Episode 2: Dialogue with Tommy Palliser of the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board

Описание: In this co-management conversation I am talking with Guest, Tommy Palliser. Tommy is an inspirational leader in Inukjuak, Nunavik, Quebec. Tommy is the Executive Director of the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board.

1. Tommy Palliser discusses his background, born in Moose Factory and raised in Inukjuak, and his shift from business management and economic development to wildlife management.
2. He highlights the challenges in transitioning from business projects to wildlife management, particularly Beluga management, and working with hunters, government officials, and researchers.
3. Tommy mentions a new management plan with a five-year timeline, aimed at addressing quota systems across the region and balancing hunting needs with conservation.
4. He describes the unique challenges posed by overlapping jurisdictions, DFO management styles, and community disputes arising from quota allocations in the Hudson Bay area.
5. Emphasis on the importance of community collaboration, reflecting a supportive environment and shift from previous tensions.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
2:30 - Discussion about the complexities of managing Beluga harvesting across communities
12:54 - What is the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board
35:47 - Hudson Bay Company Story
46:18 - Distinction between vary and rejection
49:03 - Reflection on recent documentary filming with elders about polar bear knowledge

For more information on the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board in Inuktitut please visit:
   • Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board  

The NMRWB is at https://nmrwb.ca

For some academic and open-access content that Tommy Palliser has collaborated on enjoy these two publications.

Little, M., Winters, N., Achouba, A., Magesky, A., Ayotte, P., Palliser, T., Naylor, A., Jararuse, W., & Lemire, M. (2023). Weaving together Inuit knowledge and western science: a mixed-methods case study of qilalugaq (beluga whale) in Quaqtaq, Nunavik. Arctic Science, 9(3), 616–634. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0039

Breton-Honeyman, K., Huntington, H. P., Basterfield, M., Campbell, K., Dicker, J., Gray, T., Jakobsen, A. E. R., Jean-Gagnon, F., Lee, D., Laing, R., Loseto, L., McCarney, P., Noksana Jr, J., Palliser, T., Ruben, L., Tartak, C., Townley, J., & Zdor, E. (2021). Beluga whale stewardship and collaborative research practices among Indigenous peoples in the Arctic. Polar Research, 40. https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v40.5522