Indigenous Resources
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IPCA Knowledge Basket
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This guide is intended to inform Indigenous governments of an overview of Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial legislation for the creation of protected areas and parks. Providing potential pathways for reaching agreements, this guide is a tool for Indigenous governments that are interested in advancing Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) through the Canadian legal system.
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Ecology & Society
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This article explores the integration of collaborative care concepts rooted in Indigenous knowledge systems into environmental governance. It emphasizes restorative practices based on caretaking ethics and reciprocal human-land connections, aiming to center decision-making on those most connected to the resources and their sustenance.
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Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Ecological research “in a good way” means ethical and equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands is authored by a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It draws on their scientific training and communities of practice to share their experiences and perspectives on ethical and equitable research partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands.
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Yellowstone to Yukon
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What does land-based reconciliation look like in our region, and how do we get there, together? In late 2020 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative hosted an online workshop series to learn and discuss how Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and organizations can work together to create and sustain prosperous communities and healthy landscapes in the British Columbia’s Kootenay-Columbia.
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Learning First Peoples and First Nations Education Steering Committee
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In Our Own Words has been developed in response to desire on the part of teachers for more guidance and information on how to incorporate First Peoples materials into their instruction and assessment practices. The eight units in this teacher guide illustrate examples of how authentic resources can be incorporated in Grades K-3 through lesson plans, outdoor components and resources.
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IPCA Knowledge Basket
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The IPCA Knowledge Basket is a digital space created to honour, celebrate, and catalyze Indigenous-led conservation pathways in Canada, including Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs).
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Watersheds BC
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The First Nations Fisheries Council and the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources partnered to undertake a systematic review of Indigenous watershed initiatives and co-governance arrangements to identify capacity gaps and contribute to shaping the future of water/watershed planning and a new watershed governance regime in BC.
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BC Campus
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This book captures ways in which people can teach both Indigenous science and western science in order to establish a relationship of knowledge. Knowing Home provides foundational knowledge of braiding Indigenous science with western science, Indigenous science examples, research and curriculum models that inspire deep reflection on braiding different ways of knowing in North America.
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Open School Bc
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My Seasonal Round is a lesson plan that illustrates the integration of Indigenous Knowledge and western science by exploring the topics of habitat, natural resources, stability and change, and living and non-living components of habitats in the form of a seasonal wheel.
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Life Worlds
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Life Worlds sat down with University of BC’s Dr. Tara Martin for an interview covering the basics of conservation decision science and “priority threat management” — a field she is pioneering — and how it can help policymakers prioritize complex conservation decisions. They also discuss her lab’s work in the Fraser River Estuary and with First Nations across Canada.
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Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and the City of Kamloops
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The Secwépemc Seasonal Round is a piece of the Climate Connections Trail located in Kamloops. It provides information about seasonal foods during the lunar months of the year according to Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc knowledge.
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Ecology and Society
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This resource addresses the modern fire risk to socio-ecological systems and how Indigenous Knowledge can help manage these fire risks. Although an important part of controlling fire situations, Indigenous knowledge continues to be detached from dominant colonial management making it hard to implement Indigenous practices. The report summarizes a “collaborative experiment” that incorporated Indigenous fire management practices with western practices.
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Daniel De Kok and the Knowledge Systems Stream of the Conservation through Reconciliation Partnership
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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. The podcast delves into the different paths to acquiring, validating, respecting, and sharing knowledge, and how to move beyond a singular focus on western ways of thinking.
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Nicola Watershed Governance Partnership, POLIS Water Sustainability Project, and BC Water Legacy
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The Nk’eʔxép Management Committee in the Nicola Watershed has taken a proactive stance on drought management by moving away from traditional drought responses. They are implementing innovative strategies that involve co-governance, collaboration with local water users, and proactive drought management that is informed by both Indigenous knowledge and western science.
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Take Me Outside
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The Take Me Outside: Indigenous Resources section provides a list of useful resources and lesson plans for elementary school teachers wanting to integrate Indigenous Knowledge into their classrooms.
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University of Calgary
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The Canadian Mountain Assessment is the first comprehensive assessment of mountain systems in Canada, based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. It covers topics such as mountain environments, mountains as homelands, gifts of the mountains, mountains under pressure, and desirable mountain futures.
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Yellowstone to Yukon
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This resource produced by Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative highlights the economic, socio-cultural, and ecological benefits of IPCAs by providing key points and case studies as examples.
