Environment and Climate Change Canada – Canadian Wildlife Service (ECCC-CWS) and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER) would like to invite you and members of your community or organization to a workshop on the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP)! The sessions will begin with an introduction to the current NAWMP followed by discussion on how the NAWMP can provide value to Indigenous communities as they develop conservation plans and projects. The purpose of the two national workshops is for ECCC-CWS to work with and learn from Indigenous participants to gain a better understanding of how the NAWMP can better support interests of Indigenous communities and organizations in wetland and waterfowl conservation.

ECCC-CWS are looking to identify effective ways to ensure there is Indigenous representation in the NAWMP government structure both nationally and regionally. The final goal of the workshops is for ECCC-CWS to take lessons learned and apply them to the NAWMP following the respectful and meaningful participation of Indigenous communities and organizations.

There are two national sessions; January 30^th, 2024 and February 7^th, 2024. Please register for one of two sessions, but if you are unable to attend for your region you are welcome to attend the other workshop. Please register by January 26^th using the registration links below:

January 30^th, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm ET: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0uceqrqT8oEtFqJGnAVdGcHWK2kMRY5SdA

February 7^th, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm MT: Prairies, Pacific, North

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrce2vrz0sE9GwhNpyF0qd62fF0Izw5nSR

Honoraria is available for elders, knowledge keepers, and hunters/harvesters. There will be French translators at each session and Inuktitut for the second. A graphic recorder will be present at both to create a visual representation of the discussions.

Please contact Kate Hewitt, CIER Project Manager at [email protected] for registration questions or Lisa Bidinosti, ECCC-CWS at [email protected] for NAWMP-specific questions