Visiting Malikewe’j (Malagawatch) for the first time, people often describe a sense of peace and well-being that comes over them as they enter the Mi’kmaq community on the shores of the Bras d’Or Lakes. Mala, as it is affectionately known to the Cape Breton Mi’kmaq who share it, is off the beaten track, and its … Read More
UINR’s Shelley Denny, Angela Denny and Tyson Paul are attending the 2014 Annual Conference of the American Fisheries Society in Quebec City on August 17 to 21. They are presenting our poster Managing for Seven Generations: Mi’kmaq Knowledge, Eels and the Bras d’Or Lakes during the poster presentation reception on Monday from 6:00 to 8:30 … Read More
If you were a Mi’kmaq teenager, what could be better than to spend a week this summer on the Bras d’Or Lakes? How about reconnecting with nature, learning all about natural resources and traditional Mi’kmaq values and practices? For the next week that is exactly what is happening at Nikani Awtiken, a summer camp for … Read More
Charlie Dennis’ Oyster Garden–Chapel Island Mission Last August I received a call from my close friend Noel J. Gould saying he had a story he wanted to share with me. I think it’s very important to share it now because of events that have taken place. Noel had grave concerns about the conditions on Chapel … Read More
UINR welcomes Pie’l Lalo Paul as Project Coordinator for our new Climate Change Adaptation Project. Pie’l is working with our communities to help develop a modeling tool to assess the vulnerability of community lands and infrastructure to the impacts of climate change such as sea level rise and increased storm surge events. “I’m grateful for the … Read More
The Spring issue of UINR Marten is available now as a free download. It’s been a busy year so far and we have a lot of new projects on the go. It’s the Year of the Moose at UINR and this issue features information on two new videos and two new books that we just … Read More
Join us on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:00 am at Membertou Heritage Park as we premiere two new videos on moose. Our Rightful Place is a documentary on the efforts to establish traditional Mi’kmaq management of moose in Unama’ki. Tiam’s Promise is a new video on the Mi’kmaq legend of the first moose. Featuring illustrations … Read More
UINR released two new books on the importance of moose to the Mi’kmaq people at Membertou’s Heritage Park on Tuesday May 27. “Tiam:This is our Story” is a children’s book written in English and Mi’kmaq that tells the story of moose in Unama’ki from the appearance of the first “spirit” moose to the present … Read More
Many people use the first sighting of a crocus or the sound of spring peepers as their first sign of Spring. At UINR it’s the return of our smolt wheel to Middle River! UINR is continuing our research on Atlantic salmon populations. The smolt wheel, which looks like a giant funnel on its side, collects … Read More
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are endangered in Nova Scotia and are found in only three areas in Unama’ki. One area where they are found is in the East Bay Hills, the site of a proposed wind power project that would see 31 generators constructed. UINR has been conducting a lynx monitoring program to determine if … Read More
