Plamu/Salmon are a big deal at UINR and we do a lot of work to make sure they are here for future generations to enjoy. Every spring we capture young Plamu (smolt) and take a sample of their scales to do further research. Working with Ocean Tracking Network at Dalhousie University our new recruit, Emma … Read More
On January 28, 2016 Charlie Joe Dennis was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia for his outstanding contributions to the Nova Scotia aquaculture industry, the province of Nova Scotia, the community of Eskasoni, and the Mi’kmaw nation as a whole. Charlie’s widow Helen Dennis accepted the award that recognized … Read More
UINR just published a series of twelve fact sheets on Unama’ki plants, animals, birds, and fish that are of special importance to Mi’kmaw people. In both Mi’kmaq and English, our fact sheets don’t just give scientific information, they also look at why they are important to Mi’kmaw people and what we have learned from our Elders. … Read More
The moose harvest in Cape Breton Highlands National Park is over for this year and, by all accounts, it was successful. Clifford Paul, UINR’s Moose Management Initiative Coordinator helped organize the harvest as part of our work with Parks Canada to reverse the trend of forest loss and begin to restore balance to the boreal … Read More
UINR and the concept of Netuklimk that we helped make well-known has spread around the world. This week we heard from Carmen Seco Pérez from Barcelona, Spain. Last week she was in Paris, France as an organizer of the International Rights of Nature Tribunal. At the Paris venue was a wooden tree where people wrote … Read More
We’ve put together some facts about the Mi’kmaw harvest in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a partnership with Parks Canada to remove a small number of moose from a small area of the Park in an effort to restore the boreal forest. From the Mi’kmaw point of view, it’s an issue of stewardship, rights and … Read More
The moose population reduction program on North Mountain in Cape Breton Highlands National Park will resume as early as December 2 through December 18, 2015. Public safety for all involved will continue to remain Parks Canada’s top priority. Parks Canada has worked with the RCMP to put in place a robust plan to ensure … Read More
Following Wednesday’s confrontation between protesters and Mi’kmaq harvesters, Park’s Canada sanctioned moose harvest was put on temporary hold. Today Mi’kmaq leaders, Parks Canada, and Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources met to plan the project’s resumption. We’koqma’q Chief Roderick Googoo , in charge of Lands, Wildlife, and Forestry with Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, has … Read More
UINR is working on a project with Parks Canada to reverse forest loss in Cape Breton Highlands National Park by removing a small number of moose from a small area of North Mountain. Since being reintroduced in 1947, moose numbers have drastically increased in the Park and today, moose populations are greater than what the … Read More
UINR’s Tyson Paul, Mi’kmaq Environmental Monitor for the Maritime Link project, holds a Bachelor of Science Community Studies degree from Cape Breton University and was enrolled in a Bachelor of Engineering Technology in Environmental Studies before taking the position of Research Assistant with UINR (Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources) in 2009. Tyson has certification in … Read More
Congratulations to Lorraine Marshall, UINR’s Community Drinking Water Quality Monitor. Lorraine was presented with the 2015 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Assistant Deputy Minister Award of Excellence and Merit. Lorraine was a member of the group that redeveloped the Community Based Water Monitor logbook used across the Atlantic region. Lorraine’s sampling record, data collection, … Read More
Charlie will be remembered by many for his love of the Bras d’Or Lakes and the people who live around it. Much of his work is done through the organization he founded in 1999, Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, or UINR for short. A special, double edition of UINR MARTEN recognizes some of Charlie’s contributions through photographs and stories from … Read More