The Council
Chair
Lindsay Staples
A resident of Whitehorse, Lindsay Staples serves as the Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope) Chair, and also works as a private consultant. His expertise lies in the fields of natural resource management, socio-economic and environmental impact assessment, and land claims self-government negotiations and implementation. Lindsay has a long-standing interest in the management of the Yukon North Slope and the implementation of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement. He possesses extensive experience in negotiation, facilitation and consensus-based processes involving a broad range of public policy issues.
Members
Danny C. Gordon
Inuvialuit Game Council
Danny Gordon is currently a director of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee. A resident of Aklavik, Danny is an active hunter and trapper and is highly involved in his community.
Rob Florkiewicz
Government of Yukon
Rob Florkiewicz is the Manager of Species Programs in the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the Yukon Government Department of Environment. He began his career in Yukon working on bison and elk and eventually completed his Masters degree on Yukon elk through the University of Alberta. He has worked for the Yukon Government since 1990, where he began his career as a regional biologist working in collaboration with the Kaska Nations in the SE Yukon. He moved to Whitehorse with his family and continued with the regional program on community based management programs. In 2008 he accepted a position in management and was appointed Yukon representative on WMAC(NS) January 2011.
Christian Bucher
Government of Canada
Christian has lived in the Northwest Territories for most of his life. He has worked as a logger, journeyman carpenter and commercial pilot before accepting a position with Parks Canada some 16 years ago. He was the first Site Manager for Tuktut Nogait National Park in Paulatuk before moving to Inuvik where he took on the role of Resource Conservation Manager as well as natural and cultural resources management and protection responsibilities for the three national parks of the Western Arctic. Christian currently lives in Yellowknife where he is on an assignment with the Northern Park Establishment Branch.
Ernest Pokiak
Inuvialuit Game Council
Ernest recently completed 44 years of service for the territorial government in the airports division for the department of transportation, as regional airport manager for the Tuktoyaktuk Region. He is currently serving a term as Councillor for the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk. Born on Banks Island, 80km northwest of Sachs Harbour, Ernest was raised on the land. In previous years, he served as Mayor of Tuktoyaktuk, Chair of the Tuktoyaktuk Education Authority, and as a Director for the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Group. Ernest also worked as a Director of the Community Corporations of Sachs Harbour and Tuktoyaktuk.
Alternates
William Storr
Inuvialuit Game Council
Evelyn Storr
Inuvialuit Game Council
Evelyn – who is currently working for the Hamlet of Aklavik – was born and raised in Aklavik. From 1993-2004, she worked for the Aklavik Housing Association, and has also worked for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation in Inuvik. Evelyn served as the President of the Aklavik Hunters and Trappers Committee and is an active member of the Inuvialuit Investment Board.
Dorothy Cooley
Government of Yukon
Dorothy Cooley works in Dawson City as Regional Biologist for the Yukon Government Department of Environment. She is responsible for coordinating research and wildlife studies conducted by the Yukon Government on the Yukon North Slope. Her current position is partially funded through Inuvialuit Final Agreement implementation funding.