Editing Preparation Gjoa Haven Workshop (section)

=Polar Bear Landscape Presentation=

After the feast Marsha Brannigan, former wildlife biologist to the Northwest Territories presented on the governmental context within which the BearWatch project had played out. 

This presentation was put on the agenda to sketch a contextual backdrop for the next couple of days. Although the presentation took 90 minutes, Branigan clearly had lots of experience with presenting for community members, and often built in "empty" slides, for people to ask questions or comments.  

The opening evening ended with an invitation to come back the next days. We explained how the next three-day gathering was also part of the research project, and that people would be asked for their informed consent to be part of this research and to be photographed if they would come back over the next three days. We indicated our starting time, and explained the program for the next day: Science-presentations.