Fish-WIKS News

During the first week of June 2016, members of the Fish-WIKS Steering Committee will travel to the northern region research location, Naujaat (formerly Repulse Bay) to hold planning sessions and to meet with community members.

Dr. Lucia Fanning, Principal Investigator for the Fish-WIKS project says, “A core principle of the Fish-WIKS Partnership project is to conduct research that is driven by our regional and community Indigenous partners on the west coast, east coast, the inland region and the North. To that end, our main governance body for Fish-WIKS, our cross-Canada Steering Committee, has committed to holding our annual work planning meeting in each of our four partner regions to demonstrate the importance of visiting and better understanding our partners’ placed-based context. We are looking forward to holding our upcoming meeting in Naujaat , Nunavut and to having the opportunity to thank the community and the Government of Nunavut for their ongoing commitment to the goals and outcomes of the Fish-WIKS project – that of enhancing fisheries governance in Canada.”

Also in attendance will be PhD student Mirjam Held and recent Masters student graduate, Erin Keenan.  Erin will make a presentation to the Naujaat community based on the research she conducted during an internship in Naujaat in 2015.  Mirjam will update the Steering Committee on her work to date and her plans to complete her PhD studies focussing on marine mammal fisheries in Nunavut.