Inuit youth get chance to connect through 9-month fellowship – Nunatsiaq News

Feb 7, 2023

21 youth leaders from across Alaska, Canada, and Greenland chosen for the fellowship through University of the Arctic

Three Nunavummiut and seven Greenlanders have been awarded the inaugural 2023 Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship through the University of the Arctic.

Gail Wallace from Rankin Inlet, Jukipa Kotierk from Igloolik and Jody Tulurialik from Taloyoak are among those selected. Nivi Rosing, Illuna Sørensen, and Miyuki Daorana from Nuuk, Greenland; Juliane Aronsen from Kangaatsiaq, Greenland; Edna Lyberth from Maniitsoq, Greenland; Kirsten Petersen from Sisimiut, Greenland; and Freyja Stefansdottir from Kujalleq, Greenland are the other seven fellows.

The aim of the nine-month fellowship is to bring together 21 Arctic young adults aged 18 to 30 to discuss and develop community-based projects on topics related to climate change, green energy, Indigenous knowledge and Arctic governance.

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