This study involves the evaluation of cooperative wildlife management systems in place or proposed for the existing national parks and park reserves in the Canadian north, including Kluane, Nahanni, Auyuittuq, and Ellesmere Island National Park Reserves, and Ivvavik and Wood Buffalo National Parks. Aulavik, a park for which an establishment agreement has been reached, is also included. A set of attributes that move cooperative wildlife management systems within national parks towards success are compiled, and a hypothetical model prepared. The parks and reserves are evaluated for compliance with these attributes and model, following which recommendations are made as to how to move the system within which each park or reserve operates [...]