This paper, shared with First Nations leaders, highlights concerns about the draft Indigenous Knowledge Policy Framework under the Navigable Waters Act (NWA).
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.
In this blog post, Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya, an ethnoecologist, discusses the importance of language in [...]
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Speaking Across Knowledge Systems is a series of conversations with Indigenous and non-Indigenous environmental science scholars and practitioners about how they approach, understand, and engage with diverse knowledge systems in their work.
These guidelines offer anti-oppressive practices, considerations, and approaches for communicating with and about Indigenous conservation leadership within the Canadian context. This document acts as a framework through which to co-develop communications strategies, approaches, and content with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis partners in respectful, reciprocal, and responsible ways.
This report outlines lessons learned in building public support for Indigenous-led conservation efforts. It highlights communications tools that the conservation sector might use in changing public attitudes about Indigenous-led conservation. This includes conflict resolution approaches, particularly around issues such as Indigenous harvesting activities in and around state-led conservation areas.
This framework aims to guide the harmonization of Indigenous Knowledge and Western science for climate-resilient [...]
This is the foundational document in the realm of IPCAs, written by the Indigenous Circle of Experts. Key are the 28 recommendations brought forwards to facilitate and support the establishment of IPCAs across Canada.
In this audio interview with Valérie Courtois (member of the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh and Director of Indigenous Leadership Initiative), Valérie shares her relationship and kinship with the Boreal Forest.