Arctic Eider Society

Published purpose

The Hudson Bay Consortium (HBC) encourages and facilitates cross-jurisdictional and cross-cultural communication, cooperation and collaboration in the pursuit of knowledge and the means to protect, improve and steward the greater Hudson Bay/James Bay ecosystem for the primary benefit of the people, flora, and fauna that live there. HBC facilitates active and on-going knowledge sharing and capacity building between community and regional representatives, governments and organizations through regular meetings, working groups, and novel online tools and services in support of regional efforts in planning, coordination and stewardship. HBC will facilitate the transition from start-up activities to implementation of priorities, operations and strategic planning including regional roundtables every two years and a second Hudson Bay Summit in 2022 to guide the working groups, steering committee and secretariat.