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# GINU

Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding

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## Posts

- [Have You Seen Me?](https://ginu.co/have-you-seen-me/) - GINU is asking for your knowledge on Wood Turtle on our territory. Please contact us with any information you have. Participants will have their name entered into a draw for a gift card.
- [Cumulative Effects of Industrial Legacy in Inner Mawipoqtapei](https://ginu.co/new-report-cumulative-effects-of-industrial-legacy-in-inner-mawipoqtapei/)
- [Coxs Brook Restoration](https://ginu.co/coxs-brook-restoration/)
- [Mapping Fish Habitat](https://ginu.co/mapping-fish-habitat/) - At 10 am, the Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) will be conducting droning on Thursday, October 4th. The droning will be taking place near the Bon Ami rocks in Dalhousie. This work is part of our lump fish project as we map out fish habitat.
- [Coastal Restoration Drone Work](https://ginu.co/coastal-restoration-drone-work/) - The Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) will be conducting a drone survey over the Eel River starting at 11am, on Tuesday, October 3rd. This work is part of our coastal restoration project.
- [Welcome Biologist Allen Beck](https://ginu.co/welcome-biologist-allen-beck/) - The Gespe'gewaq'gi Institute of Natural Understanding would like to welcome our new biologist to the GINU team. Allen Beck will be working on the coastal restoration project. My name is Allen Beck, and I’m very excited to be joining the GINU team as a Biologist with the research department. In this new role, I will
- [Summer Student Gaining Valuable Work Experience](https://ginu.co/summer-student-gaining-valuable-work-experience/) - Lashawnee Myo joined the Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) this summer to gain experience working in the science field. Lashawnee has worked closely with our research department. She has shared with us all about her experiences being part of our team. During my time working at GINU, I had the opportunity to work with
- [GINU Mentors Our Youth](https://ginu.co/ginu-mentors-our-youth/)
- [Build it and they will come - GINU Habitat Restoration](https://ginu.co/build-it-and-they-will-come-ginu-habitat-restoration/)
- [Thermographs](https://ginu.co/thermographs/) - The Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) annually deploys thermographs in several rivers in Quebec and New Brunswick. These small temperature loggers are anchored to the riverbed in 20 to 30 different locations throughout the Restigouche River Watershed. Our team replaces the thermographs twice a year, to change their batteries and download their information. As
- [Water Chemistry Sampling](https://ginu.co/4453-2/) - Staff from the Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) conducted water chemistry sampling on the lower Restigouche River. This research project started in early April and is ending in June. Sampling took place once a week near Flatlands. The goal of this research initiative is to track the water chemistry before and after the smolt
- [Battery Recycling](https://ginu.co/battery-recycling/) - Did you know? GINU runs a battery recycling program year round. As part of the collection program, we accept household batteries (no car batteries) and old cell phones. You can drop off your items to our office located at 1 Marshall Way in Listuguj. Thank you for your efforts in helping leave a lighter footprint
- [GINU Welcomes Summer Students](https://ginu.co/ginu-welcomes-summer-students/) - This year, the Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) welcomed two summer students. Ayden Barnaby and Lashawnee Myo have been hired to work at GINU for a seven-week period. We are proud to do our part building capacity with the youth in our membership communities. They will be working with our research team. Ayden Barnaby
- [GINU Is Hiring A Biologist](https://ginu.co/4405-2/) - Position: Biologist Location: Listuguj/Hybrid Duration: Term ending March 31, 2026 Reports to: Research Director About GINU The Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the environment and to support our member communities in the areas of research, education, and cultural values. GINU office is located in
- [GINU Is Hiring A Research Technician](https://ginu.co/ginu-is-hiring-a-research-technician/) - Position: Research Technician Location: Listuguj/Hybrid Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm Duration: Term ending March 31, 2026 Reports to: Research Director About GINU The Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the environment and to support our member communities in the areas of research, education, and cultural values. GINU office is
