Jean Polfus

None of us would be here without the work of our predecessors and colleagues. Please take a few minutes to read about some of our friends and mentors who have passed on in recent years. “On the Shoulders of Giants” is downstairs near the Endeavor room.

I am so grateful to help start some of the tough discussions we need to have on renaming caribou populations and subspecies. @nacw_auc_2023

Excited for this morning's plenary in Bridging Indigenous and Western Knowledge in Ungulate Management! #NACWAUC2023

Excellent talk by Jean Polfus is a fitting follow-up to today's plenary. Time to rethink eponymous caribou names with racist legacies. Uplifting Indigenous Knowledges through in-depth language work and revitalization is a key step #NACWAUC2023

10/ Landscapes that work for caribou are secure In 2020, a landmark Partnership Agreement was signed between BC, CAN, and the Nations. The agreement protects nearly 8,000 sq.km of caribou habitat. Over 80% of Klinse-Za is protected, up from <2%.

9/ Tripling in a decade. These Indigenous-led recovery actions stimulated unprecedented population growth, with the herd tripling in under a decade. 114 as of last week, up from only 38 in 2013 🎉🎉. This isn't it though, there's more good news. About habitat and stewardship 🌱

11/ Why did caribou thrive here but not elsewhere? Many aspects: multiple recovery efforts is helpful, do all you can. Indigenous-led conservation mobilized a group of people who loved the land, caribou, and their communities, who exercised their rights. Collaboration was key.

17/ Infographic of the work I will create another thread to celebrate this work of art, co-produced by @kate_sciart @FuseKnowledge and Saulteau First Nations artist, Brandon Cameron. But wanted you to see it here too!

This is the most important work of my career & why I'm hopeful for the future Southern mtn caribou are endangered & could be lost in our generation. Not accepting that fate, 2 First Nations began an ambitious recovery effort & did the impossible Thread👇 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea…

A few days ago on a snowy November afternoon I visited an old haunt in the South Purcell Mtns. A place where you could almost always find caribou sign in the early winter. Extinction is silent. A thread on caribou, extinction, loss, and hope (1 of many). Photo: Art Twomey

@commnatural @ashadevos @eaweinberg Castleden et al. 2012 “I spent the first year drinking tea”: Exploring Canadian university researchers' perspectives on community‐based participatory research involving Indigenous peoples - might be a good one, though I haven't read it for a while.

Twitter lovelies! I’m looking for publications that show that #inclusive, #nonparachute conservation works, and works better, than parachutey, non-inclusive conservation and science. If you have a list, it could be based on your own efforts or those of others, please DM me? ❤️ 🌊

I love this story by @JeanPolfus.💚 What spiders can teach us about ecology canadiangeographic.ca/article/what-s…

@SaveWildBees @CanEntomologist Congrats!

Honoured to be the recipient of the @CanEntomologist 2021 C. Gordon Hewitt Award for scientists w/ outstanding contribution to entomology in Canada, & who received their PhD within the preceding 12 years. Thank you to those who wrote up my profile on page 17 here:

@ZoeSTodd I heard you while driving to do errands today and had to stay in my car to hear your entire interview once I reached my destination! I really appreciated how you wove social justice issues into all your answers. 👍

@adamTford Just hopeful I might be able to see my family again sometime this calendar year.

@adamTford But also this when it means that almost my entire extended family over 40 yrs (and a few younger!) have now received both doses! Including my dad who, today, is 2 weeks past his 2nd shot! Yay!

Canada twitter watching US twitter get vaccinated.

@MelanieDickie @SophieLGilbert @RyanKBrook @ABbiodiversity @lfinnegal I really hate it when reindeer are drawn with deer or elk antlers... Grrrrrr.

@JeanPolfus @SophieLGilbert @RyanKBrook @ABbiodiversity @lfinnegal Right?! Just... come on. Only one of the most famous animals of all time but whatever.

@MelanieDickie @SophieLGilbert @RyanKBrook @ABbiodiversity @lfinnegal Well, I have seen caribou antlers without a shovel - though they do need to have the front tines that go over the forehead.

@SophieLGilbert @RyanKBrook @ABbiodiversity @JeanPolfus @lfinnegal Lets get started with how Sven’s antlers are NOT correct! A seemingly minor detail that will forever ruin Frozen for me. Where is his shovel?!

@Aerin_J So sorry Aerin. 😞

Incredibly powerful, must-watch moment. Thank you, @esglaude.