SCAS Fisheries Conference: Virtual Event

Kahnawà:ke will host aquatic and fisheries experts and community members are invited to attend  a virtual conference. Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 22^nd, the Kahnawà:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO), Kanien’keháka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language & Cultural Center (KOR) and Kahnawà:ke Longhouse on the 207 (Longhouse) will be hosting a group of aquatic systems and fisheries experts from across Turtle Island, who will be in the area to attend the Society for Canadian Aquatic Sciences (SCAS) Conference in Tiohtià:ke this week. The group of 35 Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals will visit KOR and the Longhouse and will be escorted on a tour of Kateri Tekakwitha Island between 10 am and 1:30 pm. Their visit will include talks on the history of Kahnawà:ke, the river and the Seaway, to provide important context for the Conference. It will serve to further foster relationships among Indigenous-led aquatic systems researchers from across Turtle Island. All guests will be accompanied by KEPO and/or KOR staff while on the Territory.

The SCAS conference will be held from February 22^nd through  the 25th in Montreal and all Kahnawa’kehró:non are invited to virtually attend the session entitled: ‘Indigenous Fisheries – Knowledge, Science, and Futures.’ This will event is scheduled for Saturday, February 25^th from 8:30am – 5pm and is being led by Indigenous researchers at the forefront of fisheries research in Canada. Attendance is free for community members.

You can contact KEPO if you are interested in virtually attending the session with more information on the special session can be found at: https://www.scas-scsa.ca/Sessions