• Never put yourself in danger to make a post for the Goose Watch. You are out on your own trips and your own hunts — go prepared, and follow safe hunting, boating and travel practices.
• Avian flu can affect wild geese and ducks. Touching sick or dead birds is not recommended. You can help document them by marking the bird as sick in the Unusual section of your SIKU post, and by following public health guidance for harvesting and preparing game safely.
• Use SIKU at your own risk. AES cannot guarantee the accuracy of information shared by other users or third-party services. Goose timing information works best alongside your own experience and knowledge, and that of experts in your community.

• When you tag Goose Watch on a post, your Goose Post is shared with the Goose Watch project. To qualify for prizes, a post needs a location and privacy set to “SIKU Users”, so that other SIKU users can see it and it can be included in the Goose Map. Posts that are private or have no location may still be contributed to the project but do not qualify for prizes.

• Share knowledge within and between communities, so harvesters can see how close the geese are and prepare, and so knowledge passes between generations and between regions.
• Track the migration — the timing of arrival, nesting, egg picking, hatching, molting and fledging, and how that timing changes from year to year and from one region to another.
• Improve maps, products and services, such as the SIKU Goose Map and the information behind it, including through partnerships with others, and as the technology behind these products changes over time.
• Support outcomes by AES/SIKU and by your affiliated regional Indigenous organizations and communities, including reporting and research outcomes, to help document and illustrate climate and wildlife trends, improve these products, and demonstrate the impact of investing in Indigenous-led climate, wildlife and monitoring research.
• Promote the Goose Watch on social media, press, television and other channels, with partners such as Uvagut TV and others we work with. Winning posts may be shared widely.

AES does not own the data you post on SIKU. By tagging Goose Watch on a post, you give AES a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to store, use, display and share that post for the purposes above, with credit to you wherever possible and practical. You keep full ownership, access and control of your posts, and are free to share them with others as you would like. AES may extend the same licence, for the same purposes, to the Indigenous organizations affiliated with the community you tagged — your regional Indigenous organization or government and community organizations.

You can choose to withdraw from Goose Watch on a post-by-post basis by choosing not to tag Goose Watch on a given post, or by removing your membership from the Goose Watch project. You can also remove the Goose Watch tag from existing posts up to 24 hours after posting. Following this period, posts may be used in prize selection or for the purposes above, and you agree we may continue to use material that has already been published or already built into a product — for example, a broadcast clip, a printed report, or goose data already incorporated into the SIKU Goose Map, migration summaries or a training data set — because that material cannot easily be removed or prizes withdrawn following this timeframe.

SIKU’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy still apply, including respect for Indigenous knowledge, rights and integrity.

• If your post shows or records someone else — for example, a photo of your hunting party, or a video of an elder sharing knowledge — you confirm that you have their permission to share it and for the purposes above. If that person is under the age of majority, get their parent or guardian’s permission.

• Winners are determined at the sole discretion of AES. Participants may be subject to additional terms and conditions, and AES may disqualify any post or contestant at its discretion, without notice or reason.
• You must be 19 or older to win a prize. Posts by younger users still help with knowledge sharing and tracking the migration, but are not eligible for prizes. Prizes are final: no alternative prizes, substitutions or cash equivalents, and prizes are non-transferable. Dates, prize details, eligible communities, and full qualifying requirements are on the rules page for the current season: siku.org/goosewatch
• AES reserves the right to update these rules and terms.

• Taking part in the Goose Watch is voluntary, and posts are contributed on a volunteer basis. You make posts on your own time, on your own trips and hunts, and on your own initiative. AES is not with you on the land, does not direct where you go or what you do, and does not hire or employ you to make posts. You are responsible for your own safety and for the decisions you make out on the land.
• You take part and use SIKU and third-party products at your own risk, and you agree not to bring claims or other actions against AES, SIKU or our partners arising from your participation or from your use of these platforms, tools and services.