- [Elementary Students Release Juvenile Atlantic Salmon](https://ginu.co/elementary-students-release-juvenile-atlantic-salmon/) - Fish Friends Launch Staff from the Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINIU) stood along the Eel River helping students from the L.E. Reinsborough School as they released juvenile Atlantic salmon into the river. These students are one out of five fish friend releases being held this summer by students from our local schools, Terry Fox
- [Launch of Smolt Wheel on the Matapedia River](https://ginu.co/launch-of-smolt-wheel-on-the-matapedia-river/) - The Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU) field season has officially kicked off with the launch of a smolt wheel on the Matapedia River. The smolt wheel is a rotary screw trap floating in the river, and it collects juvenile Atlantic salmon out migrating to the ocean. The captured smolts are measured, tagged and then
- [GINU team members reflect on name change and what GINU represents to them](https://ginu.co/ginu-team-members-reflect-on-name-change-and-what-ginu-represents-to-them/)
- [Launch of Fish Friends Program](https://ginu.co/launch-of-fish-friends-program/)
- [The Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) Announces Rebrand](https://ginu.co/the-gespegewaq-migmaq-resource-council-gmrc-announces-rebrand/) - After 16 years of continuous growth, the GMRC will now be known as the Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU). (Listuguj, April 21, 2023)—The Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council has completed its rebranding with the launch of the Gespe’gewa’gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU). As we have continued to grow throughout the years, our organization has
- [Message from GINU Executive Director John Murvin Vicaire](https://ginu.co/message-from-ginu-executive-director-john-murvin-vicaire/) - With great pleasure and excitement, we announce that the Gespe'gewag Mi'gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) is now known as the Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding (GINU). We chose a name that better reflects who we are today and a name that reflects the people who allow us to work on their behalf. Since 2006, GMRC has
- [Community Feast](https://ginu.co/community-feast/)
- [GMRC holds salmon feast in Eel River Bar](https://ginu.co/gmrc-holds-salmon-feast-eel-river-bar/)
- [9th Annual Plamu Feast](https://ginu.co/9th-annual-plamu-feast/)
- [Sea-Level Rise Workshop](https://ginu.co/sea-level-rise-workshop/)
- [GMRC Information Session in Pabineau](https://ginu.co/gmrc-information-session-in-pabineau/) - GMRC will be holding an information session in Pabineau on March 20th at the band office. We would like to remind Pabineau members to join us between 10 am and noon time. We will be collecting batteries to be recycled. Anyone bringing batteries/cell phones to be recycled will have their name entered into a draw
- [GMRC Hosts Lumpfish Information Session](https://ginu.co/gmrc-hosts-lumpfish-information-session/) - The Gespe'gewaq Mi'gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) will be in Ugpi'ganjig on Friday, February 3, 2023 to talk about lumpfish. Come join us in the Elders room starting at 10 am.
- [Lumpfish Information Session](https://ginu.co/lumpfish-information-session/) - The Gespe'gewa Mi'gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) would like to remind our community members to come join us tomorrow (Friday, February 3rd) for a lumpfish information session. This event will be held at the Elders room in Eel River Bar starting at 10 am. Don't miss out on this information sessions, because a meal will be
- [Ugpi'ganjig Community Members Attend Lumpfish Information Session](https://ginu.co/ugpiganjig-community-members-attend-lumpfish-information-session/)
- [Do you have any photographs of seals taken in the Bay of Chaleur?](https://ginu.co/do-you-have-any-photographs-of-seals-taken-in-the-bay-of-chaleur/) - The Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) is requesting pictures of seals taken within the Bay of Chaleur area. If you have any photographs of seals in the Dalhousie, Heron Island or Bathurst area, please send us a DM or email us at info@gmrc.ca. We are also interested in hearing your stories regarding their presence in
- [Ulnuelewi aq Pusu'l Puna'ne](https://ginu.co/ulnuelewi-aq-pusul-punane-3/) - The Gespe'gewaq Mi'gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Ulnuelewi aq Pusu'l Puna'ne.
- [GMRC Reconnecting Rivers](https://ginu.co/gmrc-reconnecting-rivers/)
- [GMRC Cleans Listuguj Shoreline](https://ginu.co/gmrc-cleans-listuguj-shoreline/)
- [Happy Halloween From GMRC](https://ginu.co/happy-halloween-from-gmrc/) - The staff at GMRC want to wish everyone a happy and safe halloween.
- [Learning about Lumpfish at Exploramer](https://ginu.co/learning-about-lumpfish-at-exploramer/) - Staff from the Gespe’gewagi Mi’gmaq Resource Council gathered around the aquarium watching thick, round fish with a short head and rounded snout swim through the eel grass. They travelled to Exploramer, an aquarium located in Sainte-Anne-Des-Monts, to gain more knowledge about lumpfish for their ongoing research. Lumpfish are “threatened” species according to COSEWIC. It’s a
