Now serving as the Chiefs of Ontario’s Regional Climate Change Coordinator, Trapper is curious about any progress for that research. “I haven’t seen studies (from De Beers nor Detour Gold),” she said. “We haven’t noticed a decline yet. I’m curious to see what impacts are from (those developments).” Padulo said her trip to Old Crow witnessing the porcupine caribou and learning of the connection it had to the Gwitchin people had a “profound impact” on her and will inform her work at Chiefs of Ontario. Meanwhile, Netro will continue her people’s fight for protection of the porcupine caribou. “We’re at a critical state,” she said. “That’s why I participate. That’s why I say I’m a grandmother and mother, first and foremost. And right now we’re fighting for the well-being of future generations.” References https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/ technology/science/article-across-canada- caribou-are-on-the-edge-of-extinction-a- prominent/ https://www.vgfn.ca/caribou.php http://cossaroagency.ca/wp-content/ uploads/2017/06/Accessible_COSSARO- evaluation-Caribou-Boreal.pdf https://www.ontario.ca/page/ caribou-eastern-migratory-population https://www.thestar.com/news/ canada/2017/10/16/yukon-first-nation- wants-trudeau-to-help-stop-us-oil-drilling- in-arctic-caribou-habitat.html Anishinabek Educational Institute POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS Registration is free! Contact us today @ 1-800-334-3330 aeipostsecondary.ca *In Partnership with Accredited Ontario Colleges Diploma Native Community Worker Native Early Childhood Education Practical Nursing Social Services Worker Certificate Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder First Nation Child Welfare Advocate Pre-Health Sciences Personal Support Worker SUMMER/WINTER 2018/19 – Chiefs of Ontario Advocate magazine l 61