CBMN Annual Report: Celebrating 10 Years

Knowledge of the land… data in hand. ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖃᕐᓂᖅ...ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑕᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑕᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᕋᓛᒥ.

ANNUAL REPORT ᐊᒡᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ “Fun weekend at the cabin. Seen grizzly bear, caribou, fox…

Just spent time with the family harvesting at our cabin east of Kugluktuk, Nunavut for Arctic char and enjoying the weekend.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. July 2021.

“ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᐅᑉ ᓄᙳᐊᓂ ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᒥ. ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᒃᖤ, ᑐᒃᑐ, ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅ... ᐃᓚᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᓂ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᑉᐱᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᓐᓂᖅ ᑲᔾᔮᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᓯᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᕐᓗ.” ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ CBMN ᕚᐃᔅᐳᒃᖓᓂ. ᔪᓚᐃ 2021.

2021 | ANNUAL REPORT | ᐊᒡᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

Celebrating 10 years of the Community-Based Monitoring Network in Nunavut ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᓲᒪᔾᔪᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ The CBMN’s top 10 species in your own words CBMN ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᖁᓖᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᕝᕕᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᒍᑦ Looking Ahead: What’s next for the CBMN? ᓯᕗᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ: ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᓕᕆᕙᑦ CBMN? 1

“Just made it to Hadley Bay cabin… Seen about 67 to 74 musk-ox along the way and one arctic fox. It’s been a long trip so we’re just gonna set up camp and get cozy have some supper get some sleep and go for a bear hunt in the morning.”

Table of Contents ᓇᓐᓂᑎᑦ •

Letter from the Board ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᒃ •

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• CBMN Overview (Infographic) CBMN ᐃᓘᓐᓈᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕈᑎ (ᑐᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ) •

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Kitikmeot harvester.

March 2014.

• “ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᕼᐊᑦᓕ ᕙᐃ ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᒧᑦ.... ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖑᑦ 67−74−ᒐᓚᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑯᑖᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᑎᕆᒐᓂᐊᒥᒃ. ᓯᕕᑐᔪᐊᓘᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒻᒫᑲᐃᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓕᕋᑦᑕ ᑕᒪᐅᖓ ᑕᖃᐃᖅᓯᕐᓗᑕ ᐅᓐᓄᒍᒻᒥᓴᓚᐅᕐᓗᑕ ᓯᓂᑲᐃᓐᓇᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᓪᓛᖅ ᓇᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᕋᑦᑕ.”

Benefits to Participants and their Communities ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ •

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The Top Ten: The Most Documented Species ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᖁᓖᑦ: ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅᐹᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ •

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ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2014.

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Community-Based Monitoring Network | ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ

More Wildlife ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒋᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ •

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Looking Ahead ᓯᕗᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ •

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Collaboration ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ •

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Contact Information ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃᓴᑦ

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Letter from the Board

ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᓂᒃ

On behalf of the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, I would like to thank participating harvesters, past and present, for their contributions to the CBMN over the past ten years. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the work and dedication of the Data Clerks and Community Liaison Officers whose commitment to this program is responsible for its success.

ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖁᔭᒋᔪᒪᕙᒃᑲ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ CBMN− ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᖁᓕᓂ. ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ, ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔪᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑐᖅᑲᑕᕐᕖᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᕝᕗᖓ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᓯᒪᒍᑎᒋᔭᖓ.

The CBMN improves communication between communities, regions, government, and other wildlife management agencies, while promoting stewardship and collaborative management. I look forward to building on this relationship in the future, as we continue to work together to conserve wildlife and wildlife habitat for the longterm benefit of all Nunavut residents.

CBMN ᐱᕚᓪᓖᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ, ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᓃᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ, ᐱᕚᓪᓕᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓇᕐᓗᑕ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᒍᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓄᑦ ᓇᔪᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒥᒃ−ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᖏᓐᓄᑦ.

Yours truly,

ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᖅ,

Daniel Shewchuk

ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᓯᐅᓴᒃ

Chair Nunavut Wildlife Management Board 2021 | ANNUAL REPORT | ᐊᒡᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ 3

The Community-Based Monitoring Network

ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑎᖅᑐᐃᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕖᑦ

Conventional scientific monitoring alone is insufficient to address current wildlife management challenges in Nunavut. While wildlife co-management systems across Nunavut aim to incorporate both Indigenous and scientific knowledge, efforts to date have found it challenging to use this information together. Community-based monitoring is a strategy that can help overcome some of these challenges.

ᐱᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐃᖕᒥᒎᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᖏᓗᐊᖃᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᓱᕉᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᕌᖓᒐᓗᐊᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓄᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ. ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᓂᒎᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑦᓱᕈᕐᓇᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ.

In January 2012, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board launched the Community-Based Monitoring Network (CBMN) which engages respected Nunavummiut harvesters to share their knowledge and observations about the land and wildlife.

ᑕᒫᓂ ᔭᓄᐊᕆ 2021−ᒥ, ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᕙᑕᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥ, ᐆᒪᔪᓂᓗ.

CBMN Data Collection to 2021:

Observations are passed to community liaisons who provide technological and logistical support and who facilitate the incentives program.

ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕋᒍᒥ 2021: ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 100 ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ 9-ᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 11,000−ᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᑦ

Participating harvesters record their observations using modern technology

This process helps compile the information needed to address locally important issues affecting wildlife management, conservation, and Inuit harvesting rights. It also helps record Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit so that Inuit knowledge may be used together with scientific knowledge in wildlife management.

What is the incentives program?

More work is needed to leverage the full potential of the CBMN. Going forward, the network plans to expand and operate territory wide.

ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 400,000 km2 ᐊᖏᓂᓕᖕᒥ ᑭᑉᐹᕇᑦᑐᓂ ᑭᓛᒥᑕᓂᒃ

ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔾᔪᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓘᑖᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓴᐳᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓄᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ

ᑭᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᔫᒥᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ? ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᔫᒥᓴᐅᑎᑦᓴᓂᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᒃᓴᖅᑖᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᒦᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖃᑕᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑏᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑦᑖᕈᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ, ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᒪᓕᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᖁᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ.

ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓴᖏᓂᖅᑖᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ− ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐅᔪᑦ. ᑲᔪᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᕆᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑕᐅᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ.

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᓯᕆᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ.

ᑳᒑᕐᑭᓪ

ᑳᒑᕐᑭᓪ

By centering local resource users—their knowledge, expertise, and perspectives—throughout the research process, the CBMN provides new potential for generating and mobilizing knowledge to better understand socio-ecological issues, inform wildlife co-management planning, and track their effectiveness.

ᕿᑎᐊᓃᑎᑕᐅᖃᑕᕈᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ−ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ−ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᑎᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᓂ −ᐃᓅᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓘᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔭᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᐅᓂᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ

For more information about the CBMN reach us at:

"Through the Community-Based Monitoring Network, we are learning a lot about Inuit harvesting practices… The program has also helped us to document important travel routes, and that will be crucial to understanding the impact of current and future climate change on the Inuit way of life." - Daniel Shewchuk, NWMB Chairperson

receptionist@nwmb.com

We acknowledge and thank the participating harvesters for their dedication to the CBMN and their invaluable knowledge on the land and its wildlife. We also thank the community data clerks, liaison offi­cers, and participating communities for their support in the CBMN over the last 10 years.

