ARCHIVE – Sheila Watt-Cloutier

The Right to Be Cold

ARCHIVE – Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a highly recognized environmental and human rights advocate. 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 dramatically than anywhere else.

The Right to Be Cold

The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment and survival. It is 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.

Globe and Mail review

Walrus Talk

Quill and Quire review

CBC Radio: The Next Chapter

All events with ARCHIVE – Sheila Watt-Cloutier