OFFICERS
Earl Evans
Chair
Earl Evans has lived and worked in the Fort Smith, NWT area his entire life. He has an extensive background in hunting and trapping and is working hard to keep alive many of the traditional ways by passing on knowledge to the young people of his region. He has represented the communities in the South Slave region (Northwest Territory Métis Nation, Fort Smith) on the BQCMB since 2003.
Matthew Tokaruk
Vice-Chair, Operations
Matthew Tokaruk is a Wildlife Ecologist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, based in Prince Albert. He was appointed to represent the Government of Saskatchewan on the BQCMB in 2021, and appointed to serve as Vice-Chair, Operations in 2024.
Joanie Kennah
Vice-Chair, Administration
Joanie Kennah is a Regional Wildlife Manager with the Government of Manitoba, based in Thompson. She served as an alternate member for BQCMB from 2022-2025, and was appointed as a full member and as Vice-Chair, Administration, in 2025.
Tina Giroux-Robillard
Executive Director
Tina Giroux-Robillard has worked with First Nation communities as a wildlife biologist, regulatory officer, policy analyst, and advocate for over 15 years. She is the first woman and first Indigenous person to serve as the BQCMB’s Executive Director. She lives near Paddockwood, SK.
MEMBERS
| Board Member | Representing | Year Appointed |
| Erik Allain |
CanadaGovernment of Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Iqaluit) |
2014 |
| Atuat J. Shouldice – Alternate | Government of Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Rankin Inlet) | 2020 |
Nunavut |
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| Mitch Campbell | Government of Nunavut (Department of Environment, Arviat) | 1999 |
| Alternate – Vacant | ||
| Stanley Adjuk | Inuit of the Kivalliq region (Kivalliq Wildlife Board, Whale Cove) | 2019 |
| Alex Ishalook | Inuit of the Kivalliq region (Kivalliq Wildlife Board, Arviat) | 2023 |
Manitoba |
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| Joanie Kennah | Government of Manitoba (Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources, Thompson) | 2022 |
| Alternate – vacant | Government of Manitoba | |
| Vacant | Communities of Northern Manitoba | |
| Alternate – Vacant | Ghotelnene K’odtįneh Dene (Sayisi Dene First Nation, Tadoule Lake) | 2017 |
| Napoleon Denechezhe | Ghotelnene K’odtįneh Dene (Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Lac Brochet) | 2014 |
| Joe Danttouze – Alternate | Ghotelnene K’odtįneh Dene (Northlands Denesuline First Nation, Lac Brochet) | 2014 |
Northwest Territories |
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| James Hodson | Government of the Northwest Territories (Environment and Climate Change) | |
| Alternate – Vacant | Government of the Northwest Territories | |
| Earl Evans | Communities in the South Slave region (Northwest Territory Métis Nation, Fort Smith) | 2003 |
| Ken Hudson – Alternate | Communities in the South Slave region (Northwest Territory Métis Nation, Fort Smith) | 2013 |
| Jennifer Jonasson | Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation (Akaitcho Government, Lutsel K’e) | 2021 |
| Doris Enzoe – Alternate | Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation (Akaitcho Government, Lutsel K’e) | 2023 |
| Stephanie Behrens | Tłı̨chǫ Government (Behchokǫ̀, NWT) | 2021 |
| Petter Jacobsen – Alternate | Tłı̨chǫ Government (Behchokǫ̀, NWT) | 2023 |
Saskatchewan |
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| Matthew Tokaruk | Government of Saskatchewan (Ministry of Environment, Prince Albert) | 2021 |
| Katherine Mehl | Government of Saskatchewan (Ministry of Environment, Saskatoon) | 2020 |
| Dennis Larocque | Communities of Northern Saskatchewan (Camsell Portage) | 2006 |
| Peter Gazandlare | Athabasca Denesųłiné (Hatchet Lake Denesųłiné First Nation) | 2023 |
| James Laban | Athabasca Denesųłiné (Black Lake Denesųłiné First Nation) | 2014 |