COOPER REGEL has issued a claim against the federal government for performing medical experiments, including painful skin grafts, conducted on Inuit people in Igloolik and other communities in the 1960s and 1970s. If you believe you may be affected, please fill out the QUESTIONNAIRE below and/or contact us at Cooper Regel 1-800-994-7477 or info@cooperregel.ca

Igloolik Experiments QUESTIONNAIRE

June 7, 2019 – Filed Statement of Claim 

June 11, 2021 – FILED Amended Statement of Claim

Media

“Former Premier of Nunavut Calls on Carney to Stop Victimizing Inuit Involved in Biological Experiments Lawsuit.” APTN News, 9 Oct. 2025

“Federal Government Wants Lawsuit Dismissed Pertaining to Biological Experiments on Inuit.” Nunavut News, 8 Oct. 2025

“Federal Government Fined $5,000 in Inuit Skin-Graft Lawsuit.” Nunatsiaq News, 5 Mar. 2025

“Skin Graft Experiments Performed on Inuit in the 1970s without Their Consent.” CBC News, 13 May 2019

“Inuit Sue Federal Government over Medical Experiments That Included Skin Grafts.” CBC News, 21 June 2019

“Nothing About Us Without Us: An Inuk Reply to Exploitive Research.” Impact Ethics, 13 June 2019