The BQCMB recognizes Honourary Members for their outstanding and exemplary service to the Board and to the range communities.
Albert Thorassie
Sayisi Dene First Nation
Tadoule Lake, MB
2024
Joe Marten, Alternate Member
Fond du Lac Denesųłıné First Nation
Fond du Lac, SK
2024
TimTrottier
Vice-Chair, Administration
2022
Tim Trottier represented the Government of Saskatchewan on the BQCMB since its inception in 1983. Upon his retirement in February 2020, he was the board’s longest-serving member.
Ross Thompson
Executive Director
2022
Ross attended his first BQCMB meeting in 1983 and served in several roles over the years, including member for the Government of Manitoba, Vice-Chair, and Chair. Upon his retirement in 2022, Ross was the BQCMB’s Executive Director.
Daryll Hedman
Vice-Chair, Operations
2021
Daryll Hedman represented the Government of Manitoba on the BQCMB for 18 years. He retired in March, 2020.
Gunther Abrahamson
Secretary-Treasurer
2003
Gunther was one of the architects of the BQCMB and his early efforts are part of the reason this co-management board has existed since 1982. Gunther passed away in 2016, but his memory lives on in those who knew him and in the scholarship that bears his name, the Gunther Abrahamson Caribou Research and Management Award.