- [GMRC Research Director Tagging Atlantic Salmon in Greenland](https://ginu.co/gmrc-research-director-tagging-atlantic-salmon-in-greenland/) - Thousands of kilometers across the north Atlantic, the Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council Director of Research is working on what she refers to as an “opportunity of a lifetime.” Dr. Carole-Anne Gillis is tagging Atlantic salmon in Qaqortoq, Greendland. She started tagging on September 15th and continue until the 29th. “We have been leading tagging in
- [GMRC Presents Eel Research at Gepmite’tminej Ta’n Telolti’gw Workshop](https://ginu.co/gmrc-presents-eel-research-at-gepmitetminej-tan-teloltigw-workshop/) - Elder Kerry Prosper held an American eel as he walked along the inside of the circle showing this impressive species to the Gepmite’tminej Ta’n Telolti’gw workshop participants. Kerry, a respected elder from Paqtnkek First Nation is one of the guest speakers invited to the workshop. He demonstrated how to make eel spears
- [Listuguj Supernova Students Learn Fish Sampling Methods](https://ginu.co/listuguj-supernova-students-learn-fish-sampling-methods/) - A group of students from the Supernova camp in Listuguj gathered along the shore near Moffat’s Landing. They focused their attention on staff from the Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council (GMRC) who were introducing a sampling method called seining. A beach seine was used to catch small fish near the shore. As the group sorted through
- [GMRC wins AAROM Excellence Award](https://ginu.co/gmrc-wins-aarom-excellence-award/) - The Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council was recognized at the Fisheries Awards Banquet and Ceremony on March 31, 2022. The Atlantic Policy Congress of Chiefs and Secretariat (APC) presented GMRC as the first recipient of the AAROM Excellence Award for our work in Atlantic salmon research. GMRC is working on a number of projects that impact
- [New GMRC call2recycle Boxes Available](https://ginu.co/new-gmrc-call2recycle-boxes-available/)
- [Smolt Research](https://ginu.co/smolt-research/)
- [Wellness Fair](https://ginu.co/wellness-fair/)
- [Listuguj Youth and Family Centre Summer Camp](https://ginu.co/listuguj-youth-and-family-centre-summer-camp/)
- [Eel River Bar Habitat and Recovery Team in Action](https://ginu.co/eel-river-bar-habitat-and-recovery-team-in-action/)
- [Science Camp](https://ginu.co/science-camp/)
- [Day Camp with the Listuguj Youth](https://ginu.co/day-camp-with-the-listuguj-youth/)
- [World Water Day Draw Winners](https://ginu.co/world-water-day-draw-winners/)
- [Annual Fish Friends Release](https://ginu.co/annual-fish-friends-release/)
- [2016 annual report now available!](https://ginu.co/2016-annual-report-now-available/)
- [Fish Friends program underway in schools in Quebec and New Brunswick.](https://ginu.co/fish-friends-program-underway-schools-quebec-new-brunswick/)
- [Fish Friends Release Day 2016](https://ginu.co/fish-friends-release-day-2016/)
- [Striped bass monitoring program](https://ginu.co/striped-bass-monitoring-program/)
- [Advertising Opportunity](https://ginu.co/advertising-opportunity/)
- [Stable isotope analysis](https://ginu.co/stable-isotope-analysis/)
- [GMRC welcomes new GIS Technician, Pascale Gosselin](https://ginu.co/gmrc-welcomes-new-gis-technician-pascale-gosselin/)
- [2014 annual report now available](https://ginu.co/2014-annual-report-now-available/)
- [Gulf region report on striped bass in Miramichi](https://ginu.co/gulf-region-report-striped-bass-miramichi/)
- [Fyke nets for eel research](https://ginu.co/fyke-nets-eel-research/)
- [Medicinal walk with Karen](https://ginu.co/medicinal-walk-karen/)
- [Tree planting on the Eel river](https://ginu.co/tree-planting-eel-river/)
- [Eel tracking in the Restigouche River estuary](https://ginu.co/eel-tracking-restigouche-river-estuary/)
- [Eel research on the Restigouche river](https://ginu.co/eel-research-restigouche-river/)
- [GMRC welcomes new executive director!](https://ginu.co/gmrc-welcomes-new-executive-director/)
- [Fish Friends](https://ginu.co/fish-friends/)
- [Plamu - A look at the relationship between salmon and the Mi'gmaq of Gespe'gewa'gi](https://ginu.co/plamu-look-relationship-salmon-migmaq-gespegewagi/)
- [Fish Friends program to be delivered in three schools](https://ginu.co/fish-friends-program-delivered-three-schools/)
- [AAROM science symposium hosted in Miramichi](https://ginu.co/aarom-science-symposium-hosted-miramichi/)
- [MFU and First Nations collaborate in lobster seeding efforts](https://ginu.co/mfu-first-nations-collaborate-lobster-seeding-efforts/)
- [GMRC Participates in habitat restoration](https://ginu.co/gmrc-participates-habitat-restoration/)
- [Kelt Monitoring Research](https://ginu.co/kelt-monitoring-research/)
- [GMRC partners with NBCC environmental technology program](https://ginu.co/gmrc-partners-nbcc-environmental-technology-program/)
- [Gathering Mi'gmaq knowledge on smelts](https://ginu.co/gathering-migmaq-knowledge-smelts/)

