Principal / Owner
Pokiok Associates
Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada
Ken Paul is a member of the Wolastoqey First Nation at Neqotkuk, located in the community of Tobique, NB.
For 9 years, Ken has held the positions as National Fisheries Director with the Assembly of First Nations and Integrated Resources Director with the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs. Ken has advocated for First Nations regionally, nationally and internationally on all aspects relating to fisheries, aquaculture, ocean protection and aquatic resources as they relate to inherent aboriginal and treaty-protected rights, legislation, and policy. This includes Indigenous Knowledge Systems, economic prosperity, community engagement, shipping, renewable energy and resource management.
Previous to this, he had worked for 10 years in with the Canadian Hydrographic Service as and Hydorgraphic Engineer and Hydrographer-in-Charge of field-based ocean mapping and 10 years with Parks Canada as a Senior Policy Advisor in Atlantic Canada and the Field Unit Superintendent in the Northwest Territories.
Ken has an MBA with St Mary’s University and a BSc from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and has extensive training in leadership, policy development, mediation, labour relations, First Nations governance and traditional teachings.
Ken was a recent corporate board member of the Ocean Supercluster, a past board member of the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) on tidal energy. and continues on the board for the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS). He is currently involved with initiates on offshore wind, ocean research, kelp aquaculture, Indigenous marine protected areas, and private partnerships.
Among his other initiatives, Ken is the principle/owner of Pokiok Associates and serves as the Lead Fisheries Negotiator and Research Coordinator for the Wolastoqey Nation of New Brunswick.
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