{"id":590,"date":"2024-12-16T06:38:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T06:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/?page_id=590"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:17:54","slug":"porcupine-caribou-knowledge-hub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/en\/porcupine-caribou-knowledge-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Porcupine Caribou Knowledge Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ecological Change and Livelihoods in the Porcupine Caribou Summer Range\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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This Knowledge Hub brings together Indigenous communities, co-management boards, academic researchers, and government partners to understand ecological change in the Porcupine Caribou Herd summer range, an area of profound ecological and cultural importance to the Gwich\u2019in and Inuvialuit peoples.<\/span><\/p>

The Hub operates through three active steering committees focused on Indigenous Knowledge, Vegetation, and Wildlife. These committees govern the Hub’s collaborative activities, which include ecological research, Indigenous knowledge documentation, and decision-making processes aimed at sustaining caribou populations and community livelihoods. Research projects are co-designed and led by different organizations depending on the context, ensuring diverse leadership and equitable partnerships.<\/span><\/p>

In response to calls from community members to strengthen youth engagement, the Hub is launching new initiatives to involve youth from Old Crow, Fort McPherson, and Aklavik.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Hub is a key contributor to conservation planning in the region. It is directly supporting the development of a new conservation plan for the Porcupine Caribou Herd, rooted in both archival research and community verification. It also supports implementation of the Wildlife Management Advisory Council\u2019s recently released Wildlife Conservation Management Plan for the Yukon North Slope, including proposals for a new Conservation Area (Aullaviat\/Angunarviak) and Indigenous Guardian programs.<\/span><\/p>

The strength of the Hub lies in its governance model, which ensures direct information flow to regional organizations responsible for land and wildlife management. It creates space for co-learning and co-governance, connecting individual knowledge holders, Indigenous governments, and territorial agencies. This approach ensures that both Indigenous knowledge and scientific research actively inform real-time conservation and policy decisions in a landscape undergoing unprecedented ecological change.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Knowledge Leaders:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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  • Deana Lemke, Executive Director, Porcupine Caribou Management Board \n<\/li>\n \t
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    Hub Goals:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Understand current and future ecological changes in the summer range of the Porcupine Caribou Herd<\/span><\/li>
    • Assess the impacts of these changes on local livelihoods and culturally important species<\/span><\/li>
    • Support local, regional, and Indigenous-led decision-making through collaborative and informed research<\/span><\/li>
    • Strengthen Indigenous and scientific knowledge co-production through structured, participatory governance<\/span><\/li>
    • Deepen community engagement, particularly with youth, through mentorship, fieldwork, and leadership roles<\/span><\/li>
    • Contribute to long-term conservation planning, including the development of the Aullaviat\/Angunarviak Conservation Area and Guardian programs<\/span><\/li>
    • Ensure knowledge mobilization and feedback loops between research, management, and policy<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      Location: <\/b>Northern Yukon and the Northwest Territories (Porcupine Caribou Herd summer range)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Partners and Funders:<\/b><\/p>

      • Wildlife Management Advisory Council North Slope<\/span><\/li>
      • Yukon Environment<\/span><\/li>
      • Parks Canada<\/span><\/li>
      • Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee<\/span><\/li>
      • Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation<\/span><\/li>
      • Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board<\/span><\/li>
      • Inuvialuit Game Council<\/span><\/li>
      • Gwich\u2019in Tribal Council Department of Culture and Heritage<\/span><\/li>
      • University of British Columbia<\/span><\/li>
      • McGill University<\/span><\/li>
      • United States Geological Survey<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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