Education Resources and Tools
The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board is committed to providing educational support to help our present and future generations understand the important environmental, cultural and economic roles that caribou play, and especially to help them thrive into the future.
CARIBOU FOR THE FUTURE
You Can Make a Difference – Strengthening Support for Caribou Conservation
With support from WWF-Canada the BQCMB has produced a series of posters, fact sheets, and a video to help to increase public awareness of, and support for, caribou conservation in Canada. These products focus on three themes: Respectful Caribou Harvest, Importance of Harvest Reporting, and Cumulative Effects on Caribou.
resources for youth
Edu-Kit
In support of the BQCMB’s 2023-2032 Caribou Management Plan, the board has produced an activity book for youth in grades 3-5. This 28 page kit answers many caribou-related questions, covers topics such as cultural importance of caribou and caribou adaptations, and contains numerous activities for students to enjoy. Download a copy here or order printed copies for your classroom by sending an email to info@arctic-caribou.com.
Caribou Connections Fund
Each year, the BQCMB channels funds to community-based projects that connect youth with caribou, culture, and the land. Previously known as the “On the Land” Fund, this Fund supports school-aged youth in Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou range communities to gain land-based skills, build caribou knowledge, take part in cultural activities and receive training and education as young harvesters.
In recent years, the BQCMB has granted program funding to schools in Lutsel K’e, NWT; Black Lake, SK; Fond du Lac, SK; Hatchet Lake, SK; Tadoule Lake, MB; and Lac Brochet, MB, and Arviat, NU among others.
View our Caribou Connections Fund page to learn more.
Poster Contests
Between 2017 and 2019 the BQCMB held several poster contests for K-12 students in schools located on the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou range. These contests were part of Phase II of the BQCMB’s “You Can Make a Difference – Caribou for the Future”campaign. Phase I of the campaign included a video, posters and fact sheets on three themes: respectful caribou harvest, the importance of harvest reporting, and cumulative effects on caribou.
The Poster and Prose Contests required students to focus their essays and posters on one of the three themes. BQCMB members judged the contests during regular Board meetings each spring and fall.
POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS
Gunther Abrahamson Caribou Research and Management Award
Applications are being accepted from October 1st to November 15th, 2026.
The Gunther Abrahamson Caribou Research & Management Award was established in 1988 to support post-secondary students pursuing research that advances the management, conservation, and stewardship of barren-ground caribou and their habitat in Canada.
The Award is intended to:
- Support graduate-level research aligned with BQCMB priorities;
- Address identified knowledge gaps related to the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds and their habitat*;
- Strengthen relationships between researchers, northern and Indigenous communities, and the Board;
- Serve as a strategic catalyst to align academic research with applied caribou management needs.
- The Award is not intended to provide full program funding, but rather to act as a supplement that enhances research relevance, impact, and alignment with Board priorities.
The annual award, administered by the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, currently carries a value of up to $10,000 and is open to university or college students studying barren-ground caribou and/or their range in Canada. Preference is given to applicants from a caribou-range community and to those examining the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds and demonstrate alignment with BQCMB research priorities.
*Research priorities:
- Population monitoring and herd dynamics;
- Caribou health research
- Habitat protection and land-use pressures;
- Indigenous knowledge integration;
- Climate and cumulative effects;
- Harvest management;
- Community-based monitoring and stewardship.
Interesting Facts About the Caribou
Discover almost everything you could want to know about barren-ground caribou here on our Quick Facts page. Caribou have a lot of interesting traits and behaviours and we have been studying them for a long time. If you still have questions about something we haven’t covered here, don’t hesitate to send them our way by e-mail.