Robin Anawak

Bio
Robin currently works at the Community Information and Epidemioleogical Technologies (CIETcanada) conducting health research on urban Inuit populations. Previously, Robin worked at Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) working on environmental and wildlife issues ranging from species-at-risk regulations, climate change, sealing, intellectual property rights, and International issues around furs and trade. While working at ITK, Robin completed the ‘International Peoples in the International System’ training program at the International Training Center for Indigenous Peoples in Nuuk, Greenland.

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Montreal in 2005, Robin represented all Canadian Inuit on the Canadian Delegation at the age of 23. He has also conducted health research on urban Inuit communities, coordinated and facilitated mental health conferences addressing the legacy of residential schools, participated in the 1999 United Nations Special Planning Session on the Rights of the Child as one of two Canadian youth delegates, and helped translate the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement into a plain-language version.

Robin studied Political Science at Carleton University, and also completed the Nunavut Sivuniksavut Inuit training program with distinction in Ottawa.

Community
Robin is from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut and has also lived and worked in Iqaluit and Ottawa. He currently lives in Ottawa with his spouse and 2 children.

Issue of Investigation
Robin will be researching resource development legislation, regulation, and policies in Nunavut, and the role of Inuit organizations within legislative and regulatory regimes. Studying territorial, national, and international regulatory regimes will help to identify industry and regulatory trends, best practices, and gaps within government regulatory systems. Robin will also develop and conduct a survey within Nunavut communities (specific communities TBD) to gauge public opinion, thoughts, feelings, and aspirations regarding resource development in an increasingly accessible Arctic.