This report captures a two-year truth-telling process led by The Circle on Philanthropy, amplifying Indigenous voices and critically examining partnerships between environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs), funders, and Indigenous Peoples. It offers a vital learning agenda to guide settler-led ENGOs and funders toward respectful, reciprocal, and supportive relationships with Indigenous partners.
This Blue Paper brings together insights from Indigenous knowledge holders and researchers to promote regenerative, inclusive, and culturally respectful ocean planning processes. It stresses the importance of developing Sustainable Ocean Plans (SOPs) with Indigenous communities...
The Indigenous Stewardship Policy reflects what Indigenous Peoples have said is needed to strengthen Indigenous connections with protected lands, waters and ice within their traditional territories, treaty lands and ancestral homelands
This toolkit provides summaries and resources to help promote Indigenous data sovereignty in British Columbia, Canada, and internationally.
This report examines Parks Canada's commitment to reconsidering the role of Indigenous Peoples in managing national parks and conservation areas as part of reconciliation efforts.
This report examines how Parks Canada's commitment to reconciliation represents a shift from a colonial approach to one that respects Indigenous governance and knowledge systems.
This section of Canada's 2030 Nature Strategy underscores the essential role of Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation, drawing on their deep cultural ties and traditional stewardship practices.
This report highlights the importance of Indigenous-led efforts to protect vital ecosystems. The experiences of the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative (IWI) offer valuable insights that can support wider conversations on decolonizing watershed protection, restoration, and management.
This article examines the history and future of Sumas Lake (Xhotsa) in British Columbia, once central to the Semá Nation’s food system before being drained in 1924 during a campaign of land dispossession.
This educator’s guide is meant to accompany the Speaking Across Knowledge Systems podcast to guide discussions and learning about knowledge systems and conservation in post-secondary courses and classrooms. It was produced by fourth-year undergraduate students as part of a Community Engaged Learning component of a Sociology and Anthropology course taught at the University of Guelph.