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ForEM’s Truth and Reconciliation Working Group (TRWG) is presenting a workshop with the help of Indigenous elders, professionals, knowledge keepers and practitioners from the east coast of Turtle Island.
Our guests will lead and guide presentations and discussions on the sharing of Indigenous knowledge, practices and ways of knowing with both the ForEM faculty, UNB, and the community. We will be discussing topics such as Etuaptmumk, Indigenous/Aboriginal Forestry in Canada, Treaties & Duty to Consult, Indigenous wildlife management and the importance of language.
Elder Ramona Nicholas and Traditional Wolastoq Grand Chief Ron Tremblay will lead us in ceremony. Forestry and Geology Building (outside weather permitting, or 2nd floor main hallway). Coffee and snacks provided.
Cecelia Brooks is the former M’igmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Incorporated (MTI) Director of Indigenous Knowledge. Cecelia is the current instructor of Indigenous Issues and Perspectives in Natural Resources Stewardship course and is also a small business owner and operator.
Known as “spasaqsit possesom” (spuz-akw-zid buz-za-zum) - morningstar burning. He is a citizen of Wolastokuk. In November of 2016, Ron was installed as Traditional Wolastoq (Wa-lus-dokw) Grand Chief. The mandate of the Wolastoq (Wa-lus-dokw) Grand Council is to protect and preserve their non-ceded traditional homeland and waterways.
Gillian is a lawyer who holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and a Juris Doctorate from the University of New Brunswick. She is the Legal and Governance Advisor for the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick.
Ramona will be talking about her work in Archaeology, her time on the land at Sisson Mine, and her current work at UNB.
Stephen Wyatt is an Assistant Professor for Social forestry and Forest policy at the Faculty of Forestry, Université de Moncton at Edmundston (New Brunswick). His research work focuses on issues of First Nations’ roles in forestry, public participation and the management of private woodlots.
Thoughts on the workshop and the ForEM faculty and programs, Etuaptmumk, and relationship building, reconciliation moving forward.
Mi’kmaq Moose Management on Unama’ki (Cape Breton) Using Etuaptmumk/Two Eyed Seeing
If you ask Clifford Paul, UINR’s Moose Management Coordinator, what his strongest asset is he won’t skip a beat–communication. Everything he does depends on his excellent communication skills, including:
As Coordinator of the Moose Management Initiative, Clifford’s role is to engage the Mi’kmaq community in drafting a management plan for moose in the Cape Breton Highlands. Clifford is passionate about this project. “This initiative is a shining example of Mi’kmaq self-government put to action as it employs Mi’kmaq jurisdiction with a Mi’kmaq natural resource in Mi’kmaq territory.”
Dr. Popp is the Canada Research Chair on Indigenous Environmental Science and Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.
Dr. Popp’s interdisciplinary research uses a two-eyed seeing approach to investigate the causes and consequences of wildlife population fluctuations in ecosystems and to Indigenous traditional ways of life.
Current and former Indigenous students will answer questions and discuss their experiences with and in the Forestry and Environmental Management faculty and programs
Amanda Reid Rogers has been named Piluwitahasuwin (Assistant Vice-President Indigenous Engagement) at UNB. Piluwitahasuwin [pronounced BILL-WEE-DUH-HUZZ-WIN] is a Wolastoqey word meaning "one who promotes change in a good way toward truth." Ms. Rogers, RN, is Dakota-Sioux with family and community connections in Wolastokuk.
Forestry and Geology Building (outside weather permitting, or 2nd floor main hallway).