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EDPOL03: Honouring the spirit and

intent of land claims co-management in the

Canadian North

Session Co-Chairs and Contacts:

Jamie Snook, MA Executive Director Torngat Wildlife, Plants and Fisheries Secretariat Email: jamie.snook@torngatsecretariat.ca  

There are 26 comprehensive land claimagreements in Canada that describe

processes for the co-management of lands,wildlife, plants, and fisheries in Indigenousterritories.  Co-management regimes cover

the Canadian Arctic and form the foundationof wildlife management in all four regions of

Inuit Nunangat.  This session provides anopportunity to explore the state and evolution

of these co-management structures, andwhat practitioners envision as the future of

land claims co-management.

#ArcticChange2017

Tuesday, December 12. Room 205 BC,  Québec City Convention Centre, Québec, Canada

1:30 PM: Jamie Snook: A systematic realist review of the Canadian land claims co-management board literature.

1:45 PM: Lindsay Staples: Regime shift: wildlife co-management and institutional reboot.

2:00 PM: Vic Gilman: Three decades of fisheries co-management in the western Arctic.

2:15 PM: Gregor Gilbert: Wildlife co-management under the James Bay & Northern Quebec Agreement: Forty-two years of frustration.

2:30 PM: Robert Moshenko: Early successes in the management of wildlife in three Arctic coastal aboriginal co-management boards.

2:45 PM: Bindu Panikkar: “Litigation is our last resort”: The role of legal pluralism in movements for indigenoussovereignty, environmental justice, and the rights of nature.

BREAK

3:30 PM: David Lee: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and wildlife co-management: Recognizing Inuit systems of wildlifemanagement that contribute to the conservation of wildlife and protection of wildlife habitat.

3:45 PM: Sarah Lloyd, Kristin Hynes and E. Lea: Dolly Varden co-management in the Gwich’in Settlement Areaand Inuvialuit Settlement Region: Community-led decision-making for sustainable management of vulnerablefisheries.

4:00 PM:  Mark Basterfield: The evolution of Beluga management in the Nunavik Marine Region: Movingtowards co-production of knowledge.

4:15 PM:  Vicki Sahanatien: Climate change and marine species: a looming challenge for wildlife managementboards.

4:30 PM:  Facilitated Discussion: What do you envision as the future of land claims co-management, and whatwill our roles be?

Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman, PhD Director of Wildlife Management  Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board Email: kbretonhoneyman@nmrwb.ca  

Vicki Sahanatien, PhD Director of Wildlife Management Nunavut Wildlife Management Board Email: VSahanatien@nwmb.com

Honouring the spirit and intent of land claims co-management in the Canadian North