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Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Born

in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Canada

December 02, 1953

Genre

Nonfiction

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier is one of the world’s most recognized environmental and human rights activists. Experienced in working with global decision makers for over a decade, Watt-Cloutier offers a new model for twenty-first-century leadership. She treats the issues of our day—the environment, the economy, foreign policy, global health, and sustainability—not as separate concerns, but as a deeply interconnected whole.

In 2007, Watt-Cloutier was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy work in showing the impact global climate change has on human rights, especially in the Arctic, where it is felt more immediately and more dramatically than anywhere else in the world.

In addition to her Nobel nomination, Watt-Cloutier has been awarded ...more

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier’s books

Average rating: 3.66 · 1,734 ratings · 302 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet 3.62 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Book is a Plant: How to Grow, Learn and Radically Engage with the Natural World by Eduardo Navarro (Contributor), Michael Marder (Contributor), Merlin Sheldrake (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	30 Climate COPs Later: Stories from Canadian Participants by Thomas Burelli (Editor), Alexandre Lillo (Editor), Lauren Touchant (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The individual rights of many are at stake. The collective rights of many peoples to their culture are also at stake. I encourage the commission to continue its work in protecting human rights. In so doing, you will protect the sentinels of climate change—the Indigenous peoples. By protecting the rights of those living sustainably in the Amazon basin or the rights of the Inuk hunter on the snow and ice, this commission will also be preserving the world’s environmental early-warning system.”
― Sheila Watt-Cloutier, The Right to Be Cold

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“In his book The Other Side of Eden, British anthropologist Hugh Brody translates this powerful Inuktitut word into English, describing it as “the mix of apprehension and fear that causes a suppression of opinion and voice.” Ilira, he explains, is caused by “people or things that have power over you and can neither be controlled nor predicted. People or things that make you feel vulnerable, and to which you are vulnerable.”
― Sheila Watt-Cloutier, The Right to Be Cold

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“In all, over twelve hundred dogs were destroyed. And while the official explanation given at the time was that they were culled to prevent the spread of distemper and attacks by sick dogs, many now suspect that the destruction of the dog teams was another way to force Inuit families to move from outpost camps into settlements by removing their only mode of transportation.”
― Sheila Watt-Cloutier, The Right to Be Cold

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