Integrating Social Science, Indigenous, and Local Knowledge into Park Management, Planning and Policy Making

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Halpenny, Elizabeth

• SSHRC Awarded PDG 2018: Globally, most park agencies have little capacity to produce in-house social science or ecological research, or conduct meaningful knowledge exchange with Indigenous and local communities. The goal of this project is to enhance the generation and use of knowledge, especially social science, local, and indigenous knowledge, for parks and protected areas policy, planning and management. With the realization that park-related knowledge mobilization is needed for effective park management, and that human factors have been neglected, the project will result in a multidisciplinary, inter-institutional, cross-sectoral partnership to elevate park-related Indigenous, environmental science, ecological and other park-related knowledge mobilization in Canada and globally. Research will include (a) systematic reviews of research literature, (b) surveys of conservation agency staff, and (c) case studies in AB, ON, BC, and the Yukon. 'Connections' activities will include (d) knowledge translation skills-building workshops for scholars, (e) review of park agency social science policy, (f) Knowledge Mobilization (KM) training for park personnel, (g) the creation of a Parks Research Network, and (h) disseminate via conferences, workshops, articles, and electronic media. NOTE: The PI has also, generously, included the SSHRC Notice of Award and the Selection Committee's evaluation as part of this document.

• Date created

  2017-11-30

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Planning
  • Traditional Knowledge
  • Canada
  • 2018
  • Grant Application
  • Local Knowledge
  • PDG
  • Resource Management
  • Policy Making
  • Government
  • Environmental Studies
  • National Parks
  • Science and Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Social Sciences
  • Successful SSHRC
  • Environmental Education
  • Protected Areas Management
  • Park Management
  • Recreation
  • Provincial Parks
  • Ecological Research
  • Indigenous Knowledge
  • Biodiversity
  • Partnership Development Grant
  • Public Administration
  • Knowledge Mobilization
  • Protected Landscapes
  • Social Relations
  • Ecology
  • Canada
  • British Columbia
  • Yukon
  • Alberta

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R36T0HB6K

• License

  © Elizabeth Halpenny. All rights reserved other than by permission. This document embargoed to those without UAlberta CCID until 2025.