Created by Fuse Consulting Ltd.

867-975-7300

ᐃᓚᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᒡᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ, ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᕌᓛᑰᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ.

ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 2,500 ᑕᑯᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑕᒪᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓄᑦ

ᐅᖓᑖᓂ 6,000 ᐆᒪᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ

The CBMN provides participating harvesters with incentives to help cover costs while they are on the land. To recognize their contribution to the program, harvesters receive gas vouchers, or other forms of compensation, depending on the amount of data contributed.

ᑕᑯᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᑦᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᒌᕆᐊᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᖓᐃᔨᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᔫᒥᐅᓴᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ.

ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑎᖅᑐᐃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᑦᑎᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒍᕕᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᓯ ᐅᕘᓇ:

receptionist@nwmb.com 867-975-7300

"ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ−ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑎᖅᑐᐃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᒋᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓕᑦᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᔪᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒍᑎᒋᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ...ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᑕᐅᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᒃᑰᕐᕕᐅᖃᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓛᕐᕕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑑᑎᖃᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᒥ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᓯᑐᖃᕇᓐᓇᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ”. − ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᓯᐅᑦᓴᒃ, ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖓᑦ. ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᒪᓂᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᖃᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ, ᐆᒪᔪᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᖁᔭᓕᖕᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ Created by Fuse Consulting Ltd. ᐅᖓᑕᓃᓕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ 10 ᐊᕐᕋᒍᓂᒃ.

“I always wanted a swing blade knife again. But would tell myself it’s a bit too expensive, so I would just end up buying some stuff for the kids. Then CBMN pulled my name and got the knife I wanted.

Thanks to CBMN too!”

“Harvesters were happy with the program. The visa gift cards sure helped a lot of us when in need of food or hunting supplies.”

Kitikmeot harvester.

December 2021.

Kivalliq harvester.

Posted on Facebook. 2021.

“ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥᒃ. ᓂᐅᕕᕈᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ ᕖᓴ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᑎᒍᑦ ᓂᕿᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓲᑎᓄᑦ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᓄᑦ.”

“ᐅᒃᑯᑕᖅᑐᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᓴᕕᖕᒥᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᒐᓛᑦᑐᖅ, ᓂᐅᕕᖔᓕᖅᓱᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ. ᐊᓱᐃᓛᒃ CBMN−ᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒧᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑎᕋ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᕕᑦᑖᖅᓱᖓ ᐱᔪᒪᖃᑦᑕᑕᓐᓂᒃ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᕈᒪᒻᒥᔭᒃᑲ CBMN!”

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2021.

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. 2021.

Benefits to Participating Harvesters As of December 2021, there are more than 50 harvesters from seven Nunavut communities collecting data on a regular basis. The CBMN approach recognizes harvesters as subject matter experts, working alongside existing traditional monitoring systems.

Participation in the CBMN is voluntary, but the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board uses an incentive system to encourage harvesters to engage with the program. For example, gas incentives and recognition awards acknowledge the contributions that participating harvesters are making to the program. Data collection also earns participants entries into annual grand prize draws for up to $15,000 towards a new snowmobile, ATV, or outboard motor.

“From what I have been told by a lot of the guys is that they have not spent too much money on gas when they have started with CBMN… more food on table because they had more gas and also spend less money on gas so more storebought food also.”

ᐃᑲᔫᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ

Kivalliq harvester.

December 2021.

“ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓯᒪᒋᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᒑᓯᒧᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕᓂᒃ CBMN.... ᓂᖀᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᒑᓯᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᒑᓯᒧᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓕᕐᒥᔪᑦ.”

ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2021-ᒥ, ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 50 ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ 7-ᓃᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ. CBMN ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᒍᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᕐᔪᐊᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ, ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2021.

ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔪᓯᕐᓂᒃ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᖅ CBMN−ᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ

“Thanks to CBMN for my new rifle strap!

Looks good on the new Tikka!”

ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔪᒐᖅᓴᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᖏᖅᓴᐅᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᒍᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ

Kitikmeot harvester.

Posted on Facebook. 2019.

ᓲᕐᓗ, ᒑᓯᑖᕈᑎᒃᓴᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᒍᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ.

“ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ CBMN ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᖁᑭᐅᒻᒧᑦ ᓇᖕᒪᐅᑕᖃᓕᕋᒪ! ᐱᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᓄᑖᒥ ᑎᒃᑲ!”

ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᒍᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. 2019.

ᓵᓚᒃᓴᐅᓯᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᒧᑦ ᐊᒧᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ $15,000− ᒨᖓᔪᒥᒃ ᑐᕌᖓᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔮᓐᓂᒃ, ᓯᑕᒪᓕᒻᒥᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᒥᐊᖅᓯᐅᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑏᑦ.

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“CBMN translates knowledge into quantities and could strengthen submissions from communities and Hunters and Trappers Organizations in formal management processes.”

Strategic Planning participant. 2019.

“CBMN ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕆᕙᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᕐᖓᑎᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ.” ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᓂᕐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. 2019.

“The CBMN occupies a unique place at several crossroads: of modern technology and traditional practice; of bureaucracy and self-governance; and of Western science and Indigenous knowledge”.

Claudia Geib As published in MongaBay, October 2020.

“CBMN ᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓂ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᓂ: ᐅᓪᓗᒥᓯᐅᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᕐᕆᐅᑏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ; ᒐᕙᒪᓕᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ”. ᑲᓛᑎᐊ ᒐᐃᑉ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒫᖓᕙᐃ, ᐆᑦᑑᑉᐱᕆ 2020.

“I’m at this workshop…on ice-breaking and Dolphin-Union caribou migration and hunting... the Cambridge Bay CBMN data is the best data that exists of precise harvester locations by month on the sea ice: it kind of stole the show.”

CBMN Contractor. 2019.

“ᑕᕝᕙᓃᑦᑐᖓ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᕐᒥᒃ... ᓯᑯᐃᖃᑦᑕᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ Dolphin-Union ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥᒍᑦ ᓄᒃᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᒧᓪᓗ... ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑦᑎᐊ CBMN ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓕᒫᓂ ᓇᓕᖅᑯᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᓇᒦᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᖅᑭᕐᒥ ᓯᑯᒥ: ᔭᒐᑎᑦᓯᒐᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᔪᒥᒃ.”

CBMN ᑳᓐᑐᓛᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. 2019.

