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GEOG 1190

Indigenous Knowledge, Science and the Environment

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Class Date Topic Text Chapter
  • Terminology
  • Ecology
  • Worldviews 3, 5, Draper
  • Emergence of Traditional Knowledge
  • Ethnoecology
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Tropical environments
  • Island Environments
  • The James Bay Cree
  • Hollywood’s Canada

Readings

  • Required: Draper, Dianne & Reed, Maureen (2009) Our Environment A Canadian Perspective 4th ed. Toronto: Nelson. READ Worldviews and Values pp45-49 On D2L Other readings will be available on D2Las required
Winter 2024

Topics

  • & 10 Knowledge Acquisition and Perceptions of Land
  • & 28 Knowledge and Connection to the Land – Tripartite Reconciliation
  • & 6 Community Health/Child and Family Services
  • & 13 Indigenous Relationships with Water
  • Presentations Group IV
  • Indigenous Course Requirement Themes
  • The class
  • environmental and cultural sustainability. This has been an initial approach before defining
  • knowledge and practice have been key themes in understanding the commonalities (knowledge and practices)
  • environmental change
  • Relationships This theme gives recognition to the tradition of Indigenous knowledge reflecting (historically) our
  • culture, ecosystem approaches. The precautionary approach, for example, have been adapted into
  • identity meaningful connection to all that is (intrinsic value)
  • advantages of incorporating indigenous worldviews and practices into Western governance
  • culturally and decision-making. Modern ‘toolkits’, TEK mapping and community action research are just
  • ways of engagement today. This focus traces a period of marginalization to a future of co-management
  • engaging (theory). Adaptive Co-management is embraced to provides advanced / more meaningful
  • Indigenous concepts of engagement and shared decision-making. This discussion of co-management
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