Sustainability Background

Integrated Arctic Corridors Report

As a consultant to Ducks Unlimited and the Pew Charitable Trust, Erin wrote an innovative policy proposal for creating co-governed voluntary shipping corridors throughout the Canadian Arctic that integrate safety, ecological protections and Inuit rights.

The Government of Canada adopted this model, resulting in the Low Impact Shipping Corridors initiative.

Subsequent advocacy and implementation included a partnership with the Aiviiq Hunters and Trappers Association (Coral Harbour, Nuanvut) to secure re-routing of a primary shipping lane away from critical walrus habitat and local hunting grounds.

Sustainability Background

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Land and Responsibility

Wherever possible, Ishka Consulting operates within the Indigenous governance framework in which a project takes place.

Erin’s experience, understanding and approach was shaped over time working closely with Inuit throughout Inuit Nunaat and by early career experiences with the Heiltsuk Nation and the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance on the West Coast. A seventh generation Canadian, Erin’s early teachers were the animals and plants of Algonquin Anishinabe Aki in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. She is committed to deepening her relationships with the communities, practices, and philosophies of the places she loves so much and calls home.