The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture the Arctic and the Whole Planet

About this book

SHORTLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2017 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Right to Be Cold 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 community of Kuujjuaq Quebecwhere she was raised by a single parent and grandmother and travelled by dog team in a traditional ice-based Inuit hunting cultureto become one of the most influential and decorated environmental cultural and human rights advocates in the world. The Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit cultureand ultimately the worldin the face of past present and future environmental degradation. Sheila Watt-Cloutier passionately argues that climate change is a human rights issue and one to which all of us on the planet are inextricably linked. The Right to Be Cold is the culmination of Watt-Cloutiers regional national and international work over the last twenty-five years weaving historical traumas and current issues such as climate change leadership and sustainability in the Arctic into her personal story to give a coherent and holistic voice to an important subject.