Cree Offshore Agreement Referendum On June 29 2009, the Negotiator for the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee), Roderick Pachano, the Negotiator for Canada, Guylaine Ross, and the Negotiator for Nunavut, William Mackay, initialled a proposed Agreement between the Crees of Eeyou Istchee and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada concerning the Eeyou Marine Region (the “Agreement”). The referendum vote was held during and after consultations in the Cree communities and in urban centers where there were significant numbers of Crees. The Cree Nation approves the Eeyou Marine Region Agreement Grand Chief CoonCome congratulates the Cree Nation [...]

Eeyou Marine Symposium In collaboration with the Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB), ArcticNet is organizing the 2014 Symposium on Science and Traditional Knowledge in the Eeyou Marine Region to be held in Montreal from 25 to 27 March 2014. Final Report Final Report Program Short program Full program (with abstracts) The major goal of the symposium is to take stock of the state of scientific and traditional environmental knowledge in the Eeyou Marine Region (EMR) to help identify future research priorities within the framework of the Research Fund awarded to the EMRWB. The emphasis will be on the marine [...]