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Benefits to Participating Communities The CBMN represents a huge storehouse of knowledge, facilitates access to realtime data, and gives decision-making bodies up-to-date information directly from those that spend the most time on the land. Communities have access to their own data, which can be used to address local wildlife issues. The CBMN seeks to improve communication between communities, regions, government, and other wildlife management agencies. This promotes stewardship and collaborative management by:

ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ CBMN ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑑᑎᓕᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᒪᑐᐃᖅᓯᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᙳᑎᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᑐᕋᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙵᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐊᖅᓯᒪᒐᔪᑦᑐᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᓖᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓇᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓱᐃᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. CBMN ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᓯᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᒍᑎᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ, ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᓃᑦ, ᒐᕙᒪᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᑦᓯᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᑯᑎᒎᓇ: •

Improving understanding of key management and conservation concerns from the communities;

ᑐᑭᓯᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔾᔪᑎᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᖑᐊᑎᑦᑎᑦᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ;

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Increasing knowledgesharing across levels of wildlife management in Nunavut;

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᓂᒃ− ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕆᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒨᖓᔪᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ;

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Providing participating communities with a greater role in managing of their local resources; and

ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᕋᑦᓴᓂᒃ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ

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Providing data that could be used to address issues regarding compensation claims, harvesting rights, land-use planning, and development.

ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓲᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᓄᑦ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ, ᓄᓇᒥᒃ− ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ.

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The ten species most frequently documented by harvesters participating in the CBMN. The larger sections represent species with more records in the CBMN database.

Cambridge Bay recorded the most muskox of any community. Their harvest and observation records represent 16% of those in the CBMN database from all communities combined.

ᖁᓕᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓚᐃᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ CBMN−ᒥ. ᐊᖏᔫᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔭᐅᒃᑲᓂᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᓕᒃ CBMN ᓄᐊᑕᒥᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᖓᓂ.

Clyde River participants documented the most ringed seals harvests of all CBMN communities.

Nearly half of their harvest records were ringed seals. ᑲᖏᕐᖢᒑᐱᒡᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᐹᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᓂᕐᒥᒃ CBMN ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓂᒃ. ᐊᕝᕙᖏᑕ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᖅᑐᒥᓂᐅᓂᕐᒨᖓᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ.

ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑦᑎᐊᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅᐸᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓇᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂ. ᐆᒪᔪᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔭᖏᓪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔭᐅᔪᓂ 16%-ᖏᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ CBMN ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ Kugaaruk has contributed ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. over 12% of the total narwhal

Ptarmigan is the official bird of Nunavut and can be found across the entire territory. Participating harvesters in nine communities have contributed data on harvest or observation of ptarmigan. ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᕆᔭᖅ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓂᓕᒫᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ 9-ᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓂᒃ.

ᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ 5%- ᒐᓚᒋᔭᖓ CBMN ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓕᒫᓂ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓗ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᒻᒨᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᓕᕆᓂᖅᐹᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ.

Caribou were the most documented species in our top ten list, representing over 21% of all harvest and observation records. Caribou records make up over 57% of the total number of harvest and observation records from Baker Lake. ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅᐸᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂ ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᓂ ᖁᓕᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ, 21% ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᑐᑦᑐᑦ 57% ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᒥᒃ.

Fish were the species with the second highest number of records in our top ten list. Sanikiluaq caught a lot of fish: over 25% of the total fish records came from the community ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓂ ᑐᒡᓕᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᖁᑦᓯᓂᖅᐹᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᖁᓕᓂ ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᖁᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖃᑦᑕᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ: ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 25% ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᒻᒦᙶᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ.

records in the CBMN database. ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ 12% ᑲᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑐᒑᓖᑦ/ ᐊᓪᓚᙳᐊᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂ CBMN ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᒻᒧᑦ.

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Red and Arctic fox records make up nearly 5% of all CBMN harvest and observation data. The communities with the most fox records are Cambridge Bay, Arviat, and Naujaat.

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Participating Kugluktuk harvesters have made sure that moose are well represented in the CBMN database. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᕙᑦ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᖃᑕᐅᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ CBMN ᓄᐊᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᒻᒧᑦ.

Arviat participated in the CBMN program from 2012-2015. It still holds the record for the most harvests and observation data with a grand total of 2,864 records. Their top three most harvested animal groups were caribou, fishes, and terrestrial predators, which includes wolves, wolverines, grizzlies, and polar bears. ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ CBMN ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓄᑦ 2012-ᒥᓂᒃ 2015-ᒧᓄᑦ. ᓱᓕ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖅᐹᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔪᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᑲᑎᓕᒫᕐᓗᒋᑦ 2,864 ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ. ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᐃᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᓂᕿᑐᖅᑐᐃᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒪᖅᑯᑦ, ᖃᕝᕖᑦ, ᐊᒃᖤᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓄᐃᑦ.

Naujaat is currently the most active community in the CBMN with 35 participants. So far, harvesters in Naujaat have documented 55 different species, including multiple fish, small mammals, and birds such as an ivory gull, a bald eagle, and a few falcons. ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖅᐹᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᒃ CBMN−ᒥ 35−ᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ, ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᖏᑦ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ 55-ᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᐆᒪᔪᕋᓛᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᑦ, ᕿᓐᓄᐊᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᑦᓰᓐᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᕖᑦ.

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The Top Ten

ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦ ᖁᓖᑦ

These pages present the Top 10 most documented species by participating CBMN harvesters over the last decade.

We did not break the data down to account for differences between regions or between communities, or to reflect changes in availability of some species over time. Instead, we are letting participating harvesters tell the story for each of these species, using their words and their photos.

The quotes and photographs included in this section are contributions made by program participants to the CBMN database.

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᑉᐱᒐᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᔪᑦ ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐹᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖅᐹᓂᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᒃᑯᑦ CBMN ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ. ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᙱᑕᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᓐᓂᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕐᓂᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᑲᙵᓂᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᓕ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᓅᖓᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᑐᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᒥᓂᓪᓗ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᒐᐃᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᕝᕗᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ CBMN ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕕᖓᓄᑦ.

Kugaaruk, Arviat, and Cambridge Bay are the only communities with recorded grizzly bear harvest. ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ, ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᑦᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᑐᐊᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒃᖤᒃᑐᒥᓂᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ.

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Caribou ᑐᑦᑐ

“My father used to tell me when he was a boy he grew up with his grandparents. In the spring and summer, the caribou herd would pass through their camp at the mouth of Qikiqtaujaq. One day before bedtime they started hearing rumbling sound in the ground and the earth seemed to shake. His grandfather told him to go ahead and try to sleep. He fell asleep and woke up to the sound of a lot of rattling and he was the only one in bed. He looked out and saw a large herd of caribou going by, traveling east to west. His uncles, aunts and grandfather were amongst the herd choosing which caribou to take down, some were skinning. To the side of the tent were his grandmother and others cutting up meat for nipku and a pot with water heating up to cook caribou. He said that herd went by their camp for three days and nights…”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᐊᑖᑕᒪ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᕙᓚᐅᖅᑖᖓ ᓄᑲᑉᐱᐊᖑᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᓯᐊᒃᑯᒥᓂ/ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᒃᑯᒥᓂ. ᐅᐱᕐᖔᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᓪᓗ, ᑐᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᕆᓃᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒻᒫᖅᓯᒪᕕᒋᔭᖓᒍᑦ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᐅᔭᖅ ᐋᕆᐊᖓᒍᑦ. ᐃᓚᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᓯᖅᑎᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓴᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᕗᓘᒥᕙᓗᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐅᔪᑦᓯᓚᑦᑐᐊᓘᔮᖅᑐᓂ. ᐊᑖᑕᑦᓯᐊᖓᑕ ᓯᓂᒐᓱᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖁᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ. ᓯᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂ ᑐᐸᐅᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᕙᓪᓛᔪᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᖓᔪᑑᓪᓗᓂ. ᐃᑦᓱᐊᕋᒥ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᕆᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ. ᐊᒃᑲᖏᑦ, ᐊᑦᓴᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑖᑕᑦᓯᐊᖓ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᕆᓃᑦ ᕿᓂᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᒥᓇᕆᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᒥᒃ, ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐋᒃᑐᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᓴᓂᕌᓃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᐱᐅᑉ ᐊᓈᓇᑦᓯᐊᖓ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᓂᒃᑯᓕᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃ ᐆᓇᖅᓯᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐆᔪᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᑦᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᕆᓃᑦ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᒎᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᒻᒫᖅᓯᒪᕕᒋᔭᖓᑕ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓂᓪᓗ...”

