About the board

The BQCMB was created to help manage two caribou herds whose migratory routes straddle two territories, two provinces, and four different native cultures. The board consists of 14 members, including a chairman and vice chairman. Appropriately, since the main purpose of the board is to safeguard the caribou herds in the interest of aboriginal people who have traditionally relied upon caribou, the majority of board members represent aboriginal communities.

CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE The BQCMB of 2007-2008. (Seated, left to right): August Enzoe, Jerome Denechezhe, Laurent Angalik, Thomas Elytook. (Middle row, left to right): Deb Johnson, Daryll Hedman, Albert Thorassie, Dennis Larocque, Carl McLean, Dan Shewchuk and alternate Joe Martin. (Back row, left to right): Earl Evans, secretary-treasurer Ross Thompson, Tim Trottier and George Tsannie. Missing: alternates Billy Shott and Pierre Robillard. Photo by Karen Hunter

• two members from communities in the southern Kivalliq (Keewatin) Region of Nunavut 
• one Dene member from a community in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories 
• one Métis member from a community in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories 
• three members from communities in northern Saskatchewan 
• two members from communities in northern Manitoba
• a senior official from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada 
• a senior official from Manitoba Conservation, Government of Manitoba 
• a senior official from Saskatchewan Environment, Government of Saskatchewan 
• a senior official from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Government of Northwest Territories 
• a senior official from the Department of Environment, Nunavut.

The BQCMB retains a part-time secretary-treasurer. The board meets twice a year: once in a caribou-range community, and once in a central location. The next meeting takes place May 6-8, 2008 in Fort Smith, NWT.

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