Eeyou Marine Symposium
In collaboration with the Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB), ArcticNet is organizing the 2014 Symposium on Science and Traditional Knowledge in the Eeyou Marine Region to be held in Montreal from 25 to 27 March 2014.
Final Report
Program
The major goal of the symposium is to take stock of the state of scientific and traditional environmental knowledge in the Eeyou Marine Region (EMR) to help identify future research priorities within the framework of the Research Fund awarded to the EMRWB. The emphasis will be on the marine environment of James Bay and southeastern Hudson Bay.
The symposium will help gather knowledge and data relating to the following themes, without limitation:
- Overview of agreements on land claims between the Eeyou Istchee, Nunavik and Nunavut on the one hand and the Federal Government on the other.
- The physical and biological oceanography of James Bay and southeastern Hudson Bay.
- Paleo-climatic changes in the environment of the EMR.
- The effects of climate change on James Bay and southeastern Hudson Bay ecosystems.
- Patterns of seasonal migration of fish and marine mammals of the EMR.
- Traditional environmental knowledge of the ecosystems of the EMR.
- The use of the EMR and its resources.
Documents
Cree Offshore Agreement – Summary
Cree Offshore Agreement Executive Summary
Symposium Presentations
Session 1
Côté, Alexandre-Guy
Environnement Canada et la mise en oeuvre de l’ARTRME
Sauriol, Monique Lucie
Modern Treaties in Quebec and the Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims Agreement
Session 2
Arragutainaq, Lucassie
Traditional Knowledge on Cumulative Impacts in the Hudson Bay/James Bay Marine Region
Craik, Brian
People, History and Environment in James Bay
Denton, David
Tracing the ‘People of the sea’: Archeaology and the History of the Eeyou Marine Region
Gallant, Roger
Input of Traditional Knowledge in COSEWIC Species Assessment in the EMR
Session 3
Gerrard, Pauline and Woodley, Susan
Connecting the Bay: Hudson Bay Inland sea Initiative
McGinley, Robin
Development of Tourism in the EMR
Morin, Graeme
Acquisition and Dissemination of Environmental and Social Knowledge on the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Territory
Tremblay, Alain and Durocher, Carine
Saltwater Intrusion into Rupert Bay Environmental Follow-Up 2010
Session 4
Barber, David (Presenter: Greg McCullough)
Trends, Variability and Change in Hudson Bay Climate
Brown, Ross
Climate Observations and Projections for the Eeyou Marine Region
Rodon, Thierry and Saganash, Nadia
Climate Change in Eeyou Istchee: Identification of Impacts and Adaptation Measures
Kuzyk, Zou Zou
Freshwater Sources and Distribution in the Hudson and James Bay System
Session 5
Dunn, Marc
Ecology of the Rupert Bay Cisco Populations
Scott, Colin
Tawich (Marine) Protected Area Initiative: Ecology, Culture and Community in Protected Area Creation
Tremblay, Jean-Éric
The Pelagic Marine Ecosystem of the Hudson Bay/James Bay region
Session 6
Humphries, Murray
The Inter-Ecology of the Eeyou Marine Region
Session 7
Heath, Joel
Development of an Hudson/James Bay Community Based Research Network
Juniper, Kim
Smart Oceans North : Community-Based Cabled Ocean Observatories
Scott, Katherine
(More than) 100 Years of Research in the Eeyou Marine Region
Organizing Committee
Jules Dufour (Chair), Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB)
Claude Saint-Charles, Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB)
Aurélie Bourbeau-Lemieux, The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Chantal Tétreault, The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Martin Fortier, Executive Director, ArcticNet