“This is how we dry our caribou meat: freshly, out on the land where there is no dust. Known as jerky, we call it nipku in our dialect…. One of our main food sources.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. July 2018.

“ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᒃᑯᓕᐅᓲᖑᔪᒍᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᒥᓂᕐᓂᒃ: ᓄᑖᒥᓂᖅ, ᓅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑕ ᐳᔪᕐᓗᖃᙱᑦᑐᒧᑦ. ᑕᐃᒍᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᓂᑯᑦ, ᑕᐃᓲᕗᓪᓗ ᓂᑉᑯ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᑎᒍ... ᓂᕿᓪᓗᐊᑕᕆᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖓ.” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᔪᓚᐃ 2018.

“Reached the north front of the Qamanirjuaq caribou herd.

This group estimated at 90,000 within a 12-mile radius.”

Kivalliq harvester. April 2012.

“ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐅᐊᖕᓈᑕ ᓯᕗᕌᓄᑦ ᖃᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑐᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ. ᒥᑦᓴᐅᓴᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᕆᓃᑦ 90,000-ᓃᒋᐊᖏᑦ 12-ᒪᐃᓕᓂᒃ ᓯᕕᑐᑎᒋᔪᒥᒃ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ, ᐄᑉᕈ 2012.

“After I put fish net, I went up and I saw maybe about 17 or 18 caribou all together. I’m not a good shooter, I’m not like Clint Eastwood, so I never took any bullets.

Kitikmeot harvester. November 2021.

“ᓄᓗᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᓱᖓ, ᑕᒃᐸᐅᖓᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᒻᒪᖃ 17-18 ᑐᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂᒃ. ᖁᑭᐅᒻᒧᑦ ᖁᑭᖅᓯᔪᓐᓇᓯᐊᖏᓐᓇᒪ, ᑭᓕᓐ ᐄᔅᕗᐊᑦᑎᑑᖏᓐᓇᒪ, ᓴᒃᑯᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᓯᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2021.

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“I’m able to come and chisel a hole through the ice with a chisel and scoop the traditional way and got a couple of fish and hope to catch a couple more.”

“ᐃᓚᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑑᕐᒧᑦ ᑭᓚᐃᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᓯᑯᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᑑᕐᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᐃᔭᕐᓗᒍ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᒪᕐᕉᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᑐᖓ.”

Kitikmeot harvester.

January 2013.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔭᓐᓄᐊᓕ 2013.

“Very hot out today. Couple trout and lots of mosquitoes and black flies.”

Kivalliq harvester. June 2013.

“ᐅᖅᑰᔪᐊᓗᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᖣᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᑦ ᑭᑦᑐᕆᐊᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓇᖐᑦ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔫᓂ 2013.

“Lots of char along the coast now.

Everybody is jigging with jiggers along the ice and everybody is catching them, but we got an open area so we’re catching them in the nets.”

Fish ᐃᖃᓗᒃ

Kitikmeot harvester. July 2013

“ᐃᖃᓗᓕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᒫᓐᓇ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᓂ. ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᓴᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓴᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᓯᑯᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓗᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᐅᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᓄᓗᐊᓄᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔪᓚᐃ 2013

“Its cold today. I went to put in nets…

We used to put in nets here in Baker River, now when I try another fish from beside Kellock River. So, I got four, going to check them again tomorrow and take them up tomorrow. I went with my two grandsons; grandsons are lots of help now. Never thought I would have grandsons when I was growing up. Its nice, but its cold, its windy.”

Kitikmeot harvester. March 2019.

“ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᔾᔨᓕᖅᑐᖅ. ᓄᓗᔾᔨᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑲᐅᒐᒪ... ᑕᕝᕗᖓ ᓄᓗᔾᔨᓲᖑᒐᑦᑕ ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᖅ ᑰᖓᓄᑦ, ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᐊᕋᒪ ᐊᓯᐊᓂᒃ ᑭᓪᓛᒃ ᑰᖓᑕ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ, ᓯᑕᒪᕌᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᖓ, ᐊᖃᒍ ᑕᑯᓴᐃᓛᕆᕙᒃᑲ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒧᓗᒋᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᖅᑲᐅᔮᒃᑲ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐃᕐᖑᑖᒃᑲ; ᐃᕐᖑᑖᒃᑲ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᒋᓕᖅᑖᒃᑲ ᒫᓐᓇ. ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᖃᓛᕐᓂᐊᕋᓱᒋᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᙱᑦᑐᖓ. ᓯᓚᑦᓯᐊᖅ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒃᑮᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᐊᓄᕆᓪᓗᓂᓗ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2019.

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Ringed Seal ᓇᑦᓯᖅ

“Lots of seals in the beach, near the nets.

Must have seen 50 seals or more swimming around. Hundreds if not thousands of little cod in shore. In size, really small.

Black water from all the little cod swimming in the gravel pit.”

Kitikmeot harvester. July 2012.

“ᓇᑦᓯᓕᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ, ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓂ ᓄᓗᐊᑦ.

50− ᐅᕙᓪᓚᐃᖅᑲᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᙱᑉᐸᑕ ᓇᑦᓰᑦ ᐃᒫᓃᑦᑐᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᐃᑦ ᕼᐊᓇᓚᖏᓐᓃᖏᑉᐸᑕ ᑕᐅᓴᑎᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐆᒐᕋᓛᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᖓᒍᑦ. ᐊᖏᓂᖏᑦ, ᒥᑭᔫᑎᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᐃᑦ. ᕿᕐᓂᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᒪᖅ ᐆᒐᕋᓚᓄᑦ ᐃᒫᓃᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᑐᐊᐸᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ.”

“I use the skin for mitts, kamiks, ear warmers, anything I can make with it. Also eat the meat, my son loves the taste of it” Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᕿᓯᖏᑦ ᐳᐊᓗᓕᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᖅᑕᒃᑲ, ᑲᒦᑦ, ᓯᐅᑕᐃᓕᓴᑦ, ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᐊᕆᓲᒃᑲ. ᓂᕿᖓᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓂᕆᓲᕆᒻᒥᔭᕋ, ᐃᕐᓂᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᒪᒪᕆᔭᒻᒪᕆᖓ” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔪᓚᐃ 2012.