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- [Home](https://ginu.co/)
- [Our Team](https://ginu.co/about-us/our-team/)
- [About Us](https://ginu.co/about-us/)
- [The WaterShade Initiative](https://ginu.co/watershade/)
- [River Temperature](https://ginu.co/river-temperature/)
- [Board of Directors](https://ginu.co/about-us/board-of-directors/)
- [Contact](https://ginu.co/contact/)
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- [Join our Team](https://ginu.co/join-our-team/)
- [Get Involved](https://ginu.co/get-involved/)
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- [Our Work](https://ginu.co/our-work/)
- [News](https://ginu.co/news/)
- [Our communities](https://ginu.co/about-us/our-communities/)
- [Publications](https://ginu.co/our-work/publications/)

## Projects

- [Marine Debris Cleanup](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/marine-debris-project/)
- [GINU uses LiDAR technology to locate and classify all road crossings in Gaspesie](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/lidar/)
- [Species at Risk](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/species-at-risk/)
- [Shoreline Erosion Awareness](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/shoreline-erosion-awareness/)
- [P.L.A.M.U.](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/plamu/)
- [P.L.A.M.U. (phase 2)](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/plamu-phase-2/)
- [Eel/Elver Project](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/eel-elver-project/)
- [The American eel and the Maritime ringlet butterfly](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/the-american-eel-and-the-maritime-ringlet-butterfly/)
- [Say Y.E.S. Project](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/say-yes-project/)
- [Lobster Contaminants](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/lobster-contaminants/)
- [Plamu Documentary](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/plamu-documentary/)
- [Mapping Critical American Eel Habitat in the Restigouche and Eel River Estuaries](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/mapping-critical-american-eel-habitat-restigouche-eel-river-estuaries/)
- [PEMSA’SE’WIGISG’G](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/pemsasewigisgg/)
- [Habitat Restoration For Species At Risk](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/cnfasar-2/)
- [Calling Back the Salmon](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/calling-back-salmon/)
- [Nepisiguit River Elver Monitoring](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/nepisiguit-river-elver-monitoring/)
- [Know Your Watershed](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/1031/)
- [Thermal Refuge](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/thermal-refuge/)
- [CNFASAR](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/cnfasar/)
- [American Eel](https://ginu.co/portfolio-item/american-eel/)

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