GBA 2021 - Fall Flippingbook

The entire web series has been published online on the University of Minnesota website here: https://tinyurl.com/4d3zzhzk

The topics are:

≥ TEK Guidance Initiatives in the US and Canada ≥ Braiding Ways of Knowing: TEK Theory, Methods and Ethics ≥ TEK in Great Lakes Areas of Concern Priority-Setting Processes ≥ TEK Guided Research to Address Community-Based Chemical Concerns ≥ Restoring Culture & Seed Knowledge through Native Plant Restoration ≥ Bridging Knowledge Systems for Monitoring & Climate Adaptation

University’s Osgoode Hall and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice. Dr. McGregor, who is Anishinaabe from Whitefish River First Nation in Birch Island, Ontario, spoke about how to ethically engage traditional knowledge holders to truly share both knowledge and decision making. We also heard from Dr. Kelsey Leonard, a water scientist and protector, who spoke about ongoing efforts in the US to establish a more mainstream understanding of Earth Law. Earth Law can be seen as a shift away from law focused on property rights, towards thinking in terms of responsibilities to other beings. People are encouraged to “ask the right questions: water is not a what, water is a who.” For a full list of topics covered in the six-webinar series, as well as additional links related to this topic, please see the sidebar.

You can find a copy of the GLQWA TEK guidance document here: https://tinyurl.com/exu7ymb9

Access Dr. Kelsey Leonard’s TED Talk, “Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans” here: https://tinyurl.com/4jvb7nxh

This diagram represents one of several ways that comparisons between TEK and Western science can be visualized. From the GLQWA TEK guidance document; diagram by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission

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GBA UPDATE Fall 2021

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