“I use (ringed seal) to feed my family.

My mother common-law and sisters use it to make clothing. And when a seal is caught in the winter, we share the tinguk (liver) that gives us warmth.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᒥᓇᕆᓲᕋ (ᓇᑦᓯᖅ) ᓂᕆᒃᑲᐅᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓚᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᓈᓇᒐ, ᓄᓕᐊᓱᒐ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᔭᒃᑲ ᕿᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓄᕋᔾᔨᐅᓲᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᑦᓯᖅᑐᖃᕋᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᖑᑦᑐᓲᕆᒻᒥᔭᕗᑦ (ᑎᖑᒃ) ᐅᖅᑰᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ.” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“Shot and harvested one seal, it is a newborn this year.

Natchiaviniq, we call it.”

Kivalliq harvester. June 2012.

“ᖁᑭᖅᓱᒍ ᓇᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ, ᓇᑦᓯᐊᒥᓂᖅ, ᐅᑭᐅᓕᒃ. ᑕᐃᓲᕗᑦ ᓇᑦᓯᐊᕕᓂᖅ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔫᓂ 2012.

“We can get seals, there are open leads. There will be more for tomorrow.”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. December 2015.

“ᓇᑦᓯᒪᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᒍᑦ, ᓇᒡᒍᑎᓂᒃ. ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᓛᕐᒥᔪᖅ.” ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2015.

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Ducks, Geese, and Eggs ᒥᑏᑦ, ᓂᕐᓖᑦ ᒪᓐᓃᓪᓗ

“22 Canadian geese observed. There were about five flocks that flew by. They’re too far for a shot gun - thought we might be able to catch a couple geese, but its a little to windy today.”

“22 ᐅᓗᐊᒍᓪᓖᑦ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑕᒃᑲ. ᑕᓪᓕᒪᐃᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᙵᔪᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᖅᑯᓵᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᖓᓯᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᖃᓕᖅᓯᐅᒻᒧᑦ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᕆᐊᖏᑦ − ᒪᕐᕉᓂᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕐᓕᕋᔭᕆᐊᑦᓴᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᓄᕌᖅᑐᕈᓘᒻᒪᑦ.”

Kitikmeot harvester.

June 2014.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔫᓂ 2014.

“Great day, we got a of couple geese. we’ll have lunch tomorrow.”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. May 2014.

“ᐅᓪᓗᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ, ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕐᓕᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᖃᐅᑉᐸᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᕈᒻᒥᓴᕆᓛᖅᑕᕗᑦ.” ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒪᐃ 2014.

“We’ve harvested 44 birds. Lots of them, lots of geese coming from the south, geese and swans. We have a few swans and a whole bunch of snow geese and Canada geese.”

Kitikmeot harvester. July 2014.

“44-ᓂᒃ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ, ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᑐᓛᔪᑦ, ᓂᕐᓖᑦ ᖁᔾᔪᐃᓪᓗ. ᖁᔾᔪᖃᒐᓛᑦᑐᖅ ᑲᖑᓕᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕐᓖᑦ ᐅᓗᐊᒍᓪᓖᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔪᓚᐃ 2014.

“It was a good ride. Didn’t catch any geese but we got some eggs.

We seen about 35 to 50 geese and about six seals on our trip. Good trip.

We took our little girl out.”

Kitikmeot harvester. June 2014.

“ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᑎᖕᒥᐊᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᒪᓐᓂᑦᑕᒐᓛᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᑕᑯᓯᒪᔪᒍᑦ 35-ᓂᒃ 50−ᓄᑦ ᓂᕐᓕᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᒐᓚᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑦᓯᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᓂᕕᐊᖅᓯᐊᕋᓛᖁᑎᕗᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔫᓂ 2014.

“Caught nine geese.

They flew off quickly”.

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. June 2018.

“9-ᓂᒃ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅᑐᖓ. ᑎᖏᑦᓴᐅᑎᒋᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ”. ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᔫᓂ 2018.

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Muskoxen ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ

“Muskox come in groups.

They mate in the summer to fall August to around October. The males compete by swinging their heads, then head butt. If threatened they form a circle with young ones in the middle”

“ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓲᑦ. ᓄᓕᐊᓲᑦ ᐊᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᑭᐊᑦᓴᒧᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᒡᒍᓯᒥᓂᒃ ᐆᑦᑑᑉᐱᕆᒧᑦ. ᐊᖑᑎᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᓵᓚᒋᐅᑎᒐᓱᐊᓲᑦ ᐃᓕᕿᓴᒫᓚᐅᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᓂᐊᖁᕐᒥᒍᑦ ᐊᐳᖅᑕᐅᑎᓕᖅᓱᑎᒃ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᓐᓇᓱᒋᓕᕋᐃᒐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗᖅᓯᓲᑦ ᕿᑎᐊᓅᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᕐᕋᖏᑦ”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“There’s about 18 muskox by the tent. When they noticed us, they walked away a little bit, but we stopped to see them… There are 5 or 6 calves.

They looked healthy.”

Kivalliq harvester. September 2020.

“18-ᒐᓚᐃᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᐃᑦ ᑐᐱᐅᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ. ᖃᐅᔨᒐᒥᒃ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᓱᐊᕐᔪᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᖓᒻᒧᐊᑦᓱᑎᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᖅᑲᑲᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᓱᒋᑦ.... 5 6-ᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᕐᕋᐃᑦ. ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᖅᑑᔮᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓯᒻᑎᒻᐱᕆ 2020.

“There’s about five muskox just ran over the hill.

There’s an injured bull - probably injured by a predator - it was limping. There s another herd... maybe 6 or 7 more behind us about a 1/4 mile” Kitikmeot harvester. May 2014.

“ᑕᓪᓕᒪᒐᓚᐃᑦ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᕿᒫᔪᑦ ᖃᖅᑲᐅᑉ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ. ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑕᓖᑦ ᐸᖕᓂᕐᒥᒃ− ᐊᓐᓇᐃᔭᒥᓂᖃᐃ − ᑐᓯᐊᑦᑐᖅ. ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᑲᑎᕆᓂᖅᑕᓕᒃ... ᐃᒻᒪᖃ 6 ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 7-ᑲᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᖔᑦᑎᓐᓂ ¼ ᒪᐃᓕᒥᒃ ᐅᖓᓯᓐᓂᓖᑦ” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒪᐃ 2014.

“Group of muskox here, calves, females, bulls and 2 newborn calves here. Only an observation here, maybe someone else will have fresh muskox, but not me today.”

Kivalliq harvester. May 2014.

“ᑲᑎᙵᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃᑕᓕᒃ ᑕᒫᓂ, ᓄᕐᕋᕐᓂᒃ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ, ᐸᖕᓃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᓄᕌᒃ ᐊᓂᕐᖓᓛᒃ ᑕᒫᓂ. ᑕᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒥᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᒥᓂᖅᑐᖅᑐᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐅᕙᖓᐅᙱᑐᕐᓕ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒪᐃ 2014.

