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.
Doug Larsen
Government of Yukon
Doug Larsen is the Chief of Wildlife Management for the Yukon Government Department of Environment. He has worked for Government of Yukon since 1978, where he began his career as a moose biologist. Prior to his government work, Doug spent time in the Arctic working for the University of Alaska and the Canadian Wildlife Service. He has helped with studies on muskox and ringed seals, and worked on Herschel Island in the mid-1970s studying polar bears.
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 works for the territorial government as regional airport manager for the Tuktoyaktuk Region. He is currently serving on the Board of Governors for Aurora College. 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. Ernest has almost 40 years of combined service with the federal and territorial governments.
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.