Mon, 26 November 2012
Northern Labrador is home to Nunatsiavut, Canada's newest land claim, and the first land claim to incorporate self government. Co-management is a cornerstone of wildlife and natural resource management in this part of Canada. In this podcast, Aaron Dale talks about Nunatsiavut's developing co-management strategies. |
Thu, 8 November 2012
Often land that has great value for traditional uses such as subsistence hunting is also land that has great potential for resource development. Pete Ewins, Senior Officer of Species Conservation for World Wildlife Fund Canada, talks about how "balanced development can be achieved in Canada's North.
Direct download: The_Living_North_-_Peter_Ewins_on_balanced_development.mp3
Category:Co-management -- posted at: 2:01pm EDT |
Tue, 17 April 2012
Ernest Pokiak’s father, Bertram Pokiak, was one of the influential Inuvialuit voices that worked to negotiate the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA). Ernest’s life has been framed by that agreement, which lays out the structures that govern wildlife management planning on Yukon’s North Slope. He was there while his father worked to create it, he saw it signed, and he now serves as a member of the Wildlife Management Advisory council North Slope. In this podcast he talks about the years leading up to the IFA, and what it means for WMAC(NS) now. |
Mon, 19 March 2012
How we got here from there: Ivvavik, Herschel, and a brief history of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)
The co-management model of wildlife management planning is in use across Canada's North. In this podcast the chair of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope). Lindsay Staples, shares the history of how Aboriginal groups, government, and Parks Canada arrived at a cooperative model for managing wildlife in the North.
Direct download: D1_Lindsay_Staples_interview_-_episode_5.mp3
Category:Wildlife -- posted at: 3:15pm EDT |
Mon, 19 March 2012
In this podcast, respected hunter Randal Pokiak talks about the challenges harvesters face in participating in wildlife decision-making processes in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. |
Tue, 6 March 2012
When he was a boy, Danny C. Gordon walked with his family from Kaktovik, Alaska to Aklavik, Northwest Territories. He's been hunting and fishing in the area ever since. In this interview, recorded at an old table in a shelter on Herschel Island, Danny C. Gordon talks about what Herschel Island means for him and for the people who grew up living on the land on the Yukon's North Slope. |
Tue, 21 February 2012
Polar scientist Dr. Christopher Burn explains the importance of permafrost to understanding the Herschel Island's geological history, and our understanding of climate change. As climate change loosens permafrost's hold on Herschel Island, the place still has an important role to play in human history along Yukon's north slope, and the entire northwest passage. |