“Just came across a herd of muskox, at least 25 or 30 with between 10 and 15 calves, maybe newborn calves. And some wolf tracks heading west.”

Kitikmeot harvester. April 2014.

“ᐊᖅᑯᓵᕆᕋᑖᖅᑐᖓ ᑲᑎᕆᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂᒃ, 25 ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ 30−ᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓃᑦᑐᑦ 10-15 ᓄᕐᕋᐃᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᐊᓂᕐᖓᓛᑦ ᓄᕐᕋᐃᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓄᑦ ᑐᒦᑦ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᖅᐸᓯᒻᒨᖅᑐᒥᓃᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᐄᑉᕈ 2014.

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Ptarmigan ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ

“In my childhood years, my father used to make whistles out of the feathers.

If my father didn’t make me whistles, I wouldn’t have learnt how to whistle.

Mother would use the feathers, the wing, like broom or even use it to take the snow off my father’s winter wear.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᓱᕈᓯᐅᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐊᑖᑕᒐ ᓱᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᙱᐊᕋᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᐊᑖᑕᒪ ᐅᕕᙱᐊᕋᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓴᓐᓇᑎᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᙱᑉᐸᖓ, ᐅᕕᙱᐊᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᒐᔭᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖓ. ᐊᓈᓇᒪ ᓱᓗᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ, ᐃᓴᕈᐃᑦ, ᓴᓂᐅᑎᓕᐊᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᑎᓗᑦᑑᓯᐊᕆᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᓯᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᖏᓐᓄᑦ.”

“Fox were hunting ptarmigan again. The are more around.

There’s more fox around than ptarmigan. A whole lot of them.”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. October 2015.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN

“ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ. ᐊᒥᓲᓕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓂᒃ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᐃᑦ.”

ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᐆᑦᑐᐱᕆ 2015.

“Out toward the coast, they taste different we go hunting to see if they taste different.”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. December 2017.

“ᓯᒡᔭᖅᐸᓯᒻᒥ, ᑎᐱᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᕐᓂᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑎᐱᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒋᙱᒻᒪᖔᒋᑦ.” ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2017.

“Seen hundreds of ptarmigans and a few hawks.”

Kivalliq harvester. May 2012.

“ᐊᒥᓱᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᕿᒡᒋᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑳᔫᓂᒃ.” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒪᐃ 2012.

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Narwhal ᐊᓪᓚᙳᐊᑦ ᑐᒑᓖᑦ

“… when they are being hunted, they stay together.

When being hunted in a pod and they are tired they take turns taking a breath.

For example, if you have a pod trapped in the shallow waters, two of them take a quick few breaths while other three are right under them making sure they are going in deeper water.”

“… ᐱᔭᐅᓇᓱᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑲᑎᙵᓲᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᖃᒐᐃᒐᒥᒃ ᑭᖑᕝᕕᖅᑎᒌᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᓂᖅᓵᖃᑦᑕᓯᓲᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᑲᑎᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᖑᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖃᖅᑲᑦ ᐃᒃᑲᑦᑐᒥ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᕿᓚᒥᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᓂᖅᓵᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᑖᓂᓪᓗᐊᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᑎᓂᖅᓴᒨᕋᓱᐊᓕᖅᓱᑎᒃ.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN

“Inuit legend says that the narwhal came from a lady who had rope tied to her while her son threw the harpoon at beluga and got dragged into the water.

Name is Aktugaaknaak. While she got dragged under water, her hair spiralled that’s how she became Narwhal.”

ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᐊᖓᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑑᒑᓖᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᒦᙶᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᓈᒧᑦ ᕿᑎᐊᒍᑦ ᕿᓚᑦᑕᒥᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐃᕐᓂᖓ ᓇᐅᒃᑭᐊᖅᓱᓂ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓕᑕᐅᓕᖅᓱᓂ ᐃᒫᓄᑦ. ᐊᑎᖓ ᐊᒃᑐᒑᑦᓈᒃ. ᑲᓕᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᒫᓄᑦ, ᓄᔭᖏᑦ ᕿᐱᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑑᒑᓕᙳᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ.” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“Narwhals are shy animals. Their eyes are small, and they are shy of their bodies. Its why we don’t talk about them so much.”

Kitikmeot harvester. April 2017.

“ᑑᒑᓖᑦ ᑲᙳᑦᑕᐃᑦ. ᐃᔨᒃᑭᑐᑯᓗᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᖑᒋᔭᓖᑦ ᑎᒥᒥᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓗᐊᓲᕆᖏᓚᕗᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᐄᑉᕈ 2017.

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“On a windy day, we are steering a bear towards land. A good-looking bear.

We are south of Cape Christian. We are making progress and the hunter is very happy now.”

“ᐊᓄᕌᖅᑐᖅ, ᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᓇᓄᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ. ᓇᓄᑦᓯᐊᕙᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᒃ. ᓂᒋᐊᓃᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᒃᑕᔭᕋᓕᐅᑉ. ᐃᖏᕐᕌᔪᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓇᓐᓄᑦᑐᖅ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ.”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester.

October 2015.

ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᐆᑦᑐᐱᕆ 2015.

“My common law had caught a bear this week and we where fortunate enough to give out meat to everyone that wanted some. I’d like to take a little time to thank all the hunters in Nunavut that give country food out to all that need it may you be blessed with many more bountiful hunts” Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. December 2020.

“ᐊᐃᑉᐸᕋ ᓇᓐᓄᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᕝᕙᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᔪᑦᑎᕆᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒋᙳᐊᑕᖅᓯᓐᓇᓚᐅᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᓂᕿᖓ ᐱᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ. ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᒍᒪᕗᖓ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒥᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓕᖅᑕᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᓕᓐᓄᑦ. ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑯᓯ ᒥᓇᑦᓴᓂᓪᓗᓯ ᐆᒪᔪᕐᓂᐊᑕᑦᓯᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᒐᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ”

Polar Bear ᓇᓄᐃᑦ

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ.ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2020.

“… I have observed three Polar Bears one mother and two cubs the cubs are bigger than the mother by about 1 to 2 ft.”

Kitikmeot harvester. March 2013.

“… ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᓇᓄᕐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑎᖅᑕᓕᒃ ᒪᕐᕉᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓵᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓂᒃ 1-2 ᐃᑎᒐᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2013.

“Two polar bears observed. They were swimming across this way from the other side of town. We came over here to the gravel pit just to make sure that they don’t go to town, to try to keep the community safe.”

Kitikmeot harvester. September 2014.

“ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᓇᓅᒃ ᑕᑯᔮᒃ. ᐳᐃᔾᔪᖅᑑᒃ ᑕᒪᐅᖓ ᑖᕙᖓᑦ ᐊᑭᓪᓕᓃᙶᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᐅᙵᖅᑲᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᑐᐊᐸᑕᕐᕕᖕᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᕌᓕᙱᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᒍ, ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑕᓇᖅᑐᒦᖁᓇᒋᑦ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓯᒻᑎᒻᐱᕆ 2014.

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“Caught three wolves today. Saw six of them, but they’re very fast.

