AAROMS
Aboriginal Aquatic Resource & Oceans Management Programs
For more information, visit pagrao.ca.
The APC works with the following Atlantic AAROM bodies and their member communities:
Atlantic AAROM Directors Meetings
The Atlantic AAROM Directors Meetings are a venue to support AAROM activities and facilitate collaboration between AAROM bodies by providing a forum for regular communication among AAROM Directors and staff, organizing the presentation of ongoing work in different regions, and sharing information about AAROM activities within an AAROM network. The Atlantic AAROM Directors meetings are important to ensure that AAROM Directors have an opportunity to share information, and decide on research, projects and initiatives for coordination and collaboration based on consensus.
Atlantic AAROM Science Symposium
The Annual Atlantic AAROM Science Research Symposium is a platform for the Atlantic AAROMs to discuss their current aquatic research projects, share information, and to provide a networking opportunity for AAROMs to discuss collaboration of future projects. Each year, an AAROM is chosen to host the event.
On November 24th and 26th, 2020, APC hosted the Atlantic AAROM Science Symposium virtually. Each of the AAROMs presented on their current research projects and how they adjusted due to the pandemic restrictions.
Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht will be hosting the next science symposium in 2021.
National AAROM Steering Committee
The Annual National AAROM Meeting is a networking venue to bring together AAROM Directors from across Canada with Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The purpose is to provide a forum for the Directors build partnerships, discuss common challenges, share information, and to strengthen the network of other AAROMs. The meeting is co-designed and co-developed by a Steering Committee of AAROM Directors and DFO’s National Capital Region. APC is one of the members of this committee and continues to provide input to the committee from the perspective as a regional AAROM and provides feedback on the annual National AAROM meeting. This year’s National AAROM Meeting will be a series of virtual sessions in January and February of 2021.
National AAROM Virtual Youth Gathering
On February 11th, 2021, in collaboration with Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), APC hosted the National AAROM Virtual Youth Gathering. The gathering is a forum for Indigenous youth to come together and learn about current or planned initiatives by the AAROM network and to discuss if they meet their career aspirations. The venue is also used to learn what other future initiatives, programs, and/or workshops can help support youth as they pursue education and careers in the fields of fisheries, aquatic resource and oceans science. The gathering included a presentation from DFO on the AAROM program, a panel discussion of youth from across Canada in the field, an oral story on aquatic resources, and oceans management, and breakout sessions for youth to share their own experiences. The final recommendations will be provided to the AAROM network to help inform future AAROM initiatives.
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Indigenous Knowledge Policy Framework Workshop Series Report (March 2022)
The following report is the result of two virtual workshops hosted by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat over the fall and winter of 2021-2022. These workshops provided a venue for Atlantic First Nations in Atlantic Canada to discuss the Government of Canada’s proposed Indigenous Knowledge Policy Framework (IKPF). The report includes summaries of all presentations held over the two workshops including from the Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources, the Indigenous law firm Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, Dr. Deborah McGregor of York University, and the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. The report also captures ’emergent themes’ across the workshop series which include, among other things, more details on how the government’s framework would be implemented.