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The right to be cold : one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet  Cover Image Book Book

The right to be cold : one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic and the whole planet

Summary: "The arctic ice is receding each year, but just as irreplaceable is the culture, the wisdom that has allowed the Inuit to thrive in teh Far North for so long. and it's not just the Arctic. The whole world is changing. Sheila Watt-Cloutier has devoted her life to protecting what is threatened, and 'The Right to be Cold' is a culmination of her work over the last twety-five years..." - Back cover.

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  • ISBN: 9780143187646 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xxii, 337 pages ; 21 cm.
    print
  • Edition: [New edition]
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Penguin, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Originally published: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Allen Lane, 2015.
"Published in this edition, 2016"--Title page verso.
"2017 Canada Reads Selection" -- Cover.
Subject: Human rights
Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions
Climatic changes -- Arctic regions
Environmental protection -- Arctic regions
Inuit -- Canada -- Social conditions
Inuit women -- Canada -- Biography
Human rights workers -- Canada -- Biography
Environmentalists -- Canada -- Biography
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila
Topic Heading: 2017 Canada Reads longlist.

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Prince Rupert Library 333.72 Watt (Text) 33294001989615 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Penguin Putnam
    SHORTLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2017

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER

    Now in paperback, one of Canada's most passionate environmental and human rights activists addresses the global threat of climate change from the intimate perspective of her own Arctic childhood

    The Arctic ice is receding each year, but just as irreplaceable is the culture, the wisdom that has allowed the Inuit to thrive in the Far North for so long. And it's not just the Arctic. The whole world is changing in dangerous, unpredictable ways. Sheila Watt-Cloutier has devoted her life to protecting what is threatened and nurturing what has been wounded. In this culmination of Watt-Cloutier's regional, national, and international work over the last twenty-five years, The Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture, of which her own background is such an extraordinary example. This 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 to become one of the most influential and decorated environmental, cultural, and human rights advocates in the world.
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