Managed to catch three of them… I tracked them for about thirty miles.”

“ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᕈᖅᑐᖓ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑐᖓ ᐊᕐᕕᓂᓕᓐᓂᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᐊᓗᐃᑦ. ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᙳᑎᒍᓐᓇᖅᓯᓪᓗᖓ ᐊᒪᕈᖅᑲᐅᔭᒃᑲ... ᒪᓕᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᑐᒥᖏᑦ 30 ᒪᐃᓕᒐᓚᓐᓂᒃ.”

Kitikmeot harvester.

December 2012.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2012.

“Harvested a very old wolf, even the canines are worn out” Kivalliq harvester. March 2012.

“ᐊᒪᕈᖅᑐᖓ ᐃᑦᑐᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ, ᐊᓪᓛᑦ ᐃᖅᓯᖅᐸᖏᑦ ᓄᖑᓃᑦ” ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2012.

“I was chasing a wolf, but my gun couldn’t shoot, and I turned back.”

Wolves ᐊᒪᖅᑯᑦ

Kitikmeot harvester. March 2015.

“ᒪᓕᖅᑲᐅᔪᖓ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᒥᒃ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖁᑭᐅᑎᒐ ᖁᑭᕆᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑲᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ, ᐅᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᑲᐅᔪᖓ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2015.

“Took a picture of three arctic wolves.

They’re a long way on the sea ice, new ice that they’re running away on” Kitikmeot harvester. November 2014.

“ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᕆᖅᑲᐅᔪᖓ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓂᒃ. ᑐᕙᖕᒥᒃ ᑖᕙᓂᐊᓘᖅᑐᐃᑦ, ᓯᑯᓕᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᕿᒫᔪᑦ” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2014.

“Caught three wolves from around the muskox carcass that we just caught two days ago. I’m not too sure about my sister, as she was chasing a wolf. It’s getting dark now and going to head back to qamutik and load these three wolves up and head for home.”

Kitikmeot harvester. December 2020.

“ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒃ ᐊᒪᕈᖅᑲᐅᔪᖓ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒥᓂᕐᒦᑦᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᑉᐸᑦᓵᓂ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᓚᐅᖅᑕᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᖃᓄᐃᓕᕐᒪᖔᖅ ᓇᔭᒐ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᑕᕋ, ᒪᓕᖅᑲᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᒥᒃ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᑖᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᒧᑎᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓚᖓᓕᖅᑐᖓ ᐅᓯᓕᐅᑎᔭᖅᑐᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᒪᕈᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᖓ.” ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᑏᓰᒻᐱᕆ 2020.

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“We use the fur for trims on hoods, sleeves, the bottom part of a parka anyway we choose to.”

“ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓲᕗᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᔭᐃᑦ ᓄᐃᓚᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐊᐃᕐᓂ, ᐊᑖᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑎᒋᐅᑉ− ᐊᑐᕈᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᓲᕗᑦ.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“Around the Baker Lake area this was a traditional method of fox trapping. They dug into the ground on a hill, where there is normally less snow, deep enough so that the foxes cannot climb out.

Made in cone shape, layered with rocks.

At ground level is a hole big enough for a fox to fall in. It is covered with raven’s wings so that they are able to flap back up. (They say that raven’s wings work the best as they last longest, seagull wings and other birds’ wings don’t last as long) The bait will be placed on the northwest side, as the northwest is the prevailing wind. When they check them what they see are all these little pairs of eyes.

They’ll use a stick or something long enough with a rope along the stick with a loop at the bottom. They’ll lower it and loop it around the neck of the foxes and pull them up one at a time. They can catch lots of foxes in this manner.”

Foxes ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᖃᒪᓂ’ᑐᐊᖅᐸᓯᒻᒥ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐳᓪᓚᑎᒥ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᓂᐊᕐᓂᖅ. ᐃᑎᖅᓴᓕᐅᖅᑐᑎᒃ ᖃᖅᑲᒥ, ᐊᐳᑎᖃᓗᐊᓲᖑᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ, ᐃᑎᖅᓴᓕᐊᖓ ᐳᖅᑐᔫᒋᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᓐᓇᓂᐊᖏᒻᒪᑕ. ᖁᒻᒧᔫᓪᓗᓂ, ᐊᕙᓗᐊᕈᑦᓯᖅᓱᒍ ᐅᔭᖅᑲᓂᒃ. ᖄᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᑎᔫᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᑎᖅᓴᖅ ᑲᑕᕝᕕᑦᓴᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᒧᑦ. ᐊᕙᑖᓂ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᐃᓴᕈᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᐅᖅᑲᐃᕕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓴᕈᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. (ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓗᒐᐃᑦ ᐃᓴᕈᖏᑦ ᐱᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᒋᐊᖏᑦ ᐊᑕᑯᑖᓐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓕ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᑦ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᙱᓂᖅᓴᖅ ᐊᑕᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ). ᓇᕆᐊᖅ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᑕ ᐱᖓᓐᓇᓄᑦ, ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᑕ ᐱᖓᓐᓈ ᐊᓄᕌᕐᕕᐅᒐᔪᓐᓂᖅᐸᐅᒻᒪᑦ. ᑕᑯᓴᐃᔭᐅᒐᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᔨᕋᓚᐅᑎᕈᓗᐃᑦ. ᕿᔪᑯᑖᒥᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᓱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᑭᔪᒥᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᓈᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᕿᔪᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᐊ ᓄᕐᓗᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ. ᑕᕝᕗᖓᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᕿᔪᑯᑖᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕐᓗᐊᓄᑦ ᖁᖓᓯᖓᒍᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓈᖅᑎᖅᑐᒋᑦ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᑦ. ᐊᒥᓱᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ.” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

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More Wildlife

ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᒃᑲᓐᓃᑦ

Some of the species that were not among the most documented by CBMN participants are also important food sources, like beluga, walrus, moose, and shellfish. Documenting observations of predators, like grizzly bears and wolverines, is important because of safety concerns, the damage they can cause to property, and the impact they can have on caribou.

ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ CBMN ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᓂᕿᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᕿᓚᓗᒐᐃᑦ, ᐊᐃᕖᑦ, ᑐᑦᑐᕙᐃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᐅᓈᓖᑦ. ᑎᑎᕋᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᑦᓴᓯᐅᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᒃᖤᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᕝᕖᑦ, ᐱᖕᒪᕆᐅᒍᑎᓖᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ, ᓱᕋᐃᒍᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑖᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᓂᒃ.

“We tracked caribou, saw them down the hill. They were being chased from this 8’ 2” grizzly. Most scariest hunting trip for me!”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᕿᓐᓂᖅᓱᕆᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᑕ ᐸᕗᖕᓈᑦ ᓱᓕ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ, ᐱᑕᖃᙱᑦᑐᑦ. ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓄᑦ ᓂᖃᒥᓃᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᖃᕝᕕᖕᒧᑦ, ᐊᒪᖅᑯᓄᑦ, ᑎᕆᒐᓐᓂᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᒃᖤᒧᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᖃ ᓇᓄᕐᒧᑦ ᓯᑎᒥᓅᓚᐅᙱᓂᕐᒥᓂ” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“Today was a tragic loss nearly lost my dad half of our hunting equipment plus our skidoo sunk dew to thin ice just minutes after harvesting the walrus thanks to other hunters we were able to go home.”

