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

“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,” said Dr. Lucia Fanning, Principal Investigator of the Fish-WIKS project.  

The visit provided 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 was PhD student Mirjam Held and recent Masters student graduate, Erin Keenan. Erin made a brief presentation to the Naujaat community based on the research she conducted during an internship in Naujaat in 2015. Mirjam updated the Steering Committee on her work to date and her plans to complete her PhD studies focusing on marine mammal fisheries in Nunavut.

Experience the Naujaat visit for yourself by viewing the following photo essay.

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