Alexander Duncan

Why I'm running for the IAGLR Board of Directors

I am interested in running for a second term for the IAGLR Board of Directors because I am excited about this society's future. A lot of behind the scenes work on improving IAGLR has been undertaken by the Board during my tenure as a Student Member. It has been a very rewarding experience and I hope to continue contributing to this process. I am passionate about IAGLR and do not want to leave the Board just quite yet.

Previous Board Experience
I am presently the Canadian student member for IAGLR. I have been involved in a number of other advisory/committee groups. Presently I am member to the Canadian Indigenous Leadership Circle in Research, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation UNDRIP Working Group, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation Elders of Neyaashiinigmiing Committee, and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (UBC) Indigenous Initiatives Committee.

Bio

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Alexander Duncan (Niigaanweywidan - spirit name), a member of the Marten clan, is from the Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation (Neyaashiinigmiing) and the larger Saugeen Ojibway Nation. In 2020, Duncan received an MSc (forestry) from Lakehead University, where he researched Saugeen Ojibway Nation-based ecological knowledge on cisco populations in Lake Huron. As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia in the Center for Indigenous Fisheries, Duncan will contribute to the exploratory 3I Project (Indigenous Inclusion and Input). His research will focus on enhancing collective understanding of Indigenous perspectives of and experiences with sea lamprey and their control in the Great Lakes Basin. This research will also identify research and management priorities as well as best practices to directly guide future work. To date, Duncan has worked extensively with his home community on a series of community-based research initiatives including Together with Giigoonyag, Bima'azh, Fish Stocking Review with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and a Great Lakes Fishery Commission-funded project titled Engaging traditional indigenous knowledge and scientific analysis to examine the role of lake trout in recent declines of lake whitefish. Duncan is a strong advocate for Indigenous Peoples, Treaty and Indigenous rights, and the ethical governance of the fish and waters we all share across Turtle Island.