“We were on our way to go see if our caribou cache was still available, which it isn’t. Wildlife ate it, possibly a wolverine, wolves, fox or a grizzly, maybe a bear before going into hibernation”

Qikiqtaaluk harvester. March 2021.

“ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᙱᑐᒃᑰᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᑖᑕᐃᑲᓴᑦᑐᖓ ᐊᕝᕙᖏᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓲᑎᕗᑦ ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᕗᓪᓗ ᑭᕕᔪᑦ ᓵᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓯᑯ ᐊᐃᕝᕙᕋᑖᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑐᖅ. ᖁᔭᒋᕙᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕈᓐᓇᖅᑲᐅᒐᑦᑕ.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᑐᒥᓯᖅᑲᐅᔪᒍᑦ ᑐᑦᑐᓄᑦ, ᑕᑯᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᖅᑲᒦᑦᓱᑕ ᐊᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᕿᒫᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ 8’ 2” ᐊᒃᖤᒧᑦ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᓂᓕᒫᓐᓂ!”

ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒻᒥ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᒫᑦᓯ 2021.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

“I was chased by an angry wolverine before. You see, I missed 3 shots and it noticed I didn’t do it right, so it started chasing me. I sped with my snowmobile.”

Shared on the Nunavut CBMN Facebook group. November 2020.

“ᕿᒫᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒪ ᓂᙵᐅᒪᔪᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᒃᖤᒧᑦ. ᐃᒫᒃ, ᖁᑭᕆᐊᖅᓱᒍ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᖅᑐᖓ ᑲᓴᓐᓇᒍ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒐᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅ ᐱᙱᑦᑐᖓ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃ ᕿᒫᑎᑦᓯᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᙲᒃᑭᑕᐅᓴᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖓ ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ.” ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ CBMN ᕙᐃᔅᐳᒃᑯᑦ. ᓅᕙᐃᒻᕙ 2020.

Community-Based Monitoring Network | ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᑎᖅᓱᐊᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ

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Looking Ahead

ᓯᕗᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ

In 2021, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board partnered with SMART Conservation to roll out a new way of collecting and managing CBMN data.

2021-ᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᓕᕐᒪᑕ SMART ᓄᖑᐊᑎᑦᓯᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᖅ CBMN ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

SMART stands for Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool. Since its beginning in 2011, SMART has been used in wildlife research, conservation, and management in more than 70 countries. The customized app allows participating harvesters to record their travel routes, harvests, and observations quickly and easily while they are on the land.

Behind the scenes, data security, management, and access through the SMART servers is top of the line. This means that the CBMN data is ready to apply in wildlife management initiatives by communities, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, or other comanagement partners.

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SMART ᓇᐃᓪᓕᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᓇᑭᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᖅᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎ. ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ 2011-ᒥ, SMART ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᓄᖑᐊᑎᑦᓯᑦᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᑦᑐᓄᑦ 70 ᓄᓇᓕᕐᔪᐊᑦ. ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓯᒪᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᑐᕋᑦᓴᓕᐊᖑᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᕕᒋᕙᑦᑕᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᖑᔭᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᒥᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᕿᓚᖕᒥᐅᓂᖅᐹᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑭᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖅᓯᒪᓗᑎᒃ ᓱᓕ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ. ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᕙᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔪᑦ, ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᖅᑏᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔩᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖅ SMART ᑲᓲᒪᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᔪᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓕᒃ CBMN ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓂᒃᑯᑦ.

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Collaboration Following the 2019 Strategic Planning workshops, the CBMN program team had all kinds of big plans. Some of them, like new and improved enrolment forms and extended data collection timelines, were rolled out. Others, such as a harvesters’ gathering and a territory-wide monitoring workshop, have been put on hold as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Nunavut Wildlife Management Board intends to follow through with these initiatives when we are able to gather and celebrate the success of the CBMN and discuss the future of the program.

“I am excited to see what we can do with the data, how it can help out the land and the animals, the people….”

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Roundtable discussions with past and present participants will serve as a true peer review of the data, helping us to interpret what has been contributed over the years.

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A monitoring workshop will identify opportunities for collaboration and initiate partnerships and resource sharing.

Strategic Planning participant. 2019.

“ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑐᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖓ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓄᓇᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ...” ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᒃᓴᑦᓄ ᐸᕐᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ, 2019.

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Together, these initiatives will further the connection between the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the communities it serves. Through meaningful Inuit involvement in knowledge production, the CBMN seeks to build public trust in wildlife co-management decision-making.

2021 | ANNUAL REPORT | ᐊᒡᕌᒍᒧᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ

ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᑦ 2019 ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ, CBMN ᐱᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᔫᑎᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ, ᓄᑖᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᒃᓴᓪᓗ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᕐᕖᑦ ᑕᑕᑎᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᕕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᓐᓂᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᓕᒫᒥ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖅ, ᓄᖅᑲᖓᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᕙᔾᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ-19 ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᖃᓂᒪᓐᓇᖅ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᓇᓱᐊᕈᒪᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒍᓐᓇᖅᓯᒍᑦᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓯᐊᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ CBMN ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᔩᕋᕈᑎᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᖓᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ.

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ᑲᑎᒪᖃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥᒧᑦ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓱᓕᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓕᐅᕆᓂᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᖄᖏᖅᑐᓂ.

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ᓇᐅᑦᓯᑐᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᕋᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓗᑕ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᒐᑦᓴ ᑲᓲᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᔨᑦᓯᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᒪᖃᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓯᓂᒃᑯᑦ, CBMN ᕿᓂᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒃᓴᒥᒃ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᐅᑉᐱᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᒋᐊᓕᖕᓄᑦ.

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For more information contact: Nunavut Wildlife Management Board PO Box 1379 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 867-975-7300

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅ: ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐆᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖃᐅᑖ 1379 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0H0 867-975-7300

“Eight musk-ox observed. They’re very far away... Been tracking some caribou and wolves but haven’t caught up didn’t get to see any caribou and wolves. Just gonna gas up and head back to the cabin. Good trip just, not enough fuel to roam around, day is becoming night.”

“8 ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᑦ. ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᐊᓗᐃᑦ... ᑐᒥᓂᒃ ᑐᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓂᓪᓗ ᒪᓕᓲᔭᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᙳᑎᓚᐅᙱᑕᕗᑦ ᓱᓕ ᑐᑦᑐᓯᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᒪᕈᕐᓂᓪᓗ. ᐅᖅᓯᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᕐᓗᖓ ᐃᓪᓗᕋᓛᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᖓ. ᓅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔭᕋᓗᐊᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᖅ, ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᓂᒍᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᓐᓄᓕᖅᓱᓂᓪᓗ.”

Kitikmeot harvester. April 2014.

ᕿᑎᕐᒥᐅᓂ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎ. ᐄᑉᕈ 2014.