/R E P E A T -- Media advisory - $1 Million Award Announcement at 3rd Annual Arctic Inspiration Prize Awards Ceremony in Ottawa/

OTTAWA, Dec 3, 2014 /CNW/ - The $1 Million 2014 Arctic Inspiration Prize (AIP) will be presented at a special ceremony in Ottawa on December 10^th. 

Founded in 2012, the $1 Million AIP recognizes and promotes the extraordinary contribution made by diverse teams in the gathering of Arctic knowledge, and their plans to implement this knowledge to real world applications for the benefit of the Canadian Arctic, Arctic Peoples, and therefore Canada as a whole. 

WHAT:	Announcement of the $1 Million 2014 Arctic Inspiration Prize Laureates Performance by Award Winning Northern Artists
WHO:	2014 Arctic Inspiration Prize Laureates To be announced
	Arctic Inspiration Prize Co-Founders Arnold Witzig and Sima Sharifi
	Arctic Inspiration Prize Selection Committee Members Eva Aariak, former Premier of Nunavut Peter Mansbridge, OC, Chief Correspondent, CBC News and Anchor, The National Tom Paddon, President and CEO, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and Chair of the Arctic Economic Council
	Arctic Inspiration Prize Executive Director Martin Fortier, Executive Director, ArcticNet
	Performers Tanya Tagaq, Celina Kalluk, Sylvia Cloutier and Digawolf
	2012 /2013 Laureates
WHEN:	Wednesday, December 10^th7:00 PM
WHERE:	Canada Hall Shaw Centre (former Ottawa Convention Centre) 55 Colonel By Drive Ottawa

SOURCE: Arctic Inspiration Prize

For information and registration: Melissa Wood, NATIONAL Public Relations, [phone] X 6229, [email protected]