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2019-05-01

D'Souza, Amabel (banner creation)

Banner advertising on-site side event of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII 18). The Tracking Change project was honoured to be selected as an official on-site side event as part of the Permanent Forum and hosted a 1.5 hour storytelling session in a talking circle

format featuring Indigenous community partners. The knowledge shared formed an interconnected story about the importance of freshwater ecosystems/fishing to Indigenous communities and fishing peoples and was livestreamed on UN Web TV.

2019-04-01

Karsgaard, Carrie

The Youth Knowledge Fair – in place of a traditional science fair – is a means of implementing land-based education. The Fair engages with traditional Indigenous knowledge within the Makenzie River Basin, under the direction and in partnership with Indigenous communities, but in this case

facilitated by a settler educator. It provides a concrete space to explore land-based education carried out by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people together, in efforts to support both Indigenous resurgence and the “hard unsettling work” required by settler educators. Grounded in Indigenous conceptions of

2019-04-01

Spicer, Neal

Water is an essential part of life and viable sources of clean and drinkable water is a challenge for many people across the planet. Unfortunately, this challenge exists for many Indigenous communities across Canada as seen by a series of articles, investigations and academic literature that has

2017-01-01

Parlee, Brenda, Maloney, Elaine

Tracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on

2020-01-01

Parlee, Brenda, Maloney, Elaine, Howlett, Tracy, D'Souza, Amabel

Tracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on

2019-03-01

Parlee, Brenda; Maloney, Elaine; Howlett, Tracy; D'Souza, Amabel

Tracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on

2017-03-01

Parlee, Brenda

Tracking Change is a six year, SSHRC funded, interdisciplinary research project co-led by Indigenous communities and researcher partners across the Mackenzie, Mekong and Amazon basins. The project foregrounds local and Indigenous knowledge about the impacts of climate change and development on

2020-06-01

Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

Climate heating is a global issue. Indigenous peoples in Canada, as well as in other parts of the world, are global leaders in the fight against climate change. This lesson introduces students to ways young Indigenous peoples are involved in climate activism and allows them to investigate climate

2020-06-01

Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

, and population – including the fish human beings rely on for food. This lesson introduces students to the concept of fish monitoring through Indigenous knowledge systems, the indicators of fish health used, and how to monitor fish habitat, health, and populations.

2020-06-01

Karsgaard, Carrie; Mackay, Mackenzie; Catholique, Alexandria

order to determine whether (and how) ecotourism would fit within their local community. This lesson will introduce students to the concept of sustainability from Indigenous perspectives, as well as how the principle can be applied to ecotourism in northern communities. Students will learn to listen to

Elders and/or local fish harvesters define sustainability and apply local and Indigenous knowledge to decision-making around ecotourism.