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What is a key reason for recognizing Indigenous leadership in addressing climate change?
What is a key reason for recognizing Indigenous leadership in addressing climate change?
- Government mandates requiring Indigenous involvement
- Pressure from environmental organizations
- Effectiveness and sustainability of Indigenous Knowledge and Land management practices (correct)
- Economic benefits of Indigenous involvement
What do Indigenous worldviews emphasize in relation to social resilience to environmental change?
What do Indigenous worldviews emphasize in relation to social resilience to environmental change?
- Isolation from environmental changes
- Reliance on government interventions
- Moral relationships of responsibility connecting humans to animals, plants, and habitats (correct)
- Technological advancements for adaptation
What do responsible Indigenous practices ensure for future generations?
What do responsible Indigenous practices ensure for future generations?
- Exclusive benefits for Indigenous communities
- Maintenance of ecosystem goods and services (correct)
- Isolation from environmental changes
- Reliance on external support
What foundation allows reliance on each other when facing environmental change, according to the text?
What foundation allows reliance on each other when facing environmental change, according to the text?
What principles does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective follow in their garden sites?
What principles does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective follow in their garden sites?
Where are the garden sites of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective located?
Where are the garden sites of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective located?
What is the significance of the White Owl Sugar Bush site?
What is the significance of the White Owl Sugar Bush site?
What did the White Owl Sugar Bush tap in 2020?
What did the White Owl Sugar Bush tap in 2020?
What is the primary focus of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective's advocacy work?
What is the primary focus of the Wisahkotewinowak Collective's advocacy work?
What is the purpose of the Land-based learning projects the Collective engages in with educational institutions?
What is the purpose of the Land-based learning projects the Collective engages in with educational institutions?
Why does the Collective emphasize the importance of Indigenous Land-based learning?
Why does the Collective emphasize the importance of Indigenous Land-based learning?
What was the previous designation of the Land where the White Owl Sugar Bush is located?
What was the previous designation of the Land where the White Owl Sugar Bush is located?
What type of trees were tapped at the White Owl Sugar Bush?
What type of trees were tapped at the White Owl Sugar Bush?
What do the Wisahkotewinowak Collective aim to uphold while growing and harvesting food?
What do the Wisahkotewinowak Collective aim to uphold while growing and harvesting food?
When was the White Owl Sugar Bush established?
When was the White Owl Sugar Bush established?
Who does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective consist of?
Who does the Wisahkotewinowak Collective consist of?
What is the meaning of the name Wisahkotewinowak?
What is the meaning of the name Wisahkotewinowak?
Where did the initiative Wisahkotewinowak originate?
Where did the initiative Wisahkotewinowak originate?
What is the focus of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
What is the focus of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada emphasize in relation to health equity?
What does the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada emphasize in relation to health equity?
Where were new gardens established as part of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
Where were new gardens established as part of the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
What is emphasized as critical within urban and peri-urban places at greater risk from impacts of urbanization and climate change?
What is emphasized as critical within urban and peri-urban places at greater risk from impacts of urbanization and climate change?
What does the Wisahkotewinowak initiative aim to support?
What does the Wisahkotewinowak initiative aim to support?
What prompted the establishment of new gardens across the region?
What prompted the establishment of new gardens across the region?
What does the story conclude with in relation to the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
What does the story conclude with in relation to the Wisahkotewinowak initiative?
What does the initiative Wisahkotewinowak illustrate the importance of?
What does the initiative Wisahkotewinowak illustrate the importance of?
What does the name Wisahkotewinowak reflect?
What does the name Wisahkotewinowak reflect?
What is the primary aim of the Indigenous Collective's collaboration with academic institutions?
What is the primary aim of the Indigenous Collective's collaboration with academic institutions?
Where did the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden expand to in size?
Where did the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden expand to in size?
How many students were accommodated by the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden from September to December 2019?
How many students were accommodated by the Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden from September to December 2019?
Approximately how much food did the garden provide from August to November 2020?
Approximately how much food did the garden provide from August to November 2020?
What is the focus of the Land-based camps for Indigenous youth at Steckle Heritage Farm?
What is the focus of the Land-based camps for Indigenous youth at Steckle Heritage Farm?
What type of trees were planted in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park in 2020?
What type of trees were planted in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park in 2020?
What does the story demonstrate about the Land?
What does the story demonstrate about the Land?
What kind of space did the park's leadership offer to create in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
What kind of space did the park's leadership offer to create in the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
Who engaged in the reconstruction process of the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
Who engaged in the reconstruction process of the Uniroyal Goodrich Park?
What is the focus of the Land-based education and sustainable practices that the Indigenous Collective aims to explore?
What is the focus of the Land-based education and sustainable practices that the Indigenous Collective aims to explore?
Which institutions does the Indigenous Collective work with to establish garden sites?
Which institutions does the Indigenous Collective work with to establish garden sites?
What has led to discussions about other municipal sites being collectively transformed for community benefit?
What has led to discussions about other municipal sites being collectively transformed for community benefit?
Study Notes
Indigenous Collective's Land-based Practices Summary
- The Indigenous Collective works with academic institutions including the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College to establish garden sites.
- The aim is to address food access and knowledge barriers and explore innovative Land-based education and sustainable practices.
- Indigenous community partners support students in tending Indigenous food and medicine gardens within postsecondary institutional spaces.
- The Collective has begun working with the Waterloo Region District School Board, establishing a garden at the Blair Outdoor Education Centre.
- The Blair Outdoor Education Centre garden expanded from 11 square meters to 270 square meters in size, accommodating 475 students from September to December 2019.
- The garden provided approximately 730 lbs of food shared with 31 households and 250 people from August to November 2020.
- Steckle Heritage Farm has been operating Land-based camps for Indigenous youth, focusing on Indigenous gardening and food preparation practices.
- The Uniroyal Goodrich Park in Kitchener, Ontario, underwent reconstruction, with the local Indigenous community engaging in the process.
- The park's leadership offered to create a ceremonial fire space and White Owl held summer day camps for Indigenous children and youth in the space.
- In 2020, maple, paw paws, and serviceberry trees were planted in the park, with plans to increase local biodiversity.
- The story demonstrates how the Land can bring together different groups and relationships to act in the best interest of the local environment or community habitat.
- The relationships between the City of Kitchener, the local neighbourhood group, and the Indigenous Collective are growing, leading to discussions about other municipal sites that can be collectively transformed for community benefit.
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