CARIBOU AND CULTURE

David Borish is a social and health researcher who uses film and photography to explore and understand relationships between humans and the environment. He has worked with Indigenous communities across the world on storytelling projects, including in Malaysia, Nepal, Peru, and Kenya. More recently, David has been working with Inuit from the Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut regions of Labrador, Canada, to document and communicate their relationship with caribou, all through community-based documentary film. In this presentation, you will hear directly from Inuit voices what caribou mean for Inuit culture, food security, mental health, and other aspects of well-being. David will also discuss what it is like to create a film in partnership with Inuit communities.

Judy Voisey is a cultural foods advisor living in Happy Valley-Goose Bay. She has extensive knowledge about the cultural, nutritional, and emotional aspects of food security.

Jim Howell lives in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Harry Haye lives in Nain.

Dennis Burden lives in Port Hope Simpson.

Andrea Andersen is from Makkovik.

Inuit in Labrador, Canada, share a deep and enduring relationship with caribou for millennia. In recent years, caribou herds have experienced population declines and changes in migration patterns. Compounding this, the Provincial Government issued a total hunting ban on caribou in 2013.