions of Indigenous groundbreakers \u2013 such as Abe Okpik, Jose Kusugak, Stephen Kakfwi, Marie Wilson, John Amagoalik, Tagak Curley, and his own wife, Mary Simon \u2013 to the negotiations and land claims processes that shared the Canadian North over the past several decades.<\/p>\n

Mr. Fraser was in Seattle to serve as expert evaluator for the 2024 Task Force: Indigenous and International Relations in the Arctic, an undergraduate capstone that give students practical experience making policy recommendations. Read more about this year\u2019s task force.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Studies Center, with support from the Center for Global Studies and the East Asia Center, recently hosted His Excellency Whit Fraser — former executive director of the national Inuit organization, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; longtime CBC journalist; former chairman of the Canadian Polar Commission; and spouse of Canada\u2019s first Indigenous governor general, Mary<\/p>\n

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