UINR Partners with Parks Canada on Eel Study

June 16, 2009News, Partnerships

The Unama’ki Institute for Natural Resources (UINR) is working with Parks Canada to study the population of American eel in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Throughout June UINR staff will catch, measure, and release elvers (young eels) as they enter the rivers and brooks between Ingonish Beach and Neil’s Harbour. The project is looking at … Read More

Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited

June 15, 2009News

UINR’s Intergovernmental Relations and Partnership Advisor Laurie Suitor was a presenter at Café Scientifique on the topic “Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited?” The panel discussion took place June 11 at the Just Us! Café, 5896 Spring Garden Road  in Halifax. Laurie joined a small panel of experts who presented, discussed and conversed with … Read More

UINR on Facebook and Twitter

May 4, 2009News

Keep up-to-date on activities and news from UINR by joining our Facebook site. Go to Facebook and search for UINR and join. It will keep you in touch with job opportunities and give you all the news in Mi’kmaq natural resource stewardship, management and research. It would be tweet if you started following us at … Read More

Ten Years!

May 3, 2009News

On July 20th,1999, Chiefs Terry Paul, Allison Bernard, Morley Googoo, Mary Louise Bernard and Lindsay Marshall put their signatures to the official documents of the association that would grow into the vibrant organization UINR is today. In a special issue of the UINR MARTEN we look back over the past 10 